Recent content by ErikAlberto

Oh, okay. That helps clarify things. What I’m hearing is that you’re speaking less from a particular doctrinal claim and more from your observations about human nature. Then you two are squarely at odds. 😆

I love that he chose that Avatar.

@QuickTwist, the general sense I get from @Fruiteloop ’s response to some of your posts is that he is responding to a perceived assertion that “everyone is bad.” (I’m not sure I’ve followed the back-and-forth between you two closely enough to fully understand.) I’m wondering if the general...

That made me chuckle. 😊 No, but seriously, if you gave me the name of a band that ended up resonating with me because you had a sense of what would resonate with me, even though you no longer listened to them yourself, I’d be glad to have discovered music I enjoyed and glad to feel seen by you.

It was almost 35 years ago that I read the book—I was 13 at the time. While the particulars of the book don’t feel very accessible to me anymore, I can say that the perspective presented there inspired a deeper and more intentional commitment to my faith, at the time. It was influential largely...

@meowzician, this is a gorgeous post. Thank you for sharing of yourself like this.

I have a sense of what you're getting at. It was something I wrestled with too during my years as a Christian. Your post reminded me of a book that was very influential in my own journey with Christianity: The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges (1978).

@Akar, your tie-in between the history you were explaining (all of that was new to me) and INFJ typology was excellent and wonderfully unexpected. I was delighted about where it ended up. I’m glad I hung in there 😉

I don’t have anything that I feel led to add to what you’ve had to say about intuition, but I did want to give you more than just a like. You’ve put an extraordinary amount of effort, energy, and research into articulating your thoughts about intuition. These are not only well thought out, but...

I haven’t thought about this question in quite some time. Yeah—I can relate to what you said about kids, @meowzician. As a dad, I definitely tune into those moments when my daughters are enamored with life. It’s one of the best things. They are 3 and 5. They can feel it all so intensely.

“Lawn Wake 1” — Flashbulb

I like how this ideal is connected to justice. Formal philosophy is not really in my wheelhouse—I haven’t read Plato—but the above statement makes intuitive sense to me. I also find myself circling around the idea that human worth is intrinsic. The notion of justice being discussed here seems...

I don’t have the fluency to corroborate particulars, but the framework strikes me as infernally coherent. I enjoyed reading your elaboration and the reasoning behind it. I have enjoyed listening to Dario Nardi in the past—I’m glad to be reminded of him.

@Fruiteloop — I’m glad you shared this construct here. Is it yours? These were stimulating ideas to think about. 👍 Also, I like the way you organized it.