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1 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | jlhetrick | 184584 | ||
Hello Lon, I might be able to add something helpful here. I'm working from the assumption that you are a Christian. As a professional in the field I can honestly say that you appear to be pointed in the wrong direction and taking the wrong approach. I mean that sincerely and write it with Christian love. You sound like you might be young and impressionable. I remember well how difficult it was to get through those classes (philosophy, anthropology, sociology, biology, etc.) and keep my faith. Had it not been for the grace of God, I might not have kept it. Many who confess to be Christians go to college only to be firmly indoctrinated into the religion of secularism. As a Christian, my loyalties are first and foremost to the Lord and obedience to His word. As a psychotherapist my loyalties are first and foremost to the Lord and obedience to His word. As a psychotherapist I'm not responsible to know the religions of the world. Though we are taught and take an oath to treat the "whole person" (mind, body, and spirit) I absolutely never provide spiritual guidance and encouragement from the perspective of any religious position other than Christianity. To do that would be to compromise my own moral position and commitment to the Lord and His word. I'll give a quick example to help illustrate my point. On any give work day I might do as many as five or six "couples therapy" sessions. Notice the "couples". You don't bill for "marriage therapy" anymore. It's "couples therapy". Anyway, I never do "couples therapy" with homosexuals. Why? Because it violates my religious beliefs and moral position. I do provide individual therapy to homosexuals but I never participate in repairing and nurturing their homosexual relationship. My wife is a operating room nurse. She never participates in an abortion "procedure". The point is, if we can't perform the duties of our jobs without compromising the truth and teachings of Scripture, it's time to quit and look for another job. I offer this feedback with sincere Christian love. I truly hope it's helpful. I had to draw these conclusions on my own, over a very long time through stress and struggle. Mark 4:18-19 They are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ESV 1 John 5:19 - 2 John 1 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. ESV God bless, Jeff |
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2 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | Lon3RB | 184657 | ||
I am not as "Young and Impressionable " as you may think. Actually, I have been through a lot in my life time. My parents separated when I was five years old. They were divorced by the time I seven years old. My mom had custody of all five of us children. I am the youngest of five. My father was an alcoholic. He was just getting off the booze when I was born. My MOm went through a lot. She says that "just as things were getting better" my father left. He had found another woman. He married this woman. My father's second wife's name was Ruth. Ruth had also been married previously. She had a daughter from her first marraige. I forget the spelling of her daughter's name. It is something like Jo-Anne or Joanne. Ruth had custody of JO. When I was nineteen years old I had my first child. I almost didn't graduate from High School. But I did. Probably because I conceived late in the year. Around my 19th birthday. Which is in February. When NOvember would come around, I would be out on my own. Here I was raising a child by myself. The biggest slap in the face is that my daughter's father had found someone else. He didn't marry me. He married Shiela. And I knew of Shiela. You would have thought I would have learned the first time around. But in my early twenties I had another child. So I was an unwed mother twice over. My children are grown now. My daughter is in her mid twenties. She will be twenty - seven by November of this year. My son's birthday is in April. I think he will be around twenty- five. My kids are about two and a half years apart. So figure the ages from there. Maybe my son will be twenty-four this year. I think he might have been born in 83. I can't remember my own children's ages. So I am not young. Actually I am 46 years old. But perhaps I am still a little niave. Like thinking that it didn't matter who taught this course. People are going to approach religion from their own perspective. So the teacher did great on Hinduism. For Islam we have a couple of students in the class that are from that culture. They are Muslim. But the majority of us are Christians. Now that isn't to say that we are all practicing. We simply have that background. I think it is too late to get my money back on this course. I am not sure I want to drop it. Although, the Lowell Assemlby of God is strongly encouragin me to do so. I have finished one paper already. I was suppose to visit a mosque or temple and do an oral presentation. The class has a problem with this assignment. After reading my book for class, I had a problem with the assignment. Although I did it anyway. I determined by reasoning that we couldn't visit a Jewish Synagogue. Going to church didn't count. We had to go outside ourselves. So I visited a Hindu Temple. The teacher suggested I bring a flower for an offering. So I did. It was a potted Flowery plant. I didn't really understand a lot of what was going on. I mean there was a language barrier. But one thing I didn't do, was bow to their idols. So I am learning about my strong points and my weak ones. And I am learning about other people's beliefs as well. Also to note: A lot of counselors don't think of a person as mind, body, and spirit. Secular counselors treat the mind. Doctors treat the body. And the spirit isn't attended to. When I took my abnormal psychology class, I realized that some cultures don't recognize certain mental illnesses. They are called something else. Some of this is due to the religious backgrounds of the people they are counseling. Which was why I took this course. And the DSM-IV-TR manual is something else to read. My MOther's comments on me taking the "Religion of the World's Class" was that it was going to be almost a continuum of the "Abnormal Psychology" course I had just taken. I didn't expect to get confused taking "Religion of the World." I think the book I am reading isn't kind. See previous note. |
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3 | Clearing up philosophical confusion | 1 Cor 10:20 | jlhetrick | 184678 | ||
Hello Lon, thanks for the reply. It doesn't appear that you got much past my comment "You sound like you might be young and impressionable." It was an honest remark though and certainly not meant to be insulting. Sorry if you took it that way. The impressionable part still concerns me though and it sounds like there are a lot of people close to you with the same concerns. I pray that this time of apparent struggle will strengthen you as I believe God intends. If you care to go back and read my previous post to you I would ask that you skip over the third sentence and see if the rest of the post offers any help at all. Blessings, Jeff PS. Disclosure is always at the discretion of the person, but too much personal information on a public forum may not be a good idea. |
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