Love the Lord your God with all your heart ?

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robvalue,

Thanks.  I think thoughtful answers are right for rational discussion.

Cheers, no problem

Do you think it's fair to say that if someone does or says something to please you then you love them ?

I find your wording confusing. Are you saying I love them as a result, or by definition? I assume the former as the latter doesn't appear to make sense.

If they do or say one thing to please me? No, I wouldn't necessarily love them after that. That's pretty unlikely unless it was something truly astonishing.

I wouldn't necessarily love someone even if they did and said loads of things to please me. It would depend on many factors, and in a lot of ways it's out of my control how much I like or love someone.

If someone does or says something to displease you then you don't love them ?

Again if it's one thing, then that's unlikely to stop me loving someone, unless it's something really bad.

If someone I love starts doing a high proportions of things to displease me, then it's quite possible I will stop loving them.

That goodwill is constant in you if pleased by someone or displeased by them ?

I don't understand what this means, sorry. If you mean do I (try to) treat people with respect regardless of my opinion of them, that is correct. I try and give people a "minimum package", instead of returning whatever they do to me in kind. Those people who give me a reason to like them more will receive more from me in return.

That if someone pleases you all the time that you are close to them and you love them ?

If someone pleases me all the time... I'm not too sure what this means. If it means their company causes me to be pleased, then that may well mean I love them. It depends on how much. If they please me a great deal all the time, or even the majority of the time, I probably love them in some capacity.