I mean, is it all just about loving and being loved?  Is that what we should consume ourselves with rather than who has what and who believes that?
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i think that the idea of loving and being loved is not the real purpose of life.  personally, i think that love is just a part of it.  Happiness, i think, is the real purpose of life, and therefore balance.  i think that balance is all, you need a little bit of everything...
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The Bible also says to "Love they neighbor as thyself."  Therefore, if you don't love yourself then you can't love others, truly.\n\nAs for how much, I think the adage "it is better to give than to receive" is very true.  If you are feeling down, try doing something good for another person and see how much better you feel about yourself.
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You have an interesting view. I think I would agree with a lot of it. Ultimately anything about God comes down to relationships. Our relationship with God and how we treat those around us.
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well for a short answer - we're human!\nand if we didnt have wants and desires we wudnt be working to achieve or strive for it.\n\nif ppl werent materialistic...it wud be an perfect world..but wud a perfect world actually be an ideal world?
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I believe.\n\nIt's the people who say that Marriage is sacred that are destroying it. All love is beautiful and Marriage is a social contract that two people deeply in love make. If you want to make holy pacts as well that's fine. I think people expect too much out of marriage, it doesn't fix problems and if you are not willing to adapt then you will likely have a troubled marriage. Compatibility is also a problem.\n\nI completely believe in all love. I think that same-sex marriage should be legalized, because to deny them that is like saying marriage isn't about love at all.\n\nHypocrisy breeds Chaos. When you try to limit who can participate in something like marriage or what kind of marriage another person should have, you begin to destroy what it should be about.\n\nWhen we accept marriage as a social contract between two people in love, and stop putting rules and control on it. Then people will stop getting married for the purpose of being married and there will be less problems with it.\n\nAs for cheating, I cannot understand why anyone would cheat in a relationship. I could never dream of doing that to someone I love. Though it might just be that you don't truly love the other person, you just enjoy the feeling of going through the motions of having a relationship.
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I think that when you feel love for a person, you want that person to be happy no matter what. Meaning, if that person isn't happy with the relationship, you will give up the one thing that means everything to you, THEM. Just so they can be happy - even if it's with someone else.\n\nLove is not selfish, love is not material or demanding. It's just there. No one can control it and no one knows when or where it will strike.
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You are absolutely right.   But that is what it requires.  This might sound like a silly answer, but that is what religion or spirituality is based on.... faith, if you don't have it, then what do yo believe in?  But it doesn't really matter, because we should all respect each other no matter what our beliefs are.
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love is more than sex.  Do blind people love..?  love is a deep concern for another human,(since you mentioned persons).  It causes the heart of man to seek and perform what is good and best for another.  Love is patient, kind, gentle, patient, is not jealous, does not keep count of someone mistakes, does not envy, is not easily provoked, and is gentle.  Love is good.... Believe in Love.  Practice love... Love is a constant choice..
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I think that it's just finding the right person -I mean by it the one who makes you happy and fulfilled. it was this way in my case. I've never ever even thought that I could love someone the same sex, but it just happened when I met her. you know, it just happened.. love came and I'm not going to deny it or kill the feeling because what I believe is that sex is not important. what's the thing is finding the right person in your life,because what counts is the soul and heart and not sex. so I do believe that it's one of the ways..
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Yep! You are absolutely right!.. But do not apply only to Christians\nbut to EVERYBODY under God`s umbrella.\n" You should Love GOD above all things...and you should love others as yourself."\nIf you love yourself more than others... then sins started...\nBecause, it is where evil temptations can gain points from you...pushing you down... inching your way to hell. WHY ???\nAre you familiar with: comparing, judgement, vested interest, ulterior motives.....that you would be better than him ?\nThen...competitiveness, success, hatred, vengeance, cheating, lies, leading him to destructions, killing, etc..... to win from him ?\n...and many more...
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Dear bluebootz,\n\ni think we need to do both.  i think it's important to understand what you believe- and i believe most people share what they believe with others not to impose their own beliefs on others, but because of errors they see in another's belief.  i think that there is a loving way to communicate errors in another's belief system (for example when i was in Thailand there was a temple where people were bowing down to Monkeys offering them money and stuff like that...) yes people have that freedom to do that... but seeing that was rather painful to my heart.  \n\nSo i think part of communicating lovingly with another is also trying to understand what they belief and the basis of that belief.\n\nIn terms of the Bible verse you quoted- the Corinthian church had forgotten how to love one another and there was much immorality in the church- so the Apostle Paul reminded them of the attitude they were to have as followers of Christ.  They were to love others before themselves, and not just think of themselves... think of how much better the world might be if people adopted that attitude... The verse refers to an attitude that someone who follows Jesus should have... not just being self-centered... but being God and other people centered...  It's not making a statement about our internal morality...\n\nHope that helps.  Kindly,\n\nNickster\n\nP.S.:  Feel free to email me:  nicksterlee@yahoo.com if you need any more clarification on the verse.
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Love in my mind is good energy. Wether it is between two people or for many it is a part of what makes humankind what it is. \n\nOn the other hand I also tend to think that movies and television have given us a romantic fantasy world of what love should be.  This causes people to meet and think they have this perfect loving relationship very quickly. Then reality sets in and noone is that perfect so things end messy. I wonder what relationships would be if we were not given the impression that they can be perfect.
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no\ntrue love preserves one's self worth
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Yes, i think that it is important. When your attracted to someone and want to be with them, you not only want to express it with them emotionally, but physically also. We all have our needs, and if were not getting those needs satisfied in the relationship, then it could lead to them being satisfied elsewhere.. possibly with another man/woman. I believe that sex builds a bond between 2 people.. it makes the relationship stronger.
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Did it ever occur  to you that people don't do everything to gain something for themselves but only out of love?\nPeople who are interested in helping you believe in God only want to share what they have found with you. \nYou are still free to reject it and they should respect your choice.
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Do you believe in happiness? How about trust? Of course there is such an emotion as love. Read your bible.If you are asking this question then you obviously have been hurt. Honey theres someone for everyone and half the fun is looking for the right person to love. The other half is realizing that your special someone is someone who will make you feel like a special gift to be cherished till you die.
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When you love somebody, do you not enjoy talking about how wonderful they are and praising them to other people?  And isn't that a pleasure?  Now imagine if the object of your love were perfect, how much greater your pleasure in praising that object would be.  God invites you to praise and worship Him in order to make you happy- to enjoy Him and enjoy your relationship with Him.  It's not like He's a vain idiot who needs to fish for admiration and flattery all the time.  He doesn't need any of that.  He doesn't ask you to do it for His sake, but for your own.