Bertvan:
>A materialistic psychology was inevitable. Thoughts, beliefs and feelings
>were "things" to be analyzed and manipulated, either by persuasion and
>intimidation or by chemical and surgical manipulation of the brain.
every time you launch into this rant I hear the rattle of chains. Back
before the evil materialists figured out a way to manage mental illness
with "persuasion and intimidation or by chemical and surgical manipulation
of the brain." The used to do the kind and enlightened thing--chain them in
a dungeon. Before the evil materialists tried to figure out the
non-naturalistic basis of mental illness the enlightened non-materialists
thought it was caused by demons or evil spirits.
Ah, the good old days when things were better than they are now!
> Perhaps the most effective treatment for mental suffering might be to try
>to cure people of materialism.
that's what we need--education! They need to be told that demons are doing
it. After all, demons are not natural (or are they?) And best of all, it's
a drug-free and inexpensive solution!
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
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