How does one justify their love...........?

Question

In something they cannot see, feel, or hear? Yet can say they love it more than their own family and friends? I honestly cannot comprehend this. This is my last question for today, work calls. Have a wonderful weekend!

Answer 1

Human to human love is due to pheromones. But the love or worship for the non-existent is delusional.

Answer 2

They really don't. Honestly, I can say this as a former-Christian. They really must have no idea what love is if they think they love God more than their own mother. And that God loves them more than anyone? That fact alone was enough to veer me from Christianity.

Answer 3

Ro:1:25: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Well in the spirit realm it is known that everything belongs to the creator (GOD). And what is termed as 'Your Family' is really Christians brothers & sisters. Christians know our True Family is God's Family and those who listen to the word of God and do God's will. The world is setup with satan's virus and parasite system of thinking that leads to devastation and bitterness, despair and sorrow.

It might help you to understand by getting to know God through His word. And this is how you should read His Word:

What you have to remember is the Holy Bible is not like any other Book on the face of this planet, it is a Supernatural Spiritual Book. And it contains Spiritual Truths, so you need to get yourself as quiet and calm and relaxed as possible by dwelling on your idea of Jesus and visualize Him standing with His arms stretched out to you. Then after you let the peace of God rule in your heart then ask God the Father Jehovah to send His Holy Spirit to interpret the True meaning of His Word to you. Then begin to slowly read, and focus on His Word and letting the Peace of God rule in your heart. Do not try to interpret what you read and in His good time the Holy Spirit will give you Revelation knowledge of it's True meaning. The reason God speaks to us in a small still voice is so we have to get ourselves quiet and still to hear Him, that is the atmosphere He chooses to work in.

Joh:4:24: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Remember the Cross is a positive sign (+) a sign for us to be positive.

Take care and may God bless you spiritually.

Answer 4

I don't see why I'd have to justify my love to ANYONE, honestly.  

Answer 5

You need to ask Madonna that question  

Answer 6

Do you have an open mind to truly consider a serious answer?

I do not love my Gods/esses more than family and friends. They are family.

I hate blanket-stereotyping questions.

Answer 7

doesn't the bible tell them to love God more then their own family etc? doesn't that make them like sheep following a awful shepherd?

Answer 8

Love is beyond reason.

Answer 9

How can you explain any sort of love.  

As an example.

A father holds each child and tell them they are his most loved.  

Yet how can all be the most loved.  

How is it that you can love your god, parents, siblings, partner, children,  distant family and your friends plus lets not forget pets and country.  

That's a lot of different love yet each is an incredible powerful feeling.  

Answer 10

it is justified by it's results!

for example in many Christians the love of "God" fuels the fact they are 'about their father's work'. their good deeds justify their love for the intangible their quality quite simply makes their God real.  

i love the pattern of quality inherent in everything i follow it  - it is as intangible as "god" and in a similar fashion my improved quality based on my knowledge justifies my love of good.

have a good weekend yourself

Buff

Answer 11

Havent you ever seen the Wizard of Oz?  

Answer 12

I know of no way to answer that without writing a book, starting with defining love, affirming old definitions and possibly exploring new. If I can think of a way to effectively truncate it, I will be back.

And may yours be just as wonderful.

Answer 13

I don´t.

I receive the real love and i give the real love.

have a great weekend, Donna.

My will be wild, since my birthday came up

(AGAIN)

Answer 14

Love is unlimited and I love love. God is love so I love God.

Answer 15

That's a good question.  I don't understand it either.  But I think that it's justified by those people who love something they cannot see, feel, or hear because they need it to continue life.  At least some people do.  

Answer 16

I still remember one of the brainwashing songs I was taught as a child...

Jesus loves me this I know,

For the bible tells me so...

When you are taught from childhood (when i say taught i mean brainwashed) that something is out there it is very hard to break away from the mentality. It took me a few years to wade through all the BS and find the truth of the world.

Scientifically Love is definable (hormones or pheromones), these people are taught that this fictional being is real and cares for them in life and in death, they believe this so deeply that they manifest the hormones that cause the feeling of love, much like a crazy person who feels love for someone else who does not reciprocate the love. In most cases I have observed they say that they love God before anyone else, but their actions show that they do not even love God more than themselves let alone their family members. However, the Bible tells them to love God above all others so they must comply in order to not be sent to their worst night mare in h**l...

I understand that I will get lots of hate for my answer but when you step back to evaluate the facts, you should see I am close to correct if not dead on.

Answer 17

It's delusional, and I think people do it to escape reality or not to relate to others in general

Answer 18

Since when is love rational? :-)

Answer 19

I know. How can I ever express my love and gratitude to Aristotle?

Answer 20

Donna,

Love is a feeling.  It is something that we never understand completely.  We know that the love of a mate is very special and the love of our mother is very strong but the love of GOD is unbelievable if we believe that HE created all things on this earth.  I have been a faithful Christian for over twenty years and I have that kind of "feeling" for HIM.  You are special to me also but I have more difficulty understanding that relationship because you and I have not spoken aside from this Q&A format.  I have other friends on here who I am very close to.  Have a great day and a wonderful week!

Thank You,

Eds

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EDIT:

Donna,

Thank YOU so much for the last sentence!  It is very special to me and to a number of my friends.  It also means that we can be friendly toward one another no matter what our personal beliefs.

Love,

Eds

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Answer 21

dumb ignorence

Answer 22

I can't explain it. You just feel it. I lvoe God more than I can explain, and He loves me more than I could even imagine. You just know that you love Him and, I dunno, it's just there, I can't explain!

Personally, I find it difficult to understand how people don't believe in anything. I just couldn't imagine it.

"I'm Atheist" - I think someone has been hurt one too many times?

Answer 23

Just trust what He revealed about Himself. If one persevered enough, the answer key would be seen at the end.

Answer 24

Life is what you make it, an you have made your life small, with many limits.  Think what could be, not what could not.

Answer 25

I don't think the gods want us to love them more than our family and friends. The gods are kin; they ARE family. They are friends. A relationship with deity isn't instantly won. It's formed similarly to normal relationships, actually.

You feel deity in ways other than through your five senses. It's not something that can be easily explained to those who have not experienced it... suffice it to say, it's not just loving someone who isn't with you, it's actually feeling their love in return.

And that sounds corny and you can scoff all you like but it's true. ;) I don't ask you to comprehend it for the same reason I can't explain it; you really kinda have to experience it for yourself. It's subjective, not objective. But it's also not something I could give you or even show you the way to get. It's not something I'd want you to have if you didn't want to have it, in the same way as I'd never tell a childfree person to have kids. Each to their own.

Plus... love doesn't need to be justified. As has been said it's rarely rational ;)

Answer 26

Love of any sort doesn't exist, it's an invention by people who want to make money off saps that think people actually matter or something.

Love is for weiners.

I'm Atheist!