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STT
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So we are not the perfect creation. How about God’s act? Shouldn’t that be pure actual?We can’t do it alone. What good is wisdom if we still don’t even know the way home? The wisdom we need is the wisdom to *turn *to our savior, to accept salvation. Adam’s choice was very unwise.
No based on evidence.Oh. Is that based on feelings?
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frobert
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What is senseless is trying to control one’s feelings which reminds me of something a colleague of mine used to say, “the only people who do not have feelings are buried 6 feet under.”That is the problem. There is a cause for feeling. Can we even control it by practice? Yes. This senseless.
Feelings do NOT impel one to act. Recognizing and understanding one’s feelings then acting appropriately is a sign of mental health.
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fhansen
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It is. Creation, the Fall, man’s exile into this world, salvation: all a seamless, pure act from His perspective.So we are not the perfect creation. How about God’s act? Shouldn’t that be pure actual?.
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CHRISTINE77
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Happiness is not a result of having unbridled feelings. I fell horrible when I let all my irrational anger out. Yes, we get mad and we get happy, but we need to understand why. You cant just be happy or angry for no reason.So life becomes senseless. Yes, today I need to feel happier. How meaningless happiness is when you know that you can control it?
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CHRISTINE77
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What are you so happy about? Any rationality to your happiness?So life becomes senseless. Yes, today I need to feel happier. How meaningless happiness is when you know that you can control it?
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ThinkingSapien
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It is. I point of disagreement ive had when reading some messages in this forums has to do with someone being purly rational. That’s not how people appear to behave. Rather people have their desires, feelings, and goals that motivate them. Their actions might be a rational solution for the goal, but desires and feelings are still part of what motivated seeking or executing that goal. Humans are partially rational.I see. So people know about this. Thanks for the reference.
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runningdude
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Those are not the only two options…Either we follow them blindly and turned into slaves or we ignore them and face a senseless life.
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STT
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Yes, you can of course resist feelings.What is senseless is trying to control one’s feelings which reminds me of something a colleague of mine used to say, “the only people who do not have feelings are buried 6 feet under.”
Feelings do NOT impel one to act.
Your act is either against feeling or in favor of it so you end up with what is discussed in OP.Recognizing and understanding one’s feelings then acting appropriately is a sign of mental health.
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STT
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Happiness come from deep inside and it uncontrollable. You can just have control to do not let it out.Happiness is not a result of having unbridled feelings.
There is nothing irrational about anger. It is just outcome of a situation.I fell horrible when I let all my irrational anger out.
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STT
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I meant that we could decide about the level of our feelings if we really have control over them.What are you so happy about? Any rationality to your happiness?
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STT
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How an act be pure if it leads to evil?It is. Creation, the Fall, man’s exile into this world, salvation: all a seamless, pure act from His perspective.
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STT
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What else?Those are not the only two options…
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fhansen
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Such misconceptions of there being some kind of conflict between natural God-given faculties is a sign of Original Sin in us. In a state of innocence these things would be naturally balanced, no need to deny or repress one or the other.Yes, you can of course resist feelings.
Your act is either against feeling or in favor of it so you end up with what is discussed in OP.
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