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  1. Linsy, just to be clear, I am definitely not faulting you for bringing up the subject of personality tests. I just said what was on my mind. I do that. I don't want to sugarcoat things, *especially* with you guys. I don't think what I said was offensive or anything to that extent, I just said what I did to respond and continue conversation on what you brought up.
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  3. I think people here are overreacting to this whole thumbs thing, lol. Some of us like to spam things (I'm admittedly the worst "offender"). I have a group of philosophy friends here on FB that I constantly talk to. We spam things all the time. Yet we consistently have more stimulating conversation than we do in this chat. I mentioned a while back that if people didn't spam things this chat would be dead much of the time. I don't see a reason to invent a dichotomy between spamming stickers and having conversation. Just relax and do both (or just accept it if you don't want to spam)! We don't hafta be serious all the time... it's fun to goof off. It also helps stimulate chat in my other group bc it lets others know that they're free, and so they bring up convo about whatever's on their mind.
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  5. On the "experience" topic, yes, experience must of course play a role. My point wasn't to completely devalue personal experience, rather I was saying that personal experience frequently leads all of us astray.We're dumb humans with "tiny little minds", as one of my professors frequently said. It's natural to think we understand things when we don't, and so it's important to defer to authority on matters that we do not understand - which will be most areas in our life.
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  7. Theologically and philosophically speaking, relying solely on personal experience has proven to be the least accurate way of ascertaining truth. You might have heard a pastor say "personal experience is the lowest form of revelation." This sentiment has been said by present-day Christians because of all the fractures made in our religion since its conception. People believe in whatever they want to because they believe they experience something, but they end up deluding themselves and others.
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  9. On a larger scale, most proponents of any religion might have said something similar to what you did on that test, in that it resonated with them, and because of that, they feel that "it was pretty accurate". The point I'm making here is that this mindset is dangerous. If you asked someone who believed in astrology, they would give you the same exact response. This is actually a known phenomenon in psychology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect
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  11. So it's for this reason why we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard, and not just for our sake, but for our future childrens' sakes. I do expect a lot out of you guys.
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  13. On "respecting", there is certainly such a thing as respecting opinions too much to where criticism is not welcome. This is something Christians are very much guilty of, and they lose respect bc of it. I constantly see this first hand - us Protestants are not generally known for their ability and willingness to think critically. So if I am too "harsh" at times, I don't make an apology for it. I don't think it's helping, and either way, I don't think I was harsh. Disagreeing, even emphatically, should not be necessarily seen as harsh.
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  15. Like I said before, as long as one isn't taking these personality tests seriously, there's not much of a problem. But if you are, I'm worried about the reasoning behind why you would.
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  17. I've had a long night and some of my points may need expanding here... but I'll leave it at that for now. Gonna be pretty busy this weekend too.
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