Is the love that unbelievers have real love? Or is it fake? Can unbelievers have agape love?
I don't know. Can believers have fake love?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
That's actually an interesting question. And can anyone have fake love? What would that mean? I suppose someone could act as if they love someone, being nice to them, doing things for them, helping them, giving to them, etc. But, well, isn't that actually what love is? It's action, not just feeling. Right?
But wait, you don't know if unbelievers can have real love? Seriously?!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
That's actually an interesting question. And can anyone have fake love? What would that mean? I suppose someone could act as if they love someone, being nice to them, doing things for them, helping them, giving to them, etc. But, well, isn't that actually what love is? It's action, not just feeling. Right?
Sure, if someone is doing their best to show love even though they don't have a matching emotion, I wouldn't call that fake at all. I don't believe that emotions or feelings are required in order to make something real; in fact, I believe emotions are often irrational and misleading, and therefore unreliable.
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But wait, you don't know if unbelievers can have real love? Seriously?!
I don't know if unbelievers can have agape love. Other types of love are still real--and I suppose they can also be fake.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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I don't know if unbelievers can have agape love. Other types of love are still real--and I suppose they can also be fake.
Doh! You're too smart for me. You were supposed to say No! Then I'd spring some scriptures on you that talk about unbelievers having agape love. Amazing how many Christians make that claim, that only Christians can have agape love.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Doh! You're too smart for me. You were supposed to say No! Then I'd spring some scriptures on you that talk about unbelievers having agape love. Amazing how many Christians make that claim, that only Christians can have agape love.
You're welcome to spring the scriptures on me, anyway. I don't know what they are right offhand and I would like to read them.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Then I'd spring some scriptures on you that talk about unbelievers having agape love. Amazing how many Christians make that claim, that only Christians can have agape love.
I don't know what they are right offhand and I would like to read them.
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