Once again: not taking sides. But, what religion does or does not explain can also be true or false.
I'll take sides now, because this looks like fun.
I'm with Roto and () Yams on this one. Basically for the same reasons they've already put, but I'd've said it in a less intelligent and easy-to-understand way. I think love is special though, and Yams contradicted himself by saying it's not after having said it enables normal, rational people to run into a flaming building. If someone I hated was in a burning building, I sure as well wouldn't go in there to give him a good kicking before he died. If someone I like was in a burning building, I'd be
ting kittens but I wouldn't run in there to save them. I'd only do that for the people I love.
Love, in my opinion, is an emotion. And, as has been said, emotions are just brain dooberies. But it's a totally kicking emotion, and trumps the other ones for potency, if you get what I mean by that. However, I don't think love is a magical, God-given gift.
EDIT: After reading TK's post above, I can see the problems he's having with Yams definition. So I'm kinda in the middle of the two. I reckon they are just brain dooberies, but so is sight, hearing, taste etc., and that just because they're all brain dooberies doesn't mean that we can't find beauty in things. Especially when you consider that beauty is different to everyone, so is therefore a feeling or opinion, which is a brain doobery. So, it all ends up in your head anyway.