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Sunstone said:Should we follow our hearts? Is following our hearts ever at odds with what society says we should do? If so, should we in those cases follow society or our hearts? If following our hearts is important, then why is it important?[/QUOTE
Hearts can be full of 'bad stuff' as well as good. "I have my heart set out on murdering 'so and so', because he mugged my dad?" Well, I guess we can all see we can't follow that one.
Yes, this would be a heartfelt need, and yes it would be at odds with society, and yes we ought to abide by society's ruling on this one.
That is an extreme case obviously, and one that just occurred to me; there are going to be lots of other examples. "Advice" by hope is one where it is difficult to say (because I am not Hope, and neither am I her dad), but I - theoretically - think she and her sister should follow their hearts. In that particular case, the parents have lived their lives, and should allow their children to do the same; but hey, it's not up to me to tell anyone's parents how to bring up their children.
The importance of not following your heart's desire is the danger of forever ruing the day that you made the descision not to 'Oh, if only I had.................."
Life is not meant to be easy.
(red) I think it can very easily be so.Sunstone said:Is following our hearts a spiritual calling?
Michel, I can understand the point that some people have it in their hearts to murder, but is that something that a person with an uncorrupted heart would have?
Are you asking what I would do if the choice were to either do nothing or to murder Hitler? That assumes there were no third or fourth option. But given just those two options, I think I would choose to murder Hitler.michel said:Now, let me pose you a hypothetical question; suppose that you and Hitler had been good friends, and you became aware of his plans to do what he very nearly succeeded in trying to do. What would be your view on your consideration (which would crop up in your head for sure) about "Hey, I'm the only guy who can get to this Hitler chap; If I don't murder him..........."(In the other thread I think that hypothetical one was finally called 'justifiable, but still a sin')
Sunstone said:Should we follow our hearts?
Sunstone said:Is following our hearts ever at odds with what society says we should do? If so, should we in those cases follow society or our hearts?
Sunstone said:If following our hearts is important, then why is it important?
I agree, Lightkeeper. It interests me how much or to what extent our heads are confused by society and its demands on us to conform to certain standards.Lightkeeper said:I think following your heart is following a strong urge that has no evil intent. If your stong urge has an evil intent, then you are following your confused head.
This is something I don't understand about Christianity, NetDoc. It seems to me that the natural heart is not deceitful, but that our consciousness is often deceitful, and often obscures our heart. Perhaps that is just the opposite of what the author of Jeremiah believes. The nearest I can think to an explanation to this is that Jeremiah was his self deceived, or alternately what he calls the heart is not what I'm calling the heart.NetDoc said:The natural heart is above all else to be mistrusted:
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?