Does Love exist without passion and attachment, or is it just a catchy word that puts people in a good mood?

If a stranger you "love" disappears, do you mourn them like a family memeber, or more like a lost pencil?





Is Love a word you throw around to impress people with how loving you are, or does this Love you claim to feel actually motivate you to do things you wouldn't do for those you do not love?





Just how robust is this "love" you feel for strangers?





Is it a simile for "indifference", or "like".





Is it something you feel when it is convenient to do so.





If a homeless man is laying on the cold pavement in winter, and you have an urgent appointment, do you Love the stranger, or pass by because it would be inconvenient to miss the appointment?

Does Love exist without passion and attachment, or is it just a catchy word that puts people in a good mood?
It depends on how you define stranger. Some may say that we and strangers, perhaps we are but that doesn't mean that I don't have love for you. True it is not the same love I have for those in my close family and friends, but would I feel a loss if something were to happen to you, YES. When I read about your pain, my heart breaks, when you tell a joke I share that laugh with you. Though I haven't met you, I still care that you are hurting. That is friendship and friendship is love. I can't go so far as to say that I love everyone in the world, but I still don't doubt the love of those who claim they do, as long as they back up their words with actions. Pangel for example.
Reply:Love doesn't exist. It's just a word.








Yet I tell my family I love them... how odd.
Reply:Love without passion is called unconditional love. It is not a catchy word or phrase, it is a pure emotion expressed in human form as joy. Love with passion is more complex and dense, more personal.





Like you, I have a hard time with people who say they love me when they do not even know me. I agree with you (if I am understanding your point, here) that the WORD is used conveniently, but the FEELING is not behind the word. Capital L or lowercase l, love means love, and those that say I love you because they are a certain religion and feel we should love all others are not speaking truth. They are rotely doing what they are taught to do by the books they read, which they rotely follow because they are taught to follow, because if they do not follow them, then they rotely believe they will not be in God's good graces.





I, on the other hand, speak truth. If I do not know you, I will not tell you I love you (or even like you, for I do not know you). I will be open to getting to know you so that I might love you, but that takes work. It is not a given.
Reply:Love is a one syllable four letter word that has unparalled meaning and purpose. I consider myself to be very capable of love. I try to exhibit to friends and strangers alike. I do mourn for those that I have never met. That's not necessarily love for them, but for human life and mankind as a family. It is still however love, which is the same love given from God Who Is Love!
Reply:Of COURSE love exists without passion. There are all sorts of love; brotherly love, parental love, romantic love, etc. God gave us the ability to love and it's the most powerful emotion there is. Also the most important.
Reply:love is very simple yet very complex word. at its root is unconditionally favor something or someone.


but once you move past the root and it can mean an infinite amount of possibilities.


first in what sense are you using it? i mean i love my truck, i love my mom, i love a great piece of booty. so i guess it's really upto the individual's opinion
Reply:Love exists only because God created it.
Reply:I mourned and cried for Susan J yesterday when I found out that she had died


and I have never met Susan


I have cried for you and I have never met you


and you can count on me not making that appointment if the homeless man needed my help

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