Christianity's Monopoly on Self-Worth

Text: http://alraera.blogspot.com/2009/06/christianity-and-self-worth.html

A presentation and my take on a Catholic youth bible's teachings about the necessity of grounding self-worth in religious belief.

Much of this video is directed toward a minority of Christian folks, though I use the second person address frequently. My intention isn't to throw myself into the assumption-making and backhand-attacking that goes on in religious debates, on Youtube and otherwise, but to present my opinions on these 'words of wisdom' offered to young Christians and the very real potential implications of internalizing these beliefs, as I've seen them play out first-hand.

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• Christianity
• Catholicism
• atheism
• agnosticism
• spirituality
• self-respect
• self-worth
• religion
• God
• Jesus
• psychology

[KasparHauser4]

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of menFRANCIS BACON:

[TaccountableC]

Do you know what extremists mean?

Like I said, they believe they are doing good by blowing themselves up and killing others in the process. I think 99.99999% of the world population would agree that is not a nice thing to do, and certainly not what a God would tell someone to do.

India? They need help.

[slysci5]

ummm suicide bombers are doing it for a god named allah. and thats excatly wat they think. i ask u review the case of the mass shootings in india and why they id it

[TaccountableC]

If you can live up to the expectations then the medical world will rejoice, until it becomes a reality we'll have to wait and see. Not that I'm saying that you won't become a great doctor, I had high expectations of myself when I started in my field too.

[Alraera]

Yes, yes, and yes, and once I have the education and experience, I'll be able to couple my empathy and passion with a full arsenal of medical tools and treatments. IMO, both of those are equally important in being a physician.

[TaccountableC]

So are you willing to be responsible for the lives of every patients that you treat?

Can you treat and save cancer patients?

Can you deal with not knowing how to save a patient? Can you handle defeat, loss and despair on a daily basis?

I can do everything that you said and not be a doctor, what separates a doctor and myself is that they have the ability to diagnose and treat the problem using medical means, I will tell you to stop eating too much, stop smoking or stop drinking.

[Alraera]

Because I've seen and been hurt by seeing loved ones suffer from diseases that are largely preventable/treatable because of poor lifestyle choices (obesity, heart disease, alcoholism), and I want to encourage my patients to be proactive in their own health so that they and their families don't have to suffer.

Because I am passionate about teaching and empathize easily with others, and I want to be an educator to my patients and other doctors. Because I am curious and love learning.

[TaccountableC]

Suicide bombers are not doing it for God, they do it because they believe it is their destiny to send a message by blowing people up. God never asked for that, Jesus never asked for that, my pastor don't ask for that!

The true is, you are really trying to find reasons to believe by arguing so much about God. You think he is some magician waiting to catch you when you fall.

[bhig3]

Until what happens to me? I'm never going to be a doctor, it's not the life I want.

[TaccountableC]

Then until it happens to you, you wouldn't understand why doctors choose religion. "Theorism" doesn't work here.