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Chris Nicholson May 14, 2013 at 10:18 pm
@Josh: I wonder if you find irony in your choice of examples. You pathologize people who have…Read More "...a severe distortion in how they view the world and God" as defined as people who view God as "...an all powerful source of punishment"--- but your diagnosis seems to require a causal link to having a crappy parent. What if people come to the conclusion/belief that you find to be an illness via means other than child abuse? Can the healthiness (or not) of a state of depend on the path taken?
Wouldn't the DSM (an interpreted by a fundamentalist shrink) require a diagnosis of "delusion" for a patient who had concluded (for whatever reason) than God was NOT "an all powerful source of punishment?" He who transcends time and sees, knows and controls everything everywhere surely also is in charge of punishment, no?
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 14, 2013 at 09:07 pm
After reading this latest installment. I say: This kind of psychology as well as all kinds of…Read More psychology, is nothing more than a local anesthetic which comforts for awhile. The main comfort comes from knowing the therapist is trained and, therefore, trustworthy,,,impressive, in a way....and also, he or she listens to you and seems to care., Religious words, most words are like rain drops that fall on parched soil. Soon. the soil needs another rain..a constant rain..a constant local anesthetic. An awareness of right and wrong is a tormentor. We realize we do wrong....conscious at work. Most seek another person of great credentials to try to convince them that some sort of relitive thinking will work. No one can know for sure, so any idea is as good as any other idea. This is a release from the narrow thinking mentioned above. Strange...Jesus said: :Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. I make a challenge to you: Read the Gospel of John in one sitting..Be in a quiet place and give your best to doing this.....Be prepared to find what you are looking for....and, it is free. b
Regular Guy May 14, 2013 at 03:24 pm
"We talk about “hard science” or “hard data” vs. “soft” or…Read More “fuzzy”. One is clearly good; one is usually looked at with some kind of scorn. There is an implicit misogyny in this – the male is hard and reliable, the female soft and unreliable. "
Somebody has sex on the brain. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Hard vs. soft science is an analogy to hard vs. soft building materials with which one constructs an edifice of scientific theory. If your building is made of Jello it won't hold the weight of any future theory you want to layer on top of it.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 14, 2013 at 11:36 am
My info comes from a number of History Books plus internet on the subject. So, the Pope granted…Read More sainthood, eh. God calls all of His children Saints...look up saints in the concordance of the Bible. Saint, Holy, and Sanctified all come from the same root word which means "Set apart from the others: Even Mt Sinaii is called a "Holy Mount " because it was there that God came down to give the Mosaic Law to Moses.
Jose May 14, 2013 at 03:45 am
Quoting Dr. Gressel: "And even further: let’s say the worst of Ian’s suspicions…Read More are true and my school focuses only on how to help people develop their spirituality and not on the “science” of psychology: do we know for certain that would be a bad thing? Who would you want to confide your worst fears to? Someone who can read statistical analyses or someone who can read the human heart?"
Answer: I would like to think that the school my psychologist attended was accredited by the American Psychological Association, at the very least. As you explained, the warm and fuzzy California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco is no longer accredited. Sometimes you get what you pay for. It's a private school after all. They will take your money.
Rita Wilson April 7, 2013 at 09:51 pm
A neighbor of mine on Colusa tried to give him food when he was on Colusa, but he refused, so I…Read More never tried. Dorothy, is that the shelter near the Berkeley Historical Society/Veteran's Building? Perhaps he would need a ride to it. Perhaps he's concerned about leaving his things there if he can't be there during the day. I'm afraid I don't know enough about it.
Dorothy Coakley March 27, 2013 at 04:36 pm
I did mention that I'm donating 10% of my royalties for "Midnight" to the EC's Open Space…Read More fund, didn't I?
I'm a Down-home Ten Percenter.
Dorothy Coakley March 27, 2013 at 04:31 pm
Lucy, I like the idea in principal, but in reality I think it would just give ECPD more work to do.…Read More "People hanging out" doesn't necessarily translate to a friendly,fun-filled, folksy kind of environment. It *can* mean quite the reverse.
"Midnight On the Ohlone" sounds like a new recording. Something like "I left my little babeeeeee, down by the tracks....and now I want her back....she's a needle in the haaaaaaay staaaaack...'
