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| dspalla... |
 Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:27 am |
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On May 15, 7:53 am, Chris Degnen <tilt... at (no spam) windmills.freeserve.co.uk>
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Quote: Derek Spalla wrote:
Chris Degnen wrote:
Derek Spalla wrote:
... so it only makes sense to study psychology from
God's perspective
If God's mind is impartial and serene knowing it wouldn't
change any of the good psychology textbooks out there.
Maybe it's not God who is wrong, but man...
"Whatever we imagine it turns to be otherwise." MN 3, 113
An interesting turn...we have not imagined God, but has he imagined
us? Does the quote apply that way as well? |
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:01 am |
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On May 15, 10:27 am, dspalla <spallafam... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
I have decided to use the following textbook:
Understanding Psychology, 8th Edition, by Morris and Maisto
The reason why I choose this book is because it gives both sides of an
issue. For example, for the issue of sexual orientation, it mentions
data that supports the biological point of view as well as the view
that nurture is involved. I also liked the fact that students will
have access to Vango Notes online.
Other texts I personally reviewed include Exploring Psycholoy In
Modules 7th Edition by David G. Myers, and Invitation to Psychology
4th Edition by Wade and Tavris. |
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| dank... |
| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:50 pm |
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dspalla wrote...
Quote: On May 14, 5:55 pm, dank <d... at (no spam) nugget.org> wrote:
Psychology and religion are very similar in that both are unscientific
and both seek to control people's minds. It is uncommon to find a
psychologist who incorporates religious ideology, but more common to
find religionists who incorporate psychological babble to give their
religious crap an air of pseudoscientific authority.
Dear Dank,
Thank you for your perspective. Just because something is uncommon
doesn't mean I should so easily dismiss it. Also, I would not
categorize psychology as a discipline that wants to control the mind,
but instead seeks to understand the mind. For myself, I wish only to
control my own mind, or better yet, I am seeking the mind of
Jesus...but I think I'm digressing a bit. I think you are selling
psychology and all faiths pretty short with your comments.
I'm just glad you agree with me that psychology is a faith and not a
science. And sorry if I'm a bit anti-religious, but psychology is
very much like religion in that for every professed psychological
belief, there is a faction of psychologists who subscribe to a
contradictory belief, yet both factions lay claim to truth. Compare
this to real sciences like chemistry or physics where there really
is no controversy and whose principles are universally accepted by
all physicists or chemists. |
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