A Question of Love
Well, guys and gals, It's Valentine's Day once again. On this special time of year when women focus on love and men focus on basketball, I have a bit of a philosophical question to submit to you and would love to read some responses. Since I know that I have some people who read Espresso Roast who do not share my particular worldview, I would be honored to hear some definitions of love and your idea of where love comes from. Of course, those who do share a biblical worldview are welcome to comment as well. There is plenty of insight and wisdom to gleen from the masses.
Certainly, love is something we all feel and/or experience at one time or another. It is something that we have either felt the joy of receiving from another person, or we have felt the pain of its absence. So how real is it and from where does it originate?
I suppose by now you know my answer if you've followed the blog for any length of time. But to summarize, I believe love is transcendant, with a sovereign and loving God as its source. It seems pretty clear that in order for something as intangible as love to exist, if it is real, it must have something as its source other than simple matter plus time plus chance, and it seems it must have another key quality--personality. Can an impersonal "universe" or energy force really produce something as strong, dynamic, and dependent on personality such as love (as many "spiritualists" believe)?
Am I wrong here? If so, tell me why and how it can be anything more than simple utilitarianism or a meaningless chemical reaction in the brain. Finally, if that is the case, how can Valentine's Day or any other day in which you express love for someone mean anything of any significance at all?
What the heck, let's open this up a bit: if you agree with me, what is your basis for believing that love is anything more than mere sentiment or religious fervor? Anybody up to the challenge of lo-o-o-o-ove?
Happy Valentine's Day.
Certainly, love is something we all feel and/or experience at one time or another. It is something that we have either felt the joy of receiving from another person, or we have felt the pain of its absence. So how real is it and from where does it originate?
I suppose by now you know my answer if you've followed the blog for any length of time. But to summarize, I believe love is transcendant, with a sovereign and loving God as its source. It seems pretty clear that in order for something as intangible as love to exist, if it is real, it must have something as its source other than simple matter plus time plus chance, and it seems it must have another key quality--personality. Can an impersonal "universe" or energy force really produce something as strong, dynamic, and dependent on personality such as love (as many "spiritualists" believe)?
Am I wrong here? If so, tell me why and how it can be anything more than simple utilitarianism or a meaningless chemical reaction in the brain. Finally, if that is the case, how can Valentine's Day or any other day in which you express love for someone mean anything of any significance at all?
What the heck, let's open this up a bit: if you agree with me, what is your basis for believing that love is anything more than mere sentiment or religious fervor? Anybody up to the challenge of lo-o-o-o-ove?
Happy Valentine's Day.
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 2/14/2006 02:00:00 AM
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