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Originally posted by @kellyjay
It isn't loving what we hate, it is loving our enemies, which we do not have to hate even if
they are our enemies. They can hate us, it does not follow we have to hate them.
Let's be honest, you are talking about tolerating enemies, being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.

Just don't call it love.

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Let's be honest, you are talking about tolerating enemies, being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.

Just don't call it love.
No I am not, I am saying exactly what I mean. You just don't have eyes to see!

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Originally posted by @kellyjay
No I am not, I am saying exactly what I mean. You just don't have eyes to see!
I think this is something you should dwell on for a few days.

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
I think this is something you should dwell on for a few days.
Ditto

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Let's be honest, you are talking about tolerating enemies, being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.

Just don't call it love.
What in your mind would be evidence that person A loves person B? (If not being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.)

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Originally posted by @kellyjay
I can't get you past emotional feelings, we are a far cry from loving even family let alone enemies by definition.
Emotional feelings are a real stumbling block when talking about love.
How would you recommend we deal with it?

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Originally posted by @dj2becker
What in your mind would be evidence that person A loves person B? (If not being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.)
What in your mind would be evidence that person A loves person B?

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Originally posted by @dj2becker
What in your mind would be evidence that person A loves person B? (If not being kind to them, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm.)
Again sir, i'm sorry you have not experienced love and find it necessary to ask such a silly question.

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Again sir, i'm sorry you have not experienced love and find it necessary to ask such a silly question.
Dodge number 4.


Originally posted by @wolfgang59
What in your mind would be evidence that person A loves person B?
I'll answer you as soon as Ghost gives me a straight answer.


Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Again sir, i'm sorry you have not experienced love and find it necessary to ask such a silly question.
How do you know what anyone has experienced?

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Originally posted by @dj2becker
Dodge number 4.
Being kind to someone, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm is 'not' love.

Love is so much more than that I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Explanation number 18.

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Originally posted by @dj2becker
I'll answer you as soon as Ghost gives me a straight answer.
Straight answer given. Answer him.

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Originally posted by @kellyjay
How do you know what anyone has experienced?
By his clear lack of understanding of what it means to love and be loved.

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Being kind to someone, showing them goodwill, turning the other cheek and not wishing them harm is 'not' love.

Love is so much more than that I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Explanation number 18.
Dodge number 18. If you don't even know where to begin, how can you tell that person A loves person B?

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