Discernment

Seafury · 03-06-2010, 07:20 AM

I don't know why but I can't stand the term "resonate" as far as deciding that you agree with a certain point of view. I think the problem is that some have decided that you don't need to have discernment, the title of this thread, so long as you resonate with something. As if discernment and resonating are not the same thing, and personally I don't think that they are.

Discernment implies that you are using some kind of intellectual capacity to decide whether something is correct or not.

Resonate implies you "feel" something is correct. Well Kerry resonates with Albert Venczel. And "resonation" with something appears to be completely subjective, which means it means nothing to anyone else.

That would mean to me that there's no use in telling anyone else what you "resonate" with, because it doesn't mean anything to anyone else. And in fact, it doesn't mean anything at all.

Resonating and discernment are two very different things imo.

03-06-2010, 07:20 AM	#2
Seafury Avalon Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 85	Re: Discernment I don't know why but I can't stand the term "resonate" as far as deciding that you agree with a certain point of view. I think the problem is that some have decided that you don't need to have discernment, the title of this thread, so long as you resonate with something. As if discernment and resonating are not the same thing, and personally I don't think that they are. Discernment implies that you are using some kind of intellectual capacity to decide whether something is correct or not. Resonate implies you "feel" something is correct. Well Kerry resonates with Albert Venczel. And "resonation" with something appears to be completely subjective, which means it means nothing to anyone else. That would mean to me that there's no use in telling anyone else what you "resonate" with, because it doesn't mean anything to anyone else. And in fact, it doesn't mean anything at all. Resonating and discernment are two very different things imo.