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matt_arnold

How To Choose A Mental Health Care Provider

Aug 22, 2004 13:10

Several years ago, The Road Less Traveled suggested to me the idea that everyone could benefit from therapy, regardless of whether a crisis situation has developed to force them to consider themselves "sick." From observing the human race, I agree with the author that mental health is always a matter of degree. I'm dubious of the claim that a ( Read more... )

new age, introspection, urban tribes, relationships, secular, christian

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Re: You've a right to your opiniion matt_arnold August 22 2004, 21:27:28 UTC

OK, let's apply my comments to the ones who are charlatans and not apply my comments to the ones who are not. The same right that you have to characterize my point of view as a fundamentalist religion, I will excercise to characterize belief systems however I wish, with absolutely no regard to favoritism because of friends I happen to make, including you or anyone else. I have given up entire social circles before and I'm just glad I don't think it will need to come to that again. We have now characterized each other, which I've learned is inevitable, and having spoken where we are simply at during this moment, we hopefully can forget it and move on. From the day I met you I saw it coming, and I'm comfortable with it. After all, it's "my truth" isn't it?

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Re: You've a right to your opinion matt_arnold August 23 2004, 21:31:45 UTC

Thanks for the clarification. It's important to consider each person in parts. I value you very much.

If it's really as you say, that each person's truth is whatever works for them, then the afterlife will be for each person whatever they believed it would be in life. So I would not exist at that time, while the Vikings are in Valhalla, and the Christians are in heaven with no gay people, and the Satanists are having orgies on speed, and you are wherever you expect to be.

Just as there are things that you're sick of, there are things that I'm sick of as well, as I partially explained in "Is That God In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me," and "Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz." But I mostly reserve my harshness for authority figures, and only part of it for the followers that support them and then only if they give me a hard time. And even to the nice ones I just don't tell them what I really think. It's long past overdue that people stopped respecting credulity as a sacred cow. I make no demands that everyone has to respect ( ... )

Re: You've a right to your opinion cosette_valjean August 24 2004, 05:12:37 UTC

Love him, love him. Matt Arnold has many, many good points. One of the things I love most about him is his zeal for honesty.

Re: You've a right to your opinion matt_arnold August 24 2004, 09:37:34 UTC

Let me further clarify that I don't want to take the lackadaisical attitude that you suggest, when it comes to the topic of the potential victimization of desperate people who are losing a lot of money. Especially if they are not complementing their treatment with conventional medicine. Anyone can think whatever they want without comment from me; until and unless it crosses the line of harm ( ... )

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