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John 3:16 KJV: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


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Recently I've been thinking about the nature of psychology and Christianity despite psychology often being related to secular or occult ideas (Carl Jung, a famous psychologist was often inspired by ideas related to Gnosticism and "spirit guides" he would let take over him). I think this is why a lot of Christians seem resistant to psychology but I believe it might have merit with some ideas, and some ideas might even be very beneficial for Christians. I've recently been interested in the idea of the subconscious and trauma stored in the body. The idea that everything that happens to people are stored inside of the body and/or subconscious strikes me as supporting the idea that everything that happens to us is for a reason, i.e God's plan for us. I imagine when we meet Him and see ourselves in our new perfect bodies, we will see everything that would be too painful to bear consciously in a new light. 

Sin, trauma, and spiritual oppression seem related in some ways too but I'm not quite sure how to elaborate on this very well. What do you guys think?
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>>27817 (OP) 
< Carl Jung, a famous psychologist was often inspired by ideas related to Gnosticism and "spirit guides" he would let take over him

Are you serious? This is going to be something I bring up in conversation with people a lot, Anon, do you have a source by chance?
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>>27817 (OP) 
As someone that is studying to go into a psychiatry related field, I know that some Christians are rightfully weary of secular psychology. Secular psychology is an inversion of Christian understanding of human nature. Secular psychology and psychiatry can only frame the person from a materialistic view. The Orthodox tradition has a far more holistic view, and if you are interested, I recommend the following books if you are a book nerd such as myself. I would start with Orthodox Psychotherapy as the initial read. It is a bit dense though.
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>>27823
Yes, this link has a lot of information about MBTI in particular (of which his theories inspired) and his "spirit guide" was named Philemon.
https://www.intjs.org/mbti-occult-ties-exposed/
I looked up "Philemon" too and this came up: https://philemonfoundation.org/about-philemon/who-is-philemon/
>>27828
Thank you! This seems like a good and informative approach so far and I will finish reading it tomorrow.
My opinion of psychology is that properly the term refers to the descriptive study of human behavior. So in and of itself, it could not be illegitimate, in fact every one of us is engaging in psychology when we impute motivations to another person. However, the state of modern psychology is obviously ungodly and illegitimate, not so much because it is psychology, but because it is thoroughly secular. If you read modern psychology papers they are absolutely marinated in the secular worldview and it is the influence of their secular presuppositions which causes their obscene beliefs and behaviors eg sanctifying drag queen story hour and other crimes. Normally you get the impression they are unaware any alternative even exists and take their presuppositions completely for granted, revealing a lack of self-awareness and leading to a tendency to arrogantly think they are merely correct and no rational argument could exist (ironically, it is the secularists who blindly follow established dogma). They also have a tendency to arrogantly exclude themselves from their own theories, reinforcing their misplaced faith in their own ideas and lending towards their confusion of their own field with ethics (which is the prescriptive study of human behavior; whenever you hear a psychologist saying we have a "duty" to do this or that, or that we "must" do this or that, i.e. to accept unrepentant homosexuals, you are hearing such a confused psychologist). These are a few of the fundamental errors of modern psychology which must be corrected to reform the field.
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