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What meaning does love have to an atheist?

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What meaning does love have to an atheist?
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RE: What meaning does love have to an atheist?
August 11, 2010 at 4:26 am
(August 11, 2010 at 3:55 am)Edward the Theist Wrote: Feelings are so fleeting, wouldn't you agree? Is that what you think love is, a feeling?

The verb "to love" is talking about the emotional partiality or care towards something is it not? If I say "I love that" or "I love you" I mean, I am partial towards and/or care about you. Love means "like a lot".

Love as caring can amount to devotion in romantic relationship, and also affection.

So sure, I think love is a feeling. In the same way the opposite, hate, is a feeling. When you hate someone or something it means you strongly dislike them or it - which equates to emotion once again.

I would think that love can be expressed through 'loving' actions... but I think that also comes more specifically from 'compassion' which is something I think emotionally deeper than sympathy and they both depend on empathy.
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What meaning does love have to an atheist? - by rybak303 - August 9, 2010 at 7:21 am
RE: What meaning does love have to an atheist? - by Dotard - August 10, 2010 at 7:50 am
RE: What meaning does love have to an atheist? - by Edwardo Piet - August 11, 2010 at 4:26 am
RE: What meaning does love have to an atheist? - by LastPoet - August 10, 2010 at 10:53 am
RE: What meaning does love have to an atheist? - by Jaysyn - August 11, 2010 at 10:37 am

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