I'm liking the exchange happening here too...thanks all.
Could emotions be our life force energy? Existing in a spectrum form, like electromagnetic energy (in that sense anyway). A spectrum that ranges from one polar opposite to another, with hate at one end and Love at the other?
As far as being programmed...think about this:
What makes a new born baby smile or cry? certainly not programming...I'd think.
I too am just "throwing this out there".