Bible Question:
Do people have to be theologians 'to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent'? John 17:3 jm |
Bible Answer: What about psychologists? Truth is I am not sure what psychologists really do or say. They just give me the impression that by dint of study they think they know. Yet they confuse me with admissions that there is so much they do not know. I only meant to answer that one does not have to be a psychologist to know the only true God. My problem with psychologists is this: How can we judge whether what they are telling us is true? They invent words which are not even in the Bible. Then they tell us these are difficult concepts and they have been studying it for many years and they will explain it to us. We listen and we don’t understand and we say, “That is totally confusing to me”. They then accuse us of not believing in psychology or of limiting our faith to our level of understanding. In attempting to make things simple, psychologists make things more difficult for some of us. I would not be a psychologist because I am not sure we ought to be studying mind and behavior. Those who study it tend to argue over words, and their debates seldom serve to elucidate anything. When they run out of psychobabble words they invent new ones. I hope no psychologist tells you here that you should study mind and behavior. "Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. Is this a call for ignorance? Yes, it is. Whenever anyone makes a study of a subject, they become suspect. Obviously, the more you study something, the less you'll end up knowing about it. Likewise, if you really want to become knowledgeable in a subject, avoid studying it. Maybe the knowledge (which I'm not sure we're supposed to have) will just pop into our heads by accident someday. Also, theologians often receive criticism from people who had one course in theology fifty years ago and do not understand what they are saying. |