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Is “love” significant?
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RE: Is “love” significant?
(July 9, 2014 at 8:08 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Did you mean something deeper like, "what do mean by behaving as if weren't just chemical reactions?" Because there is a platform or framing problem with that statement isn't there


XK9 Knight I am curious why you're here if you're worried it's trolling. I also think you probably ought to answer your own question, now that you've garnered some thoughtful answers.

Fair enough. I don’t think I’m actively “trolling,” but that my presence prompts some distrust and the fact I haven’t done anything yet is funny to me; it feels like trolling.

My opinion could be teased out of how I phrased the question. For Benny’s sake, I would define ‘significant’ as having lasting meaning or value (worthy for it’s own sake). Honestly I see it as a meaningless venture; But to be fair, I think most things are meaningless ventures.

Love’s like an appetite: never to be completely filled, never to be totally satisfied. Before you ask my “Christian” perspective, I’ll right off the bat that I don’t really have one. You’ve probably heard Christians say stuff like, “the love of God, blah blah blah…” I’ve never had that, I’ve never felt that.

I’m more of an Ecclesiastes kind of guy.

I pose questions like these to get a feel for what you guys are like. I want to know how you see things.

OH, and Jenny I merely thought your statement was pregnant; I thought that perhaps you were implying more about it.
Call me Josh, it's fine.
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Messages In This Thread
Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 8, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Chad32 - July 8, 2014 at 8:40 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Ravenshire - July 8, 2014 at 11:37 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 8, 2014 at 11:49 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Anomalocaris - July 9, 2014 at 9:33 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Losty - July 10, 2014 at 12:12 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 10, 2014 at 12:26 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Losty - July 10, 2014 at 4:31 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 8, 2014 at 9:01 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 8, 2014 at 11:52 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by ShaMan - July 9, 2014 at 12:41 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Cato - July 9, 2014 at 5:52 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2014 at 6:27 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Esquilax - July 9, 2014 at 6:38 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 9, 2014 at 7:32 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Esquilax - July 9, 2014 at 9:07 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 9, 2014 at 10:29 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 9, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 9, 2014 at 8:08 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by ShaMan - July 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Mudhammam - July 10, 2014 at 4:17 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by ShaMan - July 10, 2014 at 4:22 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 10, 2014 at 6:23 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Little lunch - July 9, 2014 at 6:54 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by ManMachine - July 9, 2014 at 10:44 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 9, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 9, 2014 at 5:58 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 9, 2014 at 6:33 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2014 at 6:15 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Mudhammam - July 9, 2014 at 6:23 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Amalynne0 - July 9, 2014 at 6:41 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2014 at 7:11 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 10, 2014 at 12:07 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by psychoslice - July 10, 2014 at 12:50 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Silver - July 10, 2014 at 1:03 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Thumpalumpacus - July 10, 2014 at 7:03 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 12, 2014 at 9:59 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 12, 2014 at 11:09 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Ravenshire - July 13, 2014 at 7:18 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 13, 2014 at 8:17 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Jenny A - July 12, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Little lunch - July 12, 2014 at 11:34 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 13, 2014 at 6:13 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by vorlon13 - July 13, 2014 at 8:45 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 14, 2014 at 11:00 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by Ravenshire - July 14, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by vorlon13 - July 14, 2014 at 11:37 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by bennyboy - July 15, 2014 at 12:36 am
RE: Is “love” significant? - by XK9_Knight - July 15, 2014 at 9:51 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by The Grand Nudger - July 14, 2014 at 11:27 pm
RE: Is “love” significant? - by JuliaL - July 15, 2014 at 11:22 pm

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