What is love? This question immediately brings to mind several songs and books. We live in a culture where love and, inadvertently, sex are present in almost everything. Entertainment culture portrays love as a matter of sex and infatuation. They also make it seem like love is about what another person can give you and not what you can give to each other. Is this love in reality? Webster's Dictionary describes love as a strong affection (“Love”). Strong affection is still a vague description. In ancient Greek culture, three main words were used to indicate love. The three words are Agape, Eros and Philos. Each word was used to describe a different kind of love. Living in a culture where love is almost everywhere, we should consider what love truly means. The most common love depicted in entertainment is Eros love. Anne Wilson, in her article “Love Changes All,” described Eros as the kind of love you feel. He also said it's the overwhelming attraction you feel at the beginning of a romantic relationship. I would describe Eros as a “because” type of love. He's the type that makes people say, "I love you because you're attractive right now, because I want you, because you currently have no problems, and because it's nice to be with you." It's similar to when you first get to know someone you've liked for a while. Normally, you were attracted to them because they seemed attractive. Then you started talking to them and realized how funny they were or how much you had in common with each other. It's the kind of feeling you get when you spend time alone together and wish time could freeze. Do you want to spend the evening... in the middle of paper... a friend. Many people also know what it feels like to love someone despite their imperfections. It's probably fair to say that almost everyone is in love with something or looking for love. After all, isn't that how we are designed? Works Cited The Holy Bible. Nashville: Nelson Bibles, 1982. Print. New King James Vers. "Sunday Observance." Catholic intuition. 7.1 (1999): 22. General OneFile. Network. March 21, 2014. Seventh-day Adventist General Conference. "Baptismo." Seventh-day Adventists believe...a biblical exposition of 27 fundamental doctrines. Hagerstown[MD]: Review and Herald, 1988. 189. Print.Perrine, Stephen. “Your get out of hell free cards.” Best Life 5.2 (2008): 20. General OneFile. Network. March 21, 2014. McClory, Robert. “Baptism creates wet, anointed, dazzling Christians.” National Catholic Reporter 31.42 (1995): 10 General OneFile. Network. March 21. 2014.
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