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Do you think that love can change a person?
Posted by Thundercatt99 • 12/20/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: change, love, Opinion, theology
I would like to now other opinions about this topic.
I think that the most important thing on this world is: LOVE, love can make it all be easy. If we would love each other we wiil be able to change the world: to stop the wars, to end with the hunger... etc
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yes , love can change a person . -
I believe Love can change a person if she/he will start from herself/himself. Love is the greatest gift of all! -
absolutely! I think many people heavily associate their identities with their careers, education, organizations, etc. When love comes along it reshuffles one's priorities in life and may provide more balance and redefine one's outlook and goals. -
I agree with you. -
fell in love 6 months ago
i'm more patient, considerate, and actually go to family functions!
the world and all its disappointments are easier to take which decreases my stress level and will ultimately prolong my life
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Thats more of how it works out for me. It enables you to become who you are really meant to be, it brings out the side of you that was always meant to exist but somehow never was able to!
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I think you have to consider how much change you are thinking about. Being in love is a big change by itself. -
Being in love makes me stupid and selfish. I'm a much better person on my own. -
i think maybe to a certain degree does it change you. but a big change, like do a 180? no. you are who you are and your true colors are aways there under the surface. -
My answer to this question is thus:
They say love is blind, I say love is blinding. -
i dont believe in love coz ive never been in love
but i believe if love cant change you then it is definitely not love -
sometimes i seem not to know love . -
i agree with love is blinding.. -
I know that love can change the world but unfortunately nowadays that's what mankind is lack of..LOVE. If everyone has love in their heart, there won't be killing in the world -
A child who grows up in a loving family is typically different from one who does not. So, Yes, I think Love can change a person.
Will it stop wars? No, most wars are bred from love of something (country, God, Allah). Without love there would be no hate.-
I think there must be a balance after all. Love to the end, without anything to counterbalance it is nothing.
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I notice the misspelled theology tag above. There are those who believe that only their god is capable of perfect and unconditional love. And, the question you have posed is frequently used by them as an opener for an evangelical Christian religious teaching. Is that what you are aiming to do here? Are you aiming to try and convince us that all humans are "flawed by so-called original sin" and that only god's love can save us?
I also notice that although this thread has not been posted in the Shameless Blog Promotion category that in your OP you have two blog links posted to duplicate entries made into two different blogs of your own and I wonder why that is. -
Love can give your life stability and consistency, which can promote equanimity in a person's life.-
The love that leads to compassion
Everything we do is based on core beliefs and agreements we have made - agreements with ourselves, with other people, with with life. But the most important agreements are the ones we make with ourselves. In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, how to behave, what is possible, what is impossible.
Unless and until one can truly love their "self" they cannot love another. When you love yourself you will no longer try to juggle people or possessions in the external world in order to find inner fulfillment. You will no longer live a life focused on clinging to attachments and aversions. You no longer look to a big guy in the sky to send in a savior to rescue you from becoming intimately acquainted with your own true nature. You find fulfillment from within, simply by accepting, without acting out, your feelings just as they are right now.
Once you welcome all your true feelings, you become whole and your life becomes holistic. You experience oneness with others. You no longer compulsively search for oneness in the external world, whether with another person, or with a supernatural being (imaginary friend) in a future life. Instead you begin to experience oneness with all beings because once you can love yourself unconditionally, you become capable of loving others unconditionally too.
The love that kills
History indicates that love of god and love of country can lead people to murder one another in the name of their god and their country. To be prepared to express your "love" by giving everything for one’s country (being prepared to die in war) is to worship one’s country. For those who take this position nationalism becomes religion and patriotism turns into idolatry, which is neither moral nor rational. -
Nicely said, timetheif. A real gentleness comes across in your writing.
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Thank you for your kind words. -
Timethief you are wise
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"History indicates that love of god and love of country can lead people to murder one another in the name of their god and their country."
The same, of course, is true of love of individuals. In fact, most domestic violence murderers believe themselves to be motivated by love.
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I think love can help a person change. Real change comes from within, from something you already know you need and want. Love, the right kind, can definately stimulate that motivation one might need to move forward with change. -
Of course, love changes a person. But since when was love supposed to make it easy? It doesn't. The easy way is selfishness and the course of least resistance. Love doesn't make matters easier at all. But it does make matters meaningful. -
Hey LynneaUrania ,
Only True Love but very rare to find and knowing how to adopt it with partner - @ THAT AGE Love = not to be lonely = having a good Company-
I'm not sure what age is "THAT AGE." But it's as true with a partner as with other relationships. Opifectoral (comradeship, common labor, civic duty, etc) relationships, martophilic (among warriors or soldiers), and proscuneal ones (formed in circles of intense prayer) are examples. Whether with one or with many, people change with the experience and bonding that forms the different flavors of love.
It's even so with relationships with nature or the universe. Believe it or not, we all do have a relationship with such things and there is a love that makes even that worthwhile. If one listens to the wind or feels the rippling of the brook, even that which is regarded as not a sentient being comes alive as Gaia. Personification? Perhaps. But as humans, we do respond to nature that way. And we cultivate that love whenever we garden or clean up the mess someone else may have made.
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That's a very nice letter LynneaUrania - we are in the church now - we are in a the jungle
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Yup, NYC...and ya can find a snake anywhere.
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It depend of BIG is the RAT
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Love is necessary for some things but not all things
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Big Snake Get a faster dinner - Dinner with no ingredient take you no where
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To LynneaUrania :
happy new Year -
it depends on their readiness to change, their view on the person giving them love and their history. It depends on so much. It is possible though
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hmm..if this is the true love i believe love can change person, but if not true love just acting hmmm..i am not sure.. -
Love can provide a place where it's possible to change. Something that sets out to change a person is something other than love.
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Yeah I think you're right MadameX. -
everything that happens in life has the potential to change us...love can change us if we allow the change to happen. This is a broad question...do you mean romantic love? Some people can bring out the best in us.
The love between a child and its parent can be the kind of love that is life altering. I have a couple of female friends and we feel genuine love for each other. I have changed from these relationships because I feel safe and secure being in them. Friendships can involve unconditional love that gives us hope, faith and courage. -
love definitely changes any person, either for the good, or for the worse! LOL =)
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I used to think that love can change a person. However, there are people who love violence and who love racism and war. I simply think that love only enhances what is already there.
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absolutely -
yes the movie As Good As it Gets is an example -
yes, it can. but if there is no response from the other person, changes can be unpredictable...
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