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Which Love Is Most Important? ( Archived) (27)

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#0
Mar 10, 2009 8:57 AM CSTWhich Love Is Most Important?
HabitForming
HabitFormingHabitFormingSwansea, South Carolina, USA9 Threads 1 Polls 39 Posts
HabitFormingOPSwansea, South Carolina, USA39 posts

Which Love Is Most Important?(Vote Below)

- (To Vote: select an option above, then press this button)
Love For Your Other Half
5
7%
Love For Yourself
22
30%
Love For God
20
27%
Love For Your Child or Children
25
34%
Love For Your Parents
2
3%
Total Votes
74
I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.
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#1
Mar 10, 2009 9:00 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
hopefloats
hopefloatshopefloatsSlim's Lady, Tennessee USA51 Threads 6,660 Posts
hopefloatsSlim's Lady, Tennessee USA6,660 posts
Now this a good poll! thumbs up


In MY opinion, if you can't love yourself then you have a hard time loving others.
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#2
Mar 10, 2009 9:03 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
druidess6308
druidess6308druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA79 Threads 13,695 Posts
druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA13,695 posts
hopefloats: Now this a good poll! In MY opinion, if you can't love yourself then you have a hard time loving others.


Exactly. You can't give what you don't have. If you don't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. wine
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#3
Mar 10, 2009 9:04 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Big_John
Big_JohnBig_JohnOcean Springs, Mississippi USA19 Threads 9,767 Posts
Big_JohnOcean Springs, Mississippi USA9,767 posts
The love of my son is far more important to me than how I love myself. I would give my life for him.

Since my parents and wife have passed away I answered the way I did.
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#4
Mar 10, 2009 9:06 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Polarbutterfly
PolarbutterflyPolarbutterflyunknown, Northwest Territories Canada115 Threads 9,486 Posts
Polarbutterflyunknown, Northwest Territories Canada9,486 posts
HabitForming: I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.


"If I didn't love myself,I wouldn't feel the
need to love another.Therefore,I love me
and who I am."

teddybear
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#5
Mar 10, 2009 9:08 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
HabitForming
HabitFormingHabitFormingSwansea, South Carolina USA9 Threads 1 Polls 39 Posts
HabitFormingOPSwansea, South Carolina USA39 posts
My father would agree.
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#6
Mar 10, 2009 9:37 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
HabitForming
HabitFormingHabitFormingSwansea, South Carolina USA9 Threads 1 Polls 39 Posts
HabitFormingOPSwansea, South Carolina USA39 posts
ty for the feedback, any others plz?
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#7
Mar 10, 2009 9:40 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
epicure
epicureepicureAlanya/Antalya, Mediterranean Turkey401 Threads 10 Polls 5,224 Posts
epicureAlanya/Antalya, Mediterranean Turkey5,224 posts
Real love begins with loving yourself

then u love others
God
etc
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#8
Mar 10, 2009 9:43 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
kellydenise
kellydenisekellydenisecleveland, Ohio USA7 Threads 519 Posts
kellydenisecleveland, Ohio USA519 posts
hopefloats: Now this a good poll! In MY opinion, if you can't love yourself then you have a hard time loving others.


i picked the love of my children, but this is def. the most important.
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#9
Mar 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
sharina
sharinasharinadublin, Dublin Ireland38 Threads 2 Polls 3,166 Posts
sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland3,166 posts
i love my children and parents more than life its self.. but i ticked #2 love yourself..

reason.....if you cannot learn to love your self in this crazy world how in Gods name can you love anyone else...and show them how to love....

angel hug
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#10
Mar 10, 2009 1:57 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
Hugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada25,438 posts
HabitForming: I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.



Love for yourself..without that...you can't have it for others...thumbs up
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#11
Mar 10, 2009 2:06 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
poetengineer
poetengineerpoetengineerriyadh, Ar Riyad Saudi Arabia39 Threads 173 Posts
poetengineerriyadh, Ar Riyad Saudi Arabia173 posts
Hugz_n_Kissez: Love for yourself..without that...you can't have it for others...

yes right and when u love something for ur self u should love it for others also , but love god is the best love cos it is holy love
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#12
Mar 10, 2009 2:14 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
hediye
hediyehediyeBeveren, Oost Vlaanderen Belgium1 Threads 10 Posts
hediyeBeveren, Oost Vlaanderen Belgium10 posts
that is what people always say that you must love yourself before you can love someone else, well i think i can only love myself if someone really loves me before, and then loving yourself is not important anymore.
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#13
Mar 10, 2009 2:16 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
Hugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada25,438 posts
hediye: that is what people always say that you must love yourself before you can love someone else, well i think i can only love myself if someone really loves me before, and then loving yourself is not important anymore.


