What's more valuable: Feeling or thinking?

Question

**Can you also tell me if you follow a religion/spirituality or not?

Thanks.

Feeling in a Jungian sense.
Like does something 'feel' appropriate.

NB: Feelings and emotions are not the quite the same thing.

Answer 1

Thinking. Yes.

Answer 2

There is certainly a time and place for both. Your question is like a catch 22. Through a practical aspect and work I would say thinking (I'm a law enforcement officer) because 99% of my job is anyalizing the situation and working the problem.

The problem with just thinking though is relationships will suffer. I'm a happily married man and often I relying on feelings to dictate what action I'm going to take to ensure my marriage stays that way. Women are complicated enough and I do not think any amount of thinking will ever make me truely understand them.

I do believe in religion and occasionally pray but I do not actively attend services.

Answer 3

I believe in the praise of human sexuality. I believe in the Sacred Feminine.
I do believe that it is better to feel the emotion, after all, you think with your brain, usually humans make foolish mistakes. But if you feel with your heart...there is an instinct that can tell you the difference from right or wrong. It is called the conscience.You said Jungian? Then you've heard that the man is conscience and the woman is psyche.....

Answer 4

Both are essential to comprehending truth. The way we find truth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka Mormons) is to first study things out in our own minds (ie think about things) and then ask God if our conclusion is right... We listen to the feeling we get when we think a certain thought, or do or say a certain thing. If we get a good feeling, we know we have done or thought something that was true/right. If we get a bad feeling or feel confused, we know that we were doing or thinking the wrong thing.

Answer 5

I think thinking is valuable. Feeling causes you to be vulnerable and therefore, in my opinion of course means it is not as valuable as thinking. Thinking allows you to be strong and allows you to question things that most vulnerable people would not. It is like thinking with your head or your heart. It is better to be logical than emotional. I am not saying that I am a heartless b****, but i would value thinking over emotion. Again right now in my life i am numb. SO maybe this is why this is my answer.

I do not follow a religion, but I am a spiritual person.

Answer 6

If you are referring to thinking:feeling in a Myers-Briggs/Jungian sense then you can rest assured that it's a load of old rubbish and was discredited by mainstream psychologists years ago (look up Myers-Briggs in Wikipedia for further explanation). Modern psychometrics tells us that the thinking:feeling dimension simply does not exist within human beings. It's perfectly possible to have oodles of both since they are located in different parts of the brain - and both are equally valuable.

Answer 7

It depends. Would you rather live a short, good life or a long, boring one? Feeling or IQ?

You can't have a very good life if you can't feel emotion. But if you can't think well, you're very likely to die early, you know, take the radio in the shower with you...

As for religion, I personally am an atheist, but religion can make people's lives much more meaningful.

Basically, it's up to the individual.

If you disregard this, I understand, I am only 13, but you know, it makes sense...

Answer 8

Feeling

Answer 9

I'm assuming that "Feeling" = emotion and "thinking" = intellect (as opposed to simply referring to the functioning of neurons).

Whichever one values more is purely a personal preference. Both aspects are essential to our humanity. Honestly, I can't choose to value one more highly than the other.

Intellect allows us to make rational decisions in a fairly predictable fashion while emotion tends to be irrational since it is a reactionary phenomenon. Both have positive and negative consequences in life. Without intellect we would just be instinctive, emotional animals and our actions would be based solely on our feelings about things. But without emotion we would have nothing to live for except the aimless perpetuation of our existence. It's order/chaos duality.

I don't subscribe to any religion. Btw, good movie to watch that deals with just this topic is "Equilibrium" (Christian Bale, 2003). Lots of action too =)

Answer 10

I am Lutheran...not a radical or anything...just normal person who goes every few Sundays. Honestly, I think that Feeling is more valuable because it's the conclusion or "feeling" you get after thinking about something. I believe thinking is just a process to get to a feeling. A feeling is a desire, and who you really are. If you feel VERY strongly for something or someone, then I honestly believe god speaks to us in that way.
Good question.

Answer 11

Thinking. Quite spiritual.