Regarding the whole God/Love thing...
I'm a Buddhist, and Buddhism teaches that there is a natural order to the universe (most commonly known as "reality"): this may be a set of laws such as physics or science, or it may be the result of a higher being or presence such as God. In my opinion, the best forms of Buddhism don't attempt to hypothesize or absolutely declare how this natural order works (like most Western religions do), but it instead encourages its student to do his/her best to better understand and "align one's being" with this natural order, whatever it actually is. As a Buddhist and a true skeptical philosopher, I don't see enough evidence to believe whether this natural order is a higher being such as God or not.
Buddhism teaches that the "buddha", or enlightened one is infinitely aware, compassionate, loving and understanding. He/she also has inner peace and happiness that is undying. This force that allows people to become enlightened---that which motivates people to do good to themselves and to the people (and world) around them---is what I believe "love" is.
While I believe this whole "love" thing is the most powerful force in humanity and possibly the universe, it's hard for me to imagine that that's actually what makes up the natural order of this universe. I do believe in materialism (physics, science, etc.), but I don't rule out the possibility that we may all be governed by a higher being. I just don't that that higher being such as God would be made of love. I think he'd be a sick b@stard like the architect in Matrix Reloaded, making up random ***** just to have fun and see what happens