Because how you feel on the inside is what you offer to others...now if that's not love....but misery...Just what do you think you are going to give to others...You can't give what you don't have...and love for yourself is where it begins...wave wink thumbs up
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#14
Mar 10, 2009 2:16 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
pretzelman
pretzelmanpretzelmanLas Vegas, Nevada USA43 Threads 1 Polls 2,956 Posts
pretzelmanLas Vegas, Nevada USA2,956 posts
hopefloats: Now this a good poll! In MY opinion, if you can't love yourself then you have a hard time loving others.




KUDOS!



I have never been able to truly love another because I don't like myself! I wish it were different!
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#15
Mar 10, 2009 7:53 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
MikeHD
MikeHDMikeHDDallas, Texas USA20 Threads 3 Polls 1,426 Posts
MikeHDDallas, Texas USA1,426 posts
I don't wish to dispute those who say loving yourself is most important, but I feel self love is the most neutral. Most of us are born with a healthy balance of it. The problem enters when our experiences or influences attempt to sway it one way or the other. To have too much love for yourself or not enough can lead to obscene arrogance, emptiness, depression or even more dangerous scenarios. A balance to it all seems to be needed.

I do see love as a downhill thing. Like it is subject to gravity or something. Love is always stronger going down. My love for my father will never be as strong as his love for me, just as my love for my son will always be stronger than his love for me. Only after I became a father did I understand this. I will never fully know what my father’s love for me caused him to do. I will never know all the sacrifice, the worry, the anger, and the joy I caused him. Likewise, there is no way for me to get my son to understand ALL the love I have for him. He will only start to understand when he has kids of his own. That is why the love of God is the most powerful. He sits on top of this love mountain. He loves us more than we will ever know.

I think parenthood is God’s last testimony of how He loves us. We love our children unconditionally. No matter what they do, they are ours, and we will love them. Even if they are guilty of a horrible crime, and we agree that justice should be served, we will love them. I want my son to join me in heaven, so I will teach him what I believe. He will then have to make his own choice. But I plan to make it very difficult for him to doubt my love. He will know his daddy loves him absolutely.

“Samuel, will you lend me your ear?
This is the voice of your father here
If I speak the word and no one has the vision
Can I count on you, my sweet child to listen?
Samuel, lend me your ear

Samuel, will you lend me your ear?
The truth is not always how things appear
So listen with your heart, listen to the spirit
Listen to my voice child and you will hear it
Samuel, lend me your ear

There will be days you feel like flying
Then there'll be days you feel like crying
Never give up, never stop trying
Never believe my love is dying

Cause when the whole world is through with you baby
I will still love you, my child
You are so meek and mild
You are a holy child
Samuel, lend me your ear”

Samuel by Jason Upton
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#16
Mar 10, 2009 8:02 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Ambrose2007
Ambrose2007Ambrose2007BFE, South Dakota USA67 Threads 10 Polls 8,881 Posts
Ambrose2007BFE, South Dakota USA8,881 posts
HabitForming: I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.


No sane person could ever choose a fantasy over a real flesh and blood being.

This is part of what I was getting at in my "I've Decided There Is A God - What Do I Do Now?" thread. Regardless of what you believe, it only has value with respect to those things which make you happy - things which are attached inescapably to our own nature. You can believe in a god, in other words, but that does nothing to alter the fact that your highest values originate in your life here on Earth - the ones you love, and the values that you hold.wave
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#17
Mar 10, 2009 8:05 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
somechick
somechicksomechickCincinnati, Ohio USA106 Threads 11,116 Posts
somechickCincinnati, Ohio USA11,116 posts
Love for myself. If I don't love myself how could I expect anyone else to.
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#18
Mar 10, 2009 8:05 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Ambrose2007
Ambrose2007Ambrose2007BFE, South Dakota USA67 Threads 10 Polls 8,881 Posts
Ambrose2007BFE, South Dakota USA8,881 posts
HabitForming: I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.