Arhoolie awaits.
Lucy March 27, 2013 at 12:58 pm
What a great idea for pocket parks!!! I am all for them. Instead of spening a big amount on one…Read More (which we don't have space anyway), I would like to see many mini parks of $20,000 along the Bart tracks. With more visibility and people hanging out, it would make Bart paths safer too, especially the one around fairmont park. Really mini pocket parks just needs some play structures, benches and tables there.
Craig B. Wilson May 4, 2013 at 01:33 am
Evie, what a delight to enter into your experience through this poem!
Margaret Tong May 1, 2013 at 11:30 am
the posties have to carry all this stuff as well as their postbags? An in aa o 21 eers, it disna…Read More seem that hunger is been stampit oot
Mick Doo May 5, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Actually J.B. it's really you who need the session. Robert seems to understrand
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 5, 2013 at 10:21 am
Maybe Josh will give a free analysis on this thread. I don't carry any weight..."Casting all…Read More your care on Him for He careth for you" At least your post was measured and not cruel.
Jen Komaromi May 1, 2013 at 06:13 pm
John, the art strolls are only May 10 and Sept. 13. Sorry for the confusion. Hope to see you…Read More there!
John Stashik May 1, 2013 at 05:32 pm
Add to the above column: GROCERY OUTLET is opening at Macdonald & San Pablo. Ribbon cutting…Read More ceremony on May 22nd at 6-8 p.m. with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Food catered by Artisan Kitchen.
Then at grand opening celebration all day on June 1st.
"Mac" and the "Avenue" come alive!
Dorothy Coakley May 1, 2013 at 04:46 pm
Thanks, John. As usual, yours is the most informative roundup of local news. Though I do have to…Read More admit to a recent fondness for the online West County Times...much more comprehensive than Patch!
George McRae May 2, 2013 at 06:47 pm
Part Two.....
If you are fortunate to own a TV and watch the flood of video of robberies at…Read More convenience stores you can easily see that the cameras did nothing to prevent the crimes. The Tsarnaev brothers went to an ATM, all of which have cameras and made no attempt to cover their identity. I’m just saying that if indeed one wants to stem crime one needs to think it through instead of jumping to a wild-west position. art
George McRae May 2, 2013 at 06:46 pm
Part One
And of course with all the cameras at the Safeway, it has done so much to stop all the…Read More ongoing crime there......So what is the discussion about here? Preventing street crime, or politically/religiously motivated terrorist crime? The article is a classic "Let's titillate with a banner about Islamic extremist jihad bombers, but the body will be about thug crime." These are two completely different issues and as such the author ought to go back and rethink this. It’s an irresponsible article. El Cerrito certainly has a thug crime problem that includes burglary and car theft break-ins. El Cerrito is not on ANYBODY's political map. Most native born Bay Area reisdents can’t find it on a map let alone a lunatic bent on making a martyr’s statement, Islamic , Christian or otherwise. If you look at the other crime headlines in the patch page you will see that were robberies also on the BART path, Sketchers, and Denny’s all of which are heavily “surveilled”. The Tsarnaev brothers are young enough to completely know that everyone and their grandmother has a picture phone, and cameras are everywhere in Boston, and YET they did what they did. SO… to “blanket statement” that all this camera surveillance has stopped the “perps” is simple thinking at best. It is helpful in solving crimes AFTER the fact.
John Stashik May 1, 2013 at 05:30 am
That was one crime that caused then-Chief Kirkland to push for the new law. Another question would…Read More be: how many crimes have been prevented because certain businesses are required to have video recording? Perps know they're on camera in EC.
Mick Doo May 5, 2013 at 12:22 pm
God created the world. Man wants nothing to do with him, certain men anyway. God does not kill those…Read More children, man does. Man is to blame for everything that has happened and will happen. God sits back and watches. You will answer Jose and so will I. Unless you believe in evolution then you are a fool.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 25, 2013 at 03:55 pm
Wow< Chris...complex expression. I had to read and de-cipher. My best reply at the moment…Read More is....."YEP"
Chris Nicholson April 25, 2013 at 03:15 pm
Umm, the above is replete with "without sarcasm, intolerance or evidence of hatred toward those…Read More who would disagree."
