is love a sin

Why, what have you heard?

Love in and of itself is not a sin, and i presume you are refering to romantic love. The emotion is never bad. Depending on your religious beliefs, is the answer to the physical side of the emotional question. There are a lots of social and moral hang ups about it. I am pagan, we are a bit more relaxed. As long as there is no prior claim issues, everyone is an adult, legally and emotionally, and love is felt from both sides, then in my opinion, there is no sin. Love was given to us as a reward for living in a harsh world. Enjoy.

its really a semantic question

depends upon how one defines 'love',

I personally think love is just genuine desire for anothers well being,, which is never wrong

if 'love' has to include 'lust/sex',, there are many situations where it is wrong/inappropriate or for the religious a sin,,,,,

Short answer: No. 'Love' is a natural human emotion, born from the desire to feel protected and safe. Sin is a religious concept, created by belief systems. Both have about as much in common as a Penguin and a carburetor... ;-)

if it is there are an awful lot of people here looking to sin.

.. not to love! would be the biggest sin of all...

The game of popular religion and evangelists is using etymology against you. Using ancient words you haven't looked up as a means to control you by inferrence using something you don't know about in colloquial.

Simply looking up etymology is the best way to maintain independent thought.

Sin originally means "a truth", which was changed through translation along the ages by some church leaders with political agendas to later mean "a guilt".

That's actually why the higher church authorities within eg. the Catholic Church have the power to absolve sins. It's not because they can undo anything bad that you've done, it's because sin is just a truth, not a guilt.

Is love a truth? Yes. Is it a guilt? Circumstantially, but because sin is just a truth, it can be absolved if you're guilty about it. You don't really need a Catholic priest, their job is just to help you understand, so setting about understanding by yourself is even better and does the same job.

Yes, I agree... there's a difference between love and sex...
Love is a blessing.

There's more to your story...you make love you break love. On who's expence? are you lusting after forbidden fruit or are you the forbidden fruit?
the act of love alone is not a sin but can be in conjunction with..

Love is all about communication and compatibility between the two parties. Whats important is the memories and how you spend time with the one you love. It shouldn't be difficult, it should come natural. If you want to succeed in love you need to love yourself first.

The Prophet of Islam said: None of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself.
It is clear that being able to love for your brother or sister what you love for yourself is a characteristic every true Muslim should train their heart upon. What does this mean? It means treat others how you want to be treated.
The Bible; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' 31"The second is this, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these.