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Why do people allow themselves to be categorized as victims? Real victims do not want to be victims at all. A woman who was raped would rather have not been raped. No one wants to be in a car crash. Pain, suffering and loss are the consequence of being a genuine victim. No one wants to be assaulted and robbed. So why do people allow themselves to be categorized as psychological victims? Quiet simply, there is an advantage to being made a victim. The psychological victim is given permission to live a psychologized life. Once diagnosed, he may step into another world. Being recognized as a victim of some major life trauma is the starting point in the journey where the therapist is viewed as the shepherd who will lead the victim to the promised land of recovery. What makes the future brighter for the psychologized individual is his victim status. The undiagnosed have to live with their disappointments, failures, regrets, crimes and sin. The psychological victim’s world is free from guilt, shame and responsibility. Whatever the matter may be, an external cause is found for the damaging effects. The disease has removed the accountability that has, in turn, removed the guilt. As a corollary, it has also removed the need for a Savior or for the work of the Holy Spirit in sanctifying the believer.
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The culture we live in encourages all sorts of sinful attitudes and behaviors, but will not tolerate the guilt and other feelings that sin produces. Man does not exist in a vacuum. There are consequences to his actions. These consequences are part of the curse God put on man as a result of sin. Sinful behaviors and attitudes affect the way we think and feel. Sin can produce feelings of personal guilt, depression, anxiety, fear and so on. For example, Cain’s sinful behaviors lead to depression (Genesis 4:5-7). David experienced depression, anxiety and several physiologic symptoms as a result of his sinful relationship with Bathsheba (Psalm 38). However, to admit responsibility and guilt is unsuited and irreconcilable with today’s concept of human dignity and self-esteem. Guilt is therefore viewed as a “neurosis.” It is an abnormal fixation that must be eradicated. Despite the incessant voice of one’s conscience, the sinful behavior that causes us to feel guilty must be denied.
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Spurgeon, Augustine, Luther, and others have rightly called Satan “the ape of God”. Just as an ape will mimic a person so Satan’s plan is to mimic and imitate God’s plan. God sends Christ, Satan false Christs (Matthew 24:5). God sends prophets to lead and instruct the people, Satan sends false prophets to mislead and confuse the people (Matthew 7:15-23). God raised up men to become apostles, Satan has apostles (2 Corinthians 11:13). God has given us His Gospel; Satan has another gospel (Galatians 1:6-8). Satan’s program involves misleading men concerning his plan so that as they follow his imitation they will be convinced they are following God.
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Our culture is in trouble today. The weakness of the evangelical church, which has been disemboweled of its theological character, is more troubling. The shaping of the church’s mind has been left to the psychologists. Its taste for anything psychology related appears to be insatiable and has led the church, with disastrous consequences, down the road of accommodation and compromise. Today’s theology is a blend of two opposite worldviews, in which what is popular and psychological eclipses what is sound theologically. Rooted in atheistic Darwinism, the biblical model replaced by the therapeutic leaves no space for man made in the image and likeness of his Creator. We have surrendered to psychology’s biological fate and describe ourselves in terms of genes, self-image, gender, sexual orientation and a host of disorders. The theological concepts of sin, guilt and responsibility have lost their relevance.
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Mixing Christianity and psychology has created a climate in which the word sin has been diluted of its true meaning, which renders it harmless. If an unbeliever has no consciousness of sin, he will not be able to see the point of Christianity. To him, Paul’s statement concerning the wrath of God will not make sense. This is not only true of unbelievers, but also Christians. Many Christians have lost their consciousness of sin. It is considered harsh, insensitive or even “un-Christian” to speak of problems as being the result of sinful behavior. No one wants to hear he is a sinner. There is great comfort in being told problems are caused by a disease, disorder, chemical imbalance, addiction, repressed memories, phobia, low self-esteem or a painful past.
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We have allowed psychology to explain what we say, feel and do. It interprets for us our words, moods and actions and what these really mean on an “unconscious” level. What one person says about an event of life and its effects are oftentimes interpreted by the psychologist into ideas which are very different from what is described. The psychologist then presents his diagnosis as fact, applies it to the person’s situation, while transforming him into a victim and life-long patient. The progression of events resembles the following:
1) A theory of victimization is constructed by the psychologist
2) The theory is applied, using the esoteric language of psychology, to the person’s situation
3) The theory converts the person’s experience into a disorder or disease
4) Only the psychologist knows how to help provide relief
5) Thus, a need for the psychologist is created.
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Because Christians have become so indoctrinated with the sickness model, they unconditionally accept the diagnosis. Persons who are lazy, irresponsible, bitter, full of self-pity, mean, or immoral are declared to be sick. AIDS was discovered to be a disease. Alcoholism was declared a disease. Cancer was discovered to be a disease. Social anxiety disorder and pedophilia are declared to be diseases. When sin is called a sickness behavior is labeled healthy or unhealthy as opposed to righteous or unrighteous. Drunkards are now in the same category as Alzheimer’s patients. Rebellious children are in the same category as the man with heart disease. A murderer is in the same category as the cancer sufferer. And the man who gambles away his savings, and loses his home to the mortgage company is in the same category as the little girl diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
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The culture we live in encourages all sorts of sinful attitudes and behaviors, but will not tolerate the guilt and other feelings that sin produces. Man does not exist in a vacuum. There are consequences to his actions. These consequences are part of the curse God put on man as a result of sin. Sinful behaviors and attitudes affect the way we think and feel. Sin can produce feelings of personal guilt, depression, anxiety, fear and so on. For example, Cain’s sinful behaviors lead to depression (Genesis 4:5-7). David experienced depression, anxiety and several physiologic symptoms as a result of his sinful relationship with Bathsheba (Psalm 38). However, to admit responsibility and guilt is unsuited and irreconcilable with today’s concept of human dignity and self-esteem. Guilt is therefore viewed as a “neurosis.” It is an abnormal fixation that must be eradicated. Despite the incessant voice of one’s conscience, the sinful behavior that causes us to feel guilty must be denied.
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Psychologizing or pathologizing, as some call it, turns routine experiences and feelings into abnormal conditions. Anxiety, apprehension, fear, sadness and doubt are typically part of life’s experience. Some become anxious when they ride an elevator or fly in a plane; others when they have to speak before a large group of people. Some may become fearful when driving in city traffic; others are fearful of the dark. While all of these may be annoying emotions and disturbing feelings and may disrupt life, they are, nevertheless, typical human experiences. However, to a psychologist being anxious means something more. It means “having anxiety” or “having an anxiety disorder.”
The mental health industry takes authentic victims of accidents, abuse, neglect, etc., and manipulates them into believing they are damaged and sick people. Traumatic life experience is turned into an ongoing emotional problem.
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