I am a firm believer in freedom of religion (unless it harms third parties), but people of faith should use caution when picking (or joining) a fight based on logic and science.
The best strategy is to claim that those tools do not apply to the intangible and unknowable "faith domain." If you don't claim to be able to physically perceive or rationally understand something that exists only beyond the domain of human comprehension, then no one can ever "disprove" the quasi-existence of that in which you believe.
Ian J May 3, 2013 at 05:16 am
Turns out he's not highly trained at all and unlikely to be scientific in his practice. I looked…Read More into his credentials; he has a "PhD" from a dubious "spiritually-oriented" institution that has very little recognition in the academic community, and lost its accreditation. His PhD is laughable.
Camaro on Cinderblocks April 26, 2013 at 01:07 pm
The text from the different religions kind of makes it hard for there not to be a divide....
John…Read More 1:9-11
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Allah is an enemy to unbelievers. - Sura 2:98
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 26, 2013 at 11:16 am
I would be hard pressed to give a synopsis...a conclusion to all of this. Sin is brought into the…Read More light by God's Word and conscious. We know inside when we do wrong and at first, it bothered us. A child who had no religious training training, still knows when he is doing wrong....the neaking aspect tries to hide the deed done. But, it is possible to sin against the conscious so many times, it becomes burned out and no longer flashes a red light. So, there is an awareness of sin that comes from inside apart from any religious definition. I still do not like the word "religious." It is a like painting trash to give it a better look.....like putting a diamond in a swine's snout. Man's nature is corrupt, and we were born that way. We never had to be taught to do bad things, it came to us naturally. Salvation in Christ gives man a new nature to co-exhist with his corrupt nature. It is like Ali and Frazier in the same ring. "Marvel not that I say unto you: "you must be born again" .
Kia May 1, 2013 at 02:49 pm
Hi Paul - it is great to avoid goitrogenic foods (especially soy), but almonds aren't high on that…Read More list. Peanuts are, however. Here is a site with a good list of foods to keep to a minimum in your menu planning http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/goitrogens/
Best of health to you! :-) Kia
Paul May 1, 2013 at 01:53 pm
I have thyroid nodules and I discovered soy and almonds are Goitrogenic foods. They can prevent the…Read More body's absorption of iodine, which is essential for a healthy thyroid. I've been looking at rice milk, coconut milk and hemp milk, but I think I will just go back to organic cow milk.
Nicole Mooradian April 22, 2013 at 01:43 am
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Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Robert Livesay
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"Herr Carl Petrersen III I have some concerns about your…Read More postings."
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Sounds like someone is a little bit upset over getting proven wrong about his allegations about the cause of our economic crash.
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Carl Petersen III
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Robert Livesay
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'ou folks that voted for Liberals need…Read More some lessons in economics.'
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Is lesson one how the Conservative economic policy of the Bush administration crashed the economy?
Napoleon Solo April 24, 2013 at 01:24 pm
If youi need help devising these sorts of things, Marbles the Brain Store has lots to offer. For…Read More example, there is a dice game with a large number of dice having different pictures on the sides. You roll the dice, and have to create a story using the first die's picture, and then the next person has to take the next dice picture and continue the story. Its fun to leave off your story at a difficult point to see how the next person can recover. The store is online and there is one in the Westfield mall in SF that is attached to a BART stop, so you can go there and not even have to go up to the street level.
Oppelt April 24, 2013 at 01:08 am
Having no knowledge about the book (which sounds like a good read)...we created a floatable (wine)…Read More cork boat with our 5 yo. Or rather, we competed at which team (mom/son, dad/son) could come up with a way to make it float in a bubble bath. Twine, tape, glue, pennies, small shells, a USA flag, you name it were thought (by our son) to attempt to secure or decorate. It took weeks for us all to devise a way that wouldn't break down, float and use all the saved corks he'd set aside for his (not ours) wish of "I want to make a boat". That boat is much more admired, used and talked about than any other toy boat we have (thank goodness). As a creative professional I am concerned about innovation and the loss thereof with everything so matchy-match and kit based if not shiny, packaged and ready. Thus, SCAMPER sounds like a great read for adults that really have a hard time thinking outside the box. Glad you put it together. Cheers!
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