How to respond to someone who place his feelings above reason?

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Hi, the question is clear : How to respond to someone who place his feelings/‘experiences’ above reason ?
How to respond to someone who doesn’t believe that we are composed of Body+soul (because he does not feel that he made is that way but rather that he has a body, soul, mind, heart, memory) ?
For instance, sometimes, this person does not recognizes Bible verses because he places his (mystical)“experiences”/feelings above what’s just “reasoning”…
Not an easy task I know.
Thanks.
 
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Hi, the question is clear : How to respond to someone who place his feelings/‘experiences’ above reason ?
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it’s almost impossible.

These people (apparently I just learned that my sister is one of them) will view reason & logic as excuses, meanness, rudeness, impolite, etc.
 
I suppose you can pray. Some people are difficult to reason with. Some are easier to reason with. Pray regardless.
 
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Thanks for the response. The person I know consider the mind as very limiting.
 
Ask that person to consider the transcendent. One cannot get past bodily sensations and emotions, or to the existence of God if they do not or will not grasp the transcendent.
 
Also, ask that person why he/she believes the mind can be limited yet doesn’t consider that feelings can be equally limited. Why trust one but not the other?

For example, how to explain a woman who feels like she’s still in live with a man that continually batters her?
 
Good response of you and I thank you for that. To me that is common sense. The thing is that he seems to believe that he can feel things in a mystical way and then confirm or not Bible verses or what he has been told as truth in his life…
I’ll ask him to clarify his thoughts on the mind being limited/limiting…
 
Before you speak to him, I highly recommend:

1)Call on the Holy Spirit to give you the words and to open your ears (He’ll then highlight certain things to address, & give you insights into the root if your friends motives)
2) Ask your Guardian angel to go speak with his Guardian Angel so they can assist with this conversation and also pray for you both.
3) Tell Mama Mary that you consecrate the whole discussion to her Immaculate Heart, and ask her to preside over the entire discussion.

❤️
 
Thank you very much ! If I’m able to discuss these things with him, I will definitely do that.
I would like to ask you to please pray for me so I stay strong in faith and humble in my response.
Thanks, God Bless !
 
I certainly will. Can you give me your first name and your friend’s as well?
And please pray me (many sufferings). My name is Sandra (pronounced Sahn-dra)
Thank you ☺️
 
One last tip: offer a day of your Lenten Fast for his conversion - maybe the day before or after you end up talking to him.
 
You seem to be in a hurry to do this… and to plan to do it via discussion.

It is difficult to persuade someone who is open to being persuaded. It is pretty close to impossible to change someone’s mind who is both convinced he is right and basing his ideas on something other than logic and reason.

Just be this person’s friend. As you two talk about other things, and as he sees your life going a little better*, he may eventually (in a few years) start to be more open to a different approach.

*I assume this will happen because his approach leads to variability and chaos.
 
I can tell you right now.

A Christian will be more accountable come that day of Judgement than any none believer.

So be very careful when preaching any good news.
 
Well, he is part of my family so I’m already quite close to him.
I think I’m not trying to persuade him but when the discussion comes about, I want to be prepared and give the best arguments to present the authentic Catholic faith and hopefully show him that his way of thinking is in parts erroneous…
 
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