Christian Psychologists

[yomotalking]

In basic form it is the science of the brain and how it works. Being as how the brain was created by God and corrupted by the fall, thus I see no reason why a Christian should be prohibited from studying something created by God.

I agree

[Bolts]

Thanks everyone for your opinions on this topic.

Its' been an emotional journey reading all these Posts. Excitement to fear to anger to awe to sadness and finally to comtemplation. I put in this Post to get honest feedback. which I got and am very grateful for.

My husband is sharing this journey with me. He is finding it rather fascinating. His favourite word at the moment is 'psychobabble' - Statements, theories and ideologies which aren't based on facts or viable evidence. In other words assumptions, guesses and fairytales. Psychology has a long way to go in terms of development. Its' main purpose is to research and to counsel. I had a friend whose daughter was sexually abused by her new partner. Her daughters therapist was a christian. My friends daughter is doing extremely well. I believe it is because the therapist would go into work early, look over her appointments and pray for every client she was seeing that day. She invited God into the situation and Godly answered her.

[apothanein kerdos]

as a christian, studying psychology would be good. why not. but as for "christian psychologist" that's an oximoron. you have to remember psychology is a science of man, by man. you'll notice historically that the study of psychology has gone through many changes and errors.

I think it is fine. Like any profession the difficult time will come when psychoanalytic or counseling principles come into conflict with God's word. The Christian will need to decide which they will listen to and apply

My freshman year in college I took a psychology class, and my last semester I took a philosophy class. I found neither of them to be edifying to me in any way. In fact, the more I learned about them, the more I realized they were not at all of God. Psychology does not even acknowledge the existence of God, but attempts to explain all behavior as a combination of genetic, chemical, and environmental factors. The Bible says in Genesis 6 that every thought of the imagination of the heart of man is only evil continually. This is for ALL people. The Bible says the only answer is Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The Bible always leads to God fixing man. Psychology says there is nothing inherently wrong with man, and even if there is, it can be corrected by fixing the chemical and environmental factors involved. Pschology always leads to man trying to fix himself or one another.

I think you are dealing more with the theories behind psychology than the actual act of psychology. The proper definition of such is to just study the brain. In other words, any study upon how the brain opperates in certain circumstances and how to correct negative patterns is, by definition, psychology. The brain, being made by God, should be studied. Just because a person is a psychologist doesn't mean he or she believes there is nothing inherently wrong with the human race.

[jmh137]

I have been thinking in the direction of the total power that the Almighty has, for quite some time now. I once had a preacher who would always say that God is a God of history. Well it started me thinking about how He ordained everything and uses everything, for He was the One who created all concepts. For instance, how He used mathematical concepts, because of course He created them. It is my opinion that He has called some of His own to be in this field. I think it could be a great way to witness for him.

My daughter is planning to study this area for her career. She said that she will have a box full of New Testaments to give to each of her patients; she will tell them that within this book lie the true answers to everyone's problems. Sometimes it does help to talk to someone about your problems. God knows we have many trials and He provides us with many different ways to find help. He is The Glory .......jmh137