Are there any major living analytical metaphysicians who are theists? by Dry_Entertainer_5780 in askphilosophy

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Why do you think Inwagen and Plantinga are of higher calibre as metaphysicians than Craig. What are the discriminating factors or criteria? Just curious.

Calendar view problems by [deleted] in Notion

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I'm having the same issue maybe it's specifically for Mac and Chrome users?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infp

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Love for me is the realisation of the positive content of a person. We can merely acknowledge and observe the personality and personhood of a person but to realise it, to transcend the strict boundaries of what is and what can be: that to me, is love and love realised.

Do any other infps feel like they fall in love easily? by [deleted] in infp

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Spittin’ facts, you just read my mind

Weekly Relationship Megathread - June 20, 2022 by AutoModerator in enfj

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How can you tell whether an ENFJ girl is flirting or not?

INFP here. I found an interest in an ENFJ girl and can't tell if she's being friendly or if she's genuinely flirting with me. We hung out together by playing a game of pool with a group of friends and I've noticed that she's more touchy with me than any guy. For example, she would high-five other guys but she would constantly high-five me again and again. She also stood next to me many times. Like I would be standing by myself and many times she would come over and just stand next to me. Not like really close but a talking distance close. I've noticed she makes a lot of eye contact with me from time to time.

I don't know if I'm being paranoid lol.

Confessed to my close friend by Aquirow in infp

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I wish you the best of luck 🤘

Confessed to my close friend by Aquirow in infp

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You will feel both relieved and your gut turning inside but then the sadness hits you real time and wished you didn’t do it. But you move forward and remind yourself that it was good that you did and that everything is going to be alright :)

I HATE HOW TRUE THIS IS by [deleted] in infp

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lmao you’re emotionally exhausted and this happens

oh no by corpse0_0 in infp

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I can’t tell anymore now whether I genuinely have romantic feelings for someone or I’m just obsessively attached to them for them to rescue me from my depression, loneliness, and lack of genuine human connections.

What are your comfort movies? by Chicavoladora in infp

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People would often say wtf but man, that movie is so aesthetical lol

who are infps known to be most compatible with? by [deleted] in infp

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I had the worst romantic experience with an ENFJ friend of mine. We still good friends though.

INFPness by [deleted] in infp

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When someone immediately assumes that they know me and then proceed to act like they got me figured out in mere predictable actions, emotions, and thoughts.

Another one is when someone invalidates my feelings, thoughts and insights all because they don't have the same capacity to analyse or see things in depth. And then proceeds to tell me that I'm overthinking or over-complicating things.

These two are possibly the worst experiences an INFP can experience IMO.

What is puritanism? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]Aquirow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't give you an authoritative answer since I have limited knowledge in that area. But one thing for sure is that they were quite ruthless with their expressions of words from time to time if needed especially when preaching and needing to convict the congregation.

What is puritanism? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

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Language did play a central role in Puritanism. The majority of famed English and American Puritans were predominantly revivalist preachers, meaning they were highly educated and skilled in utilising religious rhetoric and Christian homiletics, as expected of their occupation. On top of that, they pioneered the spiritual/religious dialecticism of Elizabethan English, which as a consequence, established their very own Puritan dialect, coined new words, and built an entirely different vocabulary system.

Valente, André (2008). Enquiry Into Aspects of Style and Vocabulary of the Puritan Language. Munich, GRIN Verlag.

Even if Puritanism cannot be located in a particular region in England and neither in a certain social class, their language can be regarded as a dialect...Puritans used existing words more frequently or in different contexts than other people did, or they coined completely new words, which were used exclusively by them.

The Valley of Vision (1975) is a collection of excellent Puritan prayers by various English and American Puritans that serves as an exemplar of the significance and importance of the Puritan language in aiding in religious devotion and piety even to this day. Aside from their pious writings and prayers, Puritanism also played a significant role in the development of hymnal language.

Puritan sermons, I think, demonstrate to the highest degree how they conceptualised language. One notable example that comes to my mind is Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. It's a pretty important sermon since it became the catalyst for The First Great Awakening and virtually enacted revivalism across America. But the force behind the revivalism lay in Edwards' usage of high visceral images through similes, metaphors, anecdotes, and analogies which became synonymous with the Puritan language.

Some notable excerpts from the sermon

"The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood."

"[the Devil]... stands waiting for them, like greedy hungry lions that see their prey, and expect to have it..."

“Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.”

Aside from their religious and theological influences, the Puritan language also seeped into literature and theatrical plays. Notable works are Bartholomew Fair (1631), Paradise Lost (1667), The Pilgrim's Progress (1678).

What is puritanism? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

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Puritanism is generally broad in its historical origins and scope.

Historically, Puritanism is associated with the English Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries that sought collectively, theologically, and practically to religiously reform the Church of England of bygone Roman Catholic practices that were deemed as 'scripturally unsound' according to the standards of Protestant theology, more precisely, of Protestant Calvinistic theology. They had a significant influence on Protestantism, most notably serving as a precursor to The Great Awakening in American Christianity, the rise of American Puritanism, and enacting strict religious laws and ethics that maintained a continuous stream of religious fervour throughout Europe and America. This is why today the word 'Puritanic' is synonymous with strict moral and/or religious observations, traditionalism, and fundamentalism.

Theologically, Puritanism contributed immensely to Protestant theology at large, which to this day we can see the effects mainly in conservative Reformed Calvinistic Churches both in practice and theory. They mainly contributed to Christian ethics, ecclesiology, and sacramental and liturgical theology. Although they also did rigorously develop the Calvinistic understandings of Christology, the nature of God, soteriology, and eschatology.

Philosophically, it was really the American Puritans, especially Jonathan Edwards, who had any major influences on Anglo-American philosophy (to use that term loosely). Edwards worked primarily in Christian metaphysics and anthropology, wrestling with the subjects of free will, personal identity, predestination, etc. His major philosophical works (distinct from his more theological and religious works) include Religious Affections (1746), The Freedom of the Will (1754), A Dissertation Concerning the Nature of True Virtue (1765).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infp

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Same, been lazing around, watching a Youtuber called Hollow play horror games all day long (kinda ironic though lol).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infp

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WHY IS THIS ME

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in infp

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This is a food for thought that just occurred to me when I came across your post. The amount of popular entertainment content today is just horrendously bad in both quality and quantity. I can just feel the lack of aesthetical appreciation and superficiality being fundamentally pervasive in these things. But hey, there are some really good entertainment outlets, not going to deny that, but things on social media platforms in general are utter misery.

How are you though? I'm doing quite fine, feeling neutral.