Love is not a matter of "faith"...it's biochemistry.
Who dosn't like love?
Yes.
See above
Are you doing some sort of school paper?
What do you think about Love?
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Love is not a matter of "faith"...it's biochemistry.
Who dosn't like love?
Yes.
See above
Are you doing some sort of school paper?
As someone said already, most people give up on love and settle for something workable. It does, however, exist - that romantacized stay in love for years and years. My great aunt and uncle have that (they're in their 90s and still puppy-in-love since 16). I found it too...after a few tries 
Yes seems like that is the only way...problem is I am scared fof becoming a dad...too young!
Faith has certainly nothing to do with it, but the biochemistry part is present only in the beginning phase and wears off rather fast. That's what I meant by "false" love above. The true love takes time and deep commitment. And it does exist.
Love is not an abstract concept, it's a very real bio-chemical process in the human brain. And what _xxx_ called "true love" is also a bio-chemical process that causes attachment to another person.
You guys should watch Helen Fisher's TED talk... fascinating stuff.
http://ted.streamguys.net/ted_fisher_h_2006.zip
You guys should watch Helen Fisher's TED talk... fascinating stuff.
http://ted.streamguys.net/ted_fisher_h_2006.zip
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Thanks for setting that straight!
Everything that goes on in the brain is bio-chemistry/electricity.
Falling in love...or loving for a lifetime...
I think studies have determined that the olfactory organ responsible for detecting pheremones is pretty much useless in humans.
I'd lean more to looking at the phrase: at first sight.
People fall into love (or lust/infatuation) at first sight based on what they see. They can see a picture of somebody and be smitten, so I'd say it's a switch in the brain.
I'd lean more to looking at the phrase: at first sight.
People fall into love (or lust/infatuation) at first sight based on what they see. They can see a picture of somebody and be smitten, so I'd say it's a switch in the brain.
If true, why do I get such a jolt if a girl suddenly has it for me? I mean, if it's pheromones, it might be anyone, and I'm just in the neighborhood. They're not target-specific.
digitalwanderer
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Maths ≠love Kruno, sorry.
The_Wolf_Who_Cried_Boy
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Would Beatlemania still have been such a cultural inflection point, who can say for sure...The Beatles said:
Hmm
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itsmydamnation
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looking at the names of the posters you wouldn't know it was 6 years old( i didn't). good work all round
Well infatuation clearly exists, but the biological imperative doesn't really reinforce completely monogamous attachment we romanticize ... on an intellectual level I think love like free will is a useful self delusion, romanticism makes for a more enjoyable life than intellectualism though (of course I reject the same argument for embracing religion, but let it never be said I'm consistent).
I think you can be strongly physically attracted to someone thanks to apparently our ability to smell if someone else's immune system is different from yours. This has probably the most important impact on being able to succesfully raise children together (though obviousky there are other factors). Of course in these times where there is relatively much free time, you also need to really get along.
But love is obviously more complicated than that. I fell in love with my wife just by chatting online daily for a few weeks, before even seeing each other. Physical attraction actually had to catch up (but did so very fast ). And to this date, we haven't been ill at the same time once, going 8 years and with various infections being passed on to us from day-care and school by our son ...
But love is obviously more complicated than that. I fell in love with my wife just by chatting online daily for a few weeks, before even seeing each other. Physical attraction actually had to catch up (but did so very fast
). And to this date, we haven't been ill at the same time once, going 8 years and with various infections being passed on to us from day-care and school by our son ...UniversalTruth
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If there is not a single woman out there for who chemistry is not the most important, would mean that all women are the same. For them pure human values and qualities, and experience with a given person don't matter and they would prefer to go with a criminal, with the only requirement to have chemical attraction or fit.
Which of course sucks because I doubt that a couple without chemistry would have children with bad health or something...