Oh...to answer the poll question: the love yourself is a necessity for loving anyone or anything else.

After that, my highest love would be for my wife/soulmate.wave
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#19
Mar 10, 2009 8:52 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain5,319 posts
At times I have not loved myself, but it has in no way diminished the love I have for my children, parents and siblings.

I think that loving oneself is important, but as long as that hasn´t escalated into some kind of deep depression where one cannot function, it really makes no difference to the love one feels for others.

For me, my children are the most important people in my life. They are adults now and we live in different countries, but we have a bond unlike any other, I´m sure all mothers would agree with me.

As life progresses our priorities change, As a child, my parents were the most loved in my life, then, my now ex-husband, became my priority in the love stakes. Later my kids became OUR priority, a different love, but shared between us, and happily, no cause for jealousy, as often happens on the part of the male when children arrive.

Now I am single, he..the ex... has slid right down the scale. laugh

As an atheist, God does not come into the question for me.

I adore my mummy though. teddybear
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#20
Mar 10, 2009 10:59 PM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Sommerauer71
Sommerauer71Sommerauer71Salzburg, Austria133 Threads 4 Polls 12,414 Posts
Sommerauer71Salzburg, Austria12,414 posts
All love is important.

How can one rank the importance?
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#21
Mar 11, 2009 12:10 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
jvaski
jvaskijvaskiunknown, California USA115 Threads 11 Polls 9,576 Posts
jvaskiunknown, California USA9,576 posts
I love mt Cat ........ But he puts his ears back when he sees me naked .......... what's with that ? dunno
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#22
Mar 11, 2009 12:18 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
dcj22
dcj22dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA102 Threads 3 Polls 11,581 Posts
dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA11,581 posts
Big_John: The love of my son is far more important to me than how I love myself. I would give my life for him.

Since my parents and wife have passed away I answered the way I did.



I agree, John. The love of my child is much more important.
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#23
Mar 11, 2009 12:19 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
dcj22
dcj22dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA102 Threads 3 Polls 11,581 Posts
dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA11,581 posts
sharina: i love my children and parents more than life its self.. but i ticked #2 love yourself..

reason.....if you cannot learn to love your self in this crazy world how in Gods name can you love anyone else...and show them how to love....


I learn more about love from loving my daughter.
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#24
Mar 11, 2009 12:24 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
airliner
airlinerairlinerCentral, New Jersey USA23 Threads 2 Polls 5,143 Posts
airlinerCentral, New Jersey USA5,143 posts
dcj22: I learn more about love from loving my daughter.


me too...but the intimate love for a woman would make my life a better onepurple heart
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#25
Mar 11, 2009 1:05 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
Drewski
DrewskiDrewskiOlds, Alberta Canada9 Threads 343 Posts
DrewskiOlds, Alberta Canada343 posts
HabitForming: I wanted to create a poll and I always had this question, and for myself I cant answer it. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. Or could they answer it. Also..I know love for god should be first in my opinion anyways, Because he created all. BUT if god really asked you to kill your child (Like Abraham and Isacc)I dont think I could, and I dont even have any children....but anyways I would like to see everyones feedback.


Wow. Great poll!thumbs up

And, great responses. I agree with most that self is the key. A two cents worth is that love for 'Your Other Half,' 'For Your Child or Children' and 'For Your Parents' are all instinctive while 'Love For God' is religious. This leaves logic which is yourself without which you would not survive in either a social or realistic sense and therefore be worthless to anybody.

I wonder, what if it was rephrased so that the various choices were drowning? God could save himself, your spouse could order you to throw her a lifeline, the kids, cause they're smarter than all of us could figure a way out while playing nintendo and your parents could tell you how you did it all wrong to no end?
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#26
Mar 12, 2009 12:31 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
EmmjaeCancer1977
EmmjaeCancer1977EmmjaeCancer1977Tucson, Arizona USA15 Posts
EmmjaeCancer1977Tucson, Arizona USA15 posts
When you love yourself, you are free to love others!heart1
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#27
Mar 13, 2009 9:40 AM CST Which Love Is Most Important?
HabitForming
HabitFormingHabitFormingSwansea, South Carolina USA9 Threads 1 Polls 39 Posts
HabitFormingOPSwansea, South Carolina USA39 posts
Ty all for your feedback.
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