RE: [TruthTalk] Strawman gets the Bird

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True, John. This just proves that Believer’s do not have a corner on all truth. Some unbeliever’s stumble onto truth also.  Truth includes whatever really works, based on discoveries of how God’s creation operates. So we can take the good (Glasser’s method) and discard the bad (Glasser’s religious beliefs). If we only accepted truth from Believer’s or from direct scripture, well then I guess none of us would avail ourselves of polio vaccines, or of modern methods of architecture, or of modern appliances or vehicles, or fabrics, or heating/cooking methods, or of ANYTHING discovered by unbelievers. “The wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous.” (Prov.13:22) Sometimes that “wealth” is a discovery or a method that works. Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Strawman gets the Bird   In a message dated 3/23/2004 6:52:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John, Funny you would bring up Glasser—I stumbled upon his theories in nursing school, and he made more sense than all the others put together. He acted as if there was no such thing as “insanity” and treated the patients as if they were capable of behaving normally, and they often did exactly that. One of the few things I still remember….Izzy What I liked about him was the fact that his counseling method was a type of directive counseling.   He would present a solution to the clients problem and then give that individual a schedule for confronting those problems.  Although I am no longer a paid and professional pastor,  the work of pastor remains an avocation.   And, as I see the scripture, God has given us the greatest of advise and guidance and He expects us to put that advice into practice  --  and much of Glasser's approach mirrors that effort.   Glasser is an admitted unbeliever, so caution is a key consideration.   God bless John