Will reason ever overcome emotion?

Question

I just watched a show about a haunted house in Georgia. A family with one little girl moved in. She claimed there were friendly ghosts and this mean character. Then, a psychologist is called in-he does some research and explains the house is built on ground that experiences seismic activity and the girl is sensitive to it. Years later,, there's another little girl child, she says the same thing-has a little girl ghost friend but there's also a 'bad guy'. The parents call the psychologist again, he refers a psychic girl he knows. She comes in, says there are several ghosts, most are good but one is evil. The mother is determined that there are demonic sprits (as in plural) in her house so she calls a Protestant psychic (he says he's Protestant, anyway) He says the same thing-There are several, most are good, one is bad. She still insists that her home is posessed by demonic spirits and has her pastor do some cleansing thing Oral Roberts and the like did/do to audience members.

He says that demonic spirits are plagueing the family, then says something about the first girl having friendly spirits play with her as a child.
The first pyschic suggests the family learn about their spirits and not focus on the evil one b/c he feeds off the negative energy of fear. But, the story never said the mother ever thought any of the spirits were 'good'. Do you think she'll ever realize that and calm herself?

To JC is the man: I don't know that emotion eventually leads to reason...IE-I really, really, really would love it if the Loch Ness monster were real but I've finally seen/heard enough to know it's highly unlikely.

To Betsy: I agree for the most part but there are always exceptions.

Answer 1

For a small minority.

Never to Oral Roberts (or within a 30 ft radious of Oral Roberts)

Answer 2

Reason overcome emotion?
Never. No matter how often the intellect 'reasons' away emotion, nature (life) and/or sudden changes of circumstance keep taking the intellect by surprise, and reminding the intellect of it's place, and it's function. Intellect is a means, not an end.

For example, just try to go one entire day without being startled by something, even the least little bit. I find that it is a sheer impossibility. For the most part I can learn to control my options for reactions AFTER the surprise, ie: anger, rage, crying, sweating, palpitations, adrenaline flow, laughter, refocusing, increased concentration, or higher energy levels... But I CANNOT keep from being startled by at least something, daily. No matter how much I tell myself "I will not fear!", it just doesn't go that way. Nature sees to it without fail!

Answer 3

For some people reason will never overcome emotion. I thin emotion is a valid mechanism for discovering reality only when it is backed up by reason.

There is an interplay between reason and emotion. Some reason and the emotion follows. Others have the emotion and then reason. Either one of the models are ideal.

Yet unfortunately there are others who soley depend of the changing tides of emotion as a mechanism for grasping reality.

Answer 4

I doubt it. Because women become mothers we are "gifted" with more emotion than a man. You can reason something out intellectually but emotion will always be there.

Answer 5

i've got accomplished it and each so often I somewhat have regretted it and different circumstances i haven't. pass consisting of your gut. We human beings are the only creatures that forget approximately approximately their gut instincts. and consistent with possibility each and every so often your coronary heart is speaking and different circumstances your concepts. do not overanalyze issues, you will pass over out on too a lot. pass consisting of your gut!

Answer 6

Yes, if the person is intelligent and rational.

Fools believe their hearts.

Answer 7

Bless them all....