tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021651777869638732.post6506217263103039760..comments2023-10-29T08:29:32.845-05:00Comments on The Foxhole Atheist: LOVESgtHailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11255551610277063922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021651777869638732.post-12418189714805287492010-05-10T16:51:11.651-05:002010-05-10T16:51:11.651-05:00I think this concept of being able to love anyone ...I think this concept of being able to love anyone given that we make an internal change within ourselves is a bit flawed, because it assumes that such internal changes are capable. Sure, in some situations people change the way they are to be with the ones they love. But in more extreme cases, this probably won't work at all. Why bring up the extreme cases? Because you said "Anyone"... and that's an absolute.SgtHailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255551610277063922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021651777869638732.post-75389364440211687692010-05-10T05:35:13.062-05:002010-05-10T05:35:13.062-05:00Interesting.
I might have to disagree with you on...Interesting.<br /><br />I might have to disagree with you on this one. I agree with the non-mystical part that media is constantly trying to sell us: the one-and-only-forever-and-ever crap don't work with reality.<br /><br />On the other hand, I would argue that love can and should be a universal concept. I strongly beleive you can love anyone - what that requires is a shift in attitude within yourself.<br /><br />I'm drawing a lot from Buddhist theory here - if a person is enlightened (free from a concept of self, without pretension or desire, etc) then they are able to love all things universally.<br /><br />Sounds highfalutin but it sounds rational on closer analysis - if you recognise and truely accept that people are fundementally the same, that all negative behaviour springs from ignorance rather than evil and that people are all trying to acheive good ends (though often with a poor idea of what a 'good' end is) then it is very hard to hate others. Understanding is the basis of trust, trust is the basis of intimacy and intimacy the basis of love.<br /><br />Acheiving love with an individual is difficult, make no mistakes about it, but iron out enough of your own issues and it becomes significantly easier to deal with theirs.Palunawackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469043465628046403noreply@blogger.com