Questions tagged [emotions]
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What do Christians mean by the expression "to be on fire for God/Jesus/Christ", and is there a Biblical basis for this concept?
I've heard the expression "to be on fire for God/Jesus/Christ" several times. A quick search can turn up many examples, for instance:
"Please help. I'm so confused, Pastor Tim. I made ...
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Does God experience any emotion other than love?
Does the Christian God experience any other emotion than the love of his creation and its creatures?
If God experienced anger, for example, would that be a character flaw?
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Why would having emotions imply that an entity is composite?
The Summa Theologica contains the following quote when considering "Whether God is composed of matter and form?":
Objection 2. Further, anger, joy and the like are passions of the composite....
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What are Christian explanations for the similarities between ecstatic spiritual experiences of Christians and those of other religions?
My question is motivated a recent realization of a concrete example.
In Tibetan Buddhism there is a spiritual practice known as Tummo. According to Wikipedia:
Tummo is also a tantric practice for ...
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How do Christians discern genuine spiritual experiences from hallucinations or other mundane psychological phenomena?
When believers appeal to their private spiritual experiences to argue for their faith, skeptics typically respond by dismissing their stories entirely, conjecturing that these are more likely cases of ...
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Do other Christian denominations/groups have an equivalent to the "burning in the bosom" of Mormonism?
In the question How is one supposed to "know" whether or not the Book of Mormon is true?, the accepted answer affirms:
But the witness of the Holy Ghost is testimony from God's spirit ...
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According to Protestants is God (The Father or The Spirit) capable of human emotions?
Can God for example sigh? Can He grieve? Can He burn with anger? All of these examples in some form have Bible backing.
Or are these merely metonymic figures of speech, metaphors?
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How do deniers of the personhood of the Holy Spirit interpret Romans 8:26-27?
Romans 8:26-27 (ESV):
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 ...
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Are there Christian equivalents for the four sublime attitudes or brahmaviharas of Buddhism (metta, karuna, mudita, upekkha)?
The brahmaviharas are four sublime mental states recognized by Buddhism and for which there exist different meditative practices designed to cultivate them. Concretely, the brahmaviharas are:
Metta (...
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Is there biblical support for "feeling the presence of God" as reported by multiple Christian conversion testimonies? [duplicate]
A pattern I've noticed after watching many Christian conversion testimonies is that plenty of them report feeling the presence of God in a life-changing manner at the moment of conversion or maybe not ...
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Why is beating one's breast used to show sadness and guilt? [closed]
According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus definition:
Beat your breast/chestTo show how sad or guilty you feel in an obvious or public way
I understand what is meant ...
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What is meant by 'genuine affective' considering a homosexual relationship?
In the Catechism of RCC #2357 is written that homosexuals can't have a true affective sexual relationship:
They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity
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But what ...
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Does the nature of God's love for us include what we humans would call "constant, strong, and genuine affection"? (Catholic)
I know that God "loves" me, but does the nature of God's love include what we humans would call "a constant, strong, and genuine affection"?
I am asking this because in Catholic church, God's love is ...
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According to Aquinas, does "love" towards something always bring "desire" towards that something?
According to Thomas Aquinas, does "love" towards something always bring "desire" towards that something?
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Will we still feel affection towards others when we are in heaven?
I know that heaven is all about love. But in Catholic church, we distinguish love (will) and affection (emotion). In our day to day lives, love is often accompanied by affection - but will this be the ...
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According to Catholicism is feeling nostalgic a sin?
According to a Doctor of Church (e.g., St. Thomas Aquinas), is feeling nostalgic a sin?
I think it is, because saints have advocated detachment from the world, and it is a constant theme of even ...
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God's emotions in contrast to his transcendence? (Catholic position)
We read about God's emotions, e.g., anger in Exodus 4:14 or in Exodus 22:23. Does it mean that God's behavior is influenced by those emotions? How is it compatible with his transcendence, i.e., is ...
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Which scriptures are used to justify ignoring feelings?
Having attended a number of churches, at least one of which claimed to be 'non-denominational,' I have been subjected to listening to this teaching, which I have seen used to try to convince people ...
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What has been said about happy unbelievers?
I've listened to many sermons, from Jerry Falwell to Tim Keller to Tullian Tchividjian. One common theme is that bad theology, that misapplication of Scripture, can be the direct cause of temporal ...
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What are the "signs of grief" for which a pastor should be on the look out?
So, in my seminary pastoral care class, I remember being taken to a funeral home, and walked through the mechanics of a funeral. During that visit, I was told that "everyone's grief process is ...
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Do Western Christians confuse Mysticism with Emotionalism? [closed]
I repeatedly hear Western Christians repudiate mysticism. This post is NOT about the merits or dangers of Christian mysticism. Another question addresses that sufficiently. This question deals with ...
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Harshness and nihilism [closed]
I hope you will allow me to ask another question. We all know that there are many harsh statements in the Bible (Matthew 12:31-32, Hebrews 10).
Sometimes, these harsh statements are along the lines ...
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From what biblical basis can it be argued 'God heals damaged emotions or physiological problems through the Bible'?
By damaged emotions or physiological problems I am not referring to unusual things like the fear of the outdoors. I am referring to more common problems that many of us have, including: excessive ...
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What is the "fear" of God? [closed]
The book of Proverbs, and several other places in the Bible, mention the "fear of the Lord".
Proverbs 9:10 (ESV)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One ...
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