Dumbledore's Love, forms of love

[fuzz876i]

No: HPFGUIDX 147868

    
> Lia says:
> The comparison of Dumbledore to Jesus is an interesting one.
> <snip>   
> Jesus gave all to gain all (for humankind). Might Dumbledore, 
> then, have given all to gain all for the wizarding world?
>    
> I think that Dumbledore does understand love, and can also feel 
> it deeply.  I think he loves Harry very much.
>    
> Somewhere in the Book of John it states:
> "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life 
> for his friends."
>    
> Dumbledore states in HBP that he views Harry as a friend, 
> doesn't he?  If so, perhaps that's what Dumbledore did.


Fuzz here:
Jesus showed the agape form of love by giving his life for all 
humanity.  The form of love I see from Dumbledore is more familia.  
Don't get me wrong, Dumbledore probally is capable of agape.  Now 
let me explain the two Greek words I used here: first, agape is a 
strong and the purest form of love any one can show. Second is 
familia - this is a love of family.  There are two more forms of 
love; they are philidandros the friendship love, and erotica the 
love of husband and wife or a sexual love.  Dumbledore understands 
the prior and also the other three forms of love. Voldemort being 
a creature of hate understands neither form of love.  It seems that 
his abandonment as a child caused him not to be able to understand 
love in its purest form or agape.

Fuzz876i