Originally posted by SuzianneIf I had started a thread with this quote, I would have entitled it "Love v Fear" and I would have hoped for a discussion on perceptions of divine authority and whether "love " that is induced by coercion or threats or fear can ever be genuine love.
Can I ask you what is your point with this?
Originally posted by FMFI probably would have responded that perhaps Anatole France didn't know what he was talking about.
If I had started a thread with this quote, I would have entitled it "Love v Fear" and I would have hoped for a discussion on perceptions of divine authority and whether "love " that is induced by coercion or threats or fear can ever be genuine love.
Originally posted by SuzianneBe that is it may, but the issue of whether "love" that is induced by coercion or threats or fear can ever be a genuine kind of love is not addressed by simply aiming a lazy ad hominem at a Nobel laureate who died in 1924.
I probably would have responded that perhaps Anatole France didn't know what he was talking about.
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Originally posted by FMFThat you label what I just said as an "ad hominem" IS an "ad hominem" (or perhaps an "ad femina" ).
Be that is it may, but the issue of whether "love" that is induced by coercion or threats or fear can ever be a genuine kind of love is not addressed by simply aiming a lazy ad hominem at a Nobel laureate who died in 1924.
If you open your thread with a quote, I expect the validity of the quote is open for debate. If you only want to talk about your imagined "ad Deus" attack, then perhaps you should open with what you want to talk about.
Originally posted by SuzianneDo you think "love" that is induced by coercion or threats or fear can ever be a genuine kind of love?
If you open your thread with a quote, I expect the validity of the quote is open for debate. If you only want to talk about your imagined "ad Deus" attack, then perhaps you should open with what you want to talk about.