Logic and Emotion

There is a common struggle for spiritual people to deal with the tension between intellect and subjectivity. Particularly when trying to express our faith to people who might not share it, we don't know which aspect takes priority and how to use them honestly.

This article by Philip Yancey gives insight:

Lewis has taught me a style of approach that I try to follow in my own writings. To quote William James, "… in the metaphysical and religious sphere, articulate reasons are cogent for us only when our inarticulate feelings of reality have already been impressed in favor of the same conclusion." In other words, we rarely accept a logical argument unless it fits an intuitive sense of reality. The writer's challenge is to nurture that intuitive sense—as Lewis had done for me with his space trilogy before I encountered his apologetics. Lewis himself converted to Christianity only after sensing that it corresponded to his deepest longings, his Sehnsucht.

So convictions typically change when we find logical support for what our emotions/intuition have already begun to prefer.

I bet that's true in many areas of life.