Its all a bit strange when you think about it... when you compare it to the likes of india, for whom marriage is more arranged.
west=english speaking countries, and europe ie the liberal democracies.
romantic love=meeting someone and falling in love with them.
(i thought id better put these definitions to stop people from misinterpreting me ^^)
2007-11-01 04:59:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We do it because we can, and because it hurts so good.
2007-11-01 05:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-05-26 21:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2007-11-01 06:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
All societies value romantic love. The difference you note is in whether romantic love is believed to be an important part of marriage. As for why different societies have different beliefs about marriage, that question would take several books to answer.
2007-11-01 06:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by Kristian D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is the myth of Love and there is the truth of it. The myth is sold by DeBeer, Hollywood, and Hallmark. The truth of it has much rougher edges. Still, it is a wonderful thing. It is a powerful and compelling feeling. No wonder the myth has grown up around it. Some of Shakespeare's musings on the subject are silly, others deadly true.
So, no I have no trouble seeing why it has become so central to the Western experience.
2007-11-01 05:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think to not know romantic love does not mean that one would not value it had they been able to experience it.
Certain cultures, like the ones to which you are referring do not include nor promote that type of behavior and see male/female involvements to be only for a purpose such as breeding or politics. Also, women tend to be more keen to want romance than men. Though there are men out there who do as well, it can be moreso women who desire it between themselves and their partners. In other cultures, women have less say over what exact role certain subjects, if any, play in that society.
Not to mention, technology. We have more access to view the different cultures that are out there and more freedom to choose what kind of love, or for that matter, activies at all we would like to engage in.
So, in other words, I think it is information and access to it, as well as cultural differences, and roles of those in or with power, that cause the west to value it more.
2007-11-01 05:38:37 · answer #6 · answered by Kbrand5 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry but i highly beg to disagree. Even Asian/Eastern societies are passionate of romanticism of what love brings. I think you should also study eastern societies' orientation. i'm telling you they "might" or "most probably" be more passionate or more valuing romantic love... :)
2007-11-05 02:17:44 · answer #7 · answered by mai2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romantic love is the ultimate act of rebellion and self-expression with far reaching wake short of suicide.
2007-11-01 05:11:55 · answer #8 · answered by Pansy 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The confusion of the masses is good for the aristocrats.
2007-11-01 11:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