(November 18, 2012 at 3:49 am)Undeceived Wrote:(November 17, 2012 at 4:57 pm)Ryantology Wrote: The failure here is not us for lacking faith, but you for making claims no one can verify.You ask a woman out, date her, and propose marriage. She asks, "Do you love me?" You reply yes. She says, "Can you verify that for me? If you can't I won't marry you."
Is there any possible way to prove your love to this woman? You can do nice things and say all the right words, but will she ever really know? Which is more important: her believing the unverifiable truth or her clinging to scientific process?
You show someone you love them by your actions. You listen to them, respect them, do things that would please them (ie. going to that chick flick for a date night), you support them through difficult times. If it is a good relationship, worthy of taking the leap into marriage, the other person should reciprocate by doing the same.
You can verify that someone loves you, sometimes your perceptions are wrong. That's part of being human. You can love someone without them loving you in return.
God's love, is another matter entirely. I've never seen, felt (emotionally speaking), touched, smelled, heard, or tasted god. My life experience shows me that there is no "great loving force" looking out for me.
