Some of this reminds me of what Chesterton wrote about the dangers of isolated virtues: "The vices are...let loose, and they wander and do damage...the virtues are let loose also; and the virtues wander more wildly, and the virtues do more terrible damage. The modern world is full of old Christian virtues gone mad...because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone."
Thank you for linking the Anglican piece on MTD. I first saw this therapeutic talk soon after joining an LCMS congregation in the Central District. Too many I've talked to, don't know what it is. I'm glad it's getting some light here.
Niceness and forgiveness are not the same thing. Love requires, at times, a hard hand. When someone's veering off the path, if you love them, you will call them out on it. Correction is how we help one another. They can ignore it; that's between them and God, but not while continuing to lead others astray.
Borrasso's choice of words tells us a lot,
"... programs ... that seek to instantiate uniformity at the cost of individuality are problematic because they do violence ..."
Language like "individuality", "problematic" and “violence” are the milieu coming out of universities c. 2010. Jonathan Haidt points this out in The Coddling of the American Mind, students are trained to treat disagreement and correction as harm. When your argument fails, it first becomes a suppression of your individuality. When that fails, it's labeled as problematic. Finally, the uncomfortable truth is called “violence." Looking at his education history, he falls right in line with this timeline.
More false teaching from Borasso: https://mattborrasso.com/2010/09/30/discussing-practice/
Amen and amen.
Some of this reminds me of what Chesterton wrote about the dangers of isolated virtues: "The vices are...let loose, and they wander and do damage...the virtues are let loose also; and the virtues wander more wildly, and the virtues do more terrible damage. The modern world is full of old Christian virtues gone mad...because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone."
truly: well said.
Thank you for linking the Anglican piece on MTD. I first saw this therapeutic talk soon after joining an LCMS congregation in the Central District. Too many I've talked to, don't know what it is. I'm glad it's getting some light here.
Niceness and forgiveness are not the same thing. Love requires, at times, a hard hand. When someone's veering off the path, if you love them, you will call them out on it. Correction is how we help one another. They can ignore it; that's between them and God, but not while continuing to lead others astray.
Borrasso's choice of words tells us a lot,
"... programs ... that seek to instantiate uniformity at the cost of individuality are problematic because they do violence ..."
Language like "individuality", "problematic" and “violence” are the milieu coming out of universities c. 2010. Jonathan Haidt points this out in The Coddling of the American Mind, students are trained to treat disagreement and correction as harm. When your argument fails, it first becomes a suppression of your individuality. When that fails, it's labeled as problematic. Finally, the uncomfortable truth is called “violence." Looking at his education history, he falls right in line with this timeline.
Here's the LCMS's evaluation of about MTD: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjqnO6S_8eRAxX2PkQIHQKUGE8QFnoECEYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.lcms.org%2Fdl%2Ff%2F30E1C9C8-EF53-4C9A-B061-2369924A4D02&usg=AOvVaw1XMLR44cTDu35FXDHo1zYp&opi=89978449
Many thanks, great comment!
Outstanding!!!