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@ericawordsmith:

Oh, nice new profile pic ; D Sorry, I didn’t mean to ignore you I just honestly didn’t see your post when I response to sarah ; D Anyway, let’s get into it!

3.”How are we just the bearers of the necessities?” We aren’t the essence of emotion or the essence of thought we simply possess emotion and thought. It’s like if a light bulb puts off light it’s a ‘bearer’ of light, not light itself ; D “You DO need food.” also, I didn’t claim emotion isn’t a necessity (though I may in the future ; D)

6. “I think so far you have firmly established that your claim is that in general the thinking function is superior to the feeling function” actually no. I might be inclined to think that but the only functions i’ve actually climbed superpro is Te to Se because They often exhibits far more self control then Se…

7. “That the world could be better without emotion? That’s like saying the could be better without wind and sound. Or that a film could be made without music (please do not try to convince me that it can, because it can’t).” I disagree but I think that’s more a matter of option than anything else and I want to focus on other stuff ; D

8. “emotional support aside, feelers can help tone thinkers bluntness down and thinkers can help toughen up feelers.” we only need to be toned down because there is feelers so it’s kind of solving a problem it caused XD

@sarah-ink dragon:

“it’s my personal hunch that as we age, we shift more towards a Ti or Te in general rather than a Fe or Fi” hum well if you find some evidence for that hunch let me know ; D

“in general, most would assume I have more of an advantage intellectually.” I can’t really disagree but I think think most ‘smarts’ as we commonly use the term is determined by will and self-control rather than one’s particular nature ; D

“why shouldn’t the amount of feeler to thinker balance out to create a harmony in which some of us are more in tune to logic and some are more in tune to people?” maybe you’re right, maybe they do ‘balance’ but I would still be inclined to say one is generally superior to the other ; D

@taylorclogston: I highly disagree. God is not irrational and therefore cannot commit irrational actions. While I may want to argue against your ‘we need emotion to have relationship’ argument I haven’t the time right now so I’ll let it ride ; D Anyway, thanks for your thoughts!

@lianajdouglas: “Thinkers just prefer to have more “self-control” than feelers, but that doesn’t mean that thinkers can’t be indecisive and “flighty” as well.” I never claimed that or at the very least never intend to ; D read what I said in my last post: “I think that being moved and shaken by numerous desires that ebb and flow is the greatest disadvantage of feeling types. Not saying thinkers CAN be shaken or moved by those same desires but we are far less inclined to do so”

“A person isn’t less “self-controlled” as a feeler, though they may appear that way to us thinkers.” uh, yes they are XD What definition of self control are you using?

@ericawordsmith“When a girl is running around babbling to the world about how her life is ruined or that she is super attracted to a guy I want to claw my face off. ” *grins* you just got a brownie point XD

“I believe behavior can be superior, but not their cognitive functions” then we agree! The thing is certain function incline an individual to certain behaviors and that’s what I deem certain functions generally superior ; D

“If everybody has the same level of smart, then they have the ability to excel.” uh, no. You need the will and the self-control to act it out… like i said before ; D

“that is simply going to make me stare at you and wonder what you think I should be doing. Personally, your complaint is that feelers don’t have self-control or don’t come by it naturally. So why do you think it is unhealthy for them to have it?” being driven by fear or emotional need is not self control. As soon as that is gone your ‘self-control’ unterly disintegrates (I know I guy, INFP, that had this happen to him actually) I’m not saying ALL feelers are unhealthy if their great achievers it’s just, from what I perceive, often they do it for the wrong reasons ; D But hey, I’m not a feeler, and if I’m wrong I’m ok with that! Either way, its a side note ; D “I did because I wanted to take them, not because I felt insecure.” ok cool *shrugs* maybe I’m wrong : D

“You just said that no type is smarter in your last paragraph” oh, ya your right… Sorry, my bad XD

Ok, sorry for the quick responses! Not upset just trying to get this done fast (and I’m tired XD) anyway, good debate guys, keep it up, and might I add at this point it might be good to define what we mean by emotion? (I know, that ought to be easy right XD)