Blind Guides: Part II

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

The roots of modern humanistic psychology can be found in an ancient lie. What lie is that, and where is it found?

It's found in the Book of Genesis, the very first book of the Bible. Who uttered the lie and what does it say? The lie was uttered by the ancient serpent who is more popularly known as Satan. This is what he said to Eve: "You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it (forbidden fruit) your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:4-5)

The serpent's lie was in response to a command that God gave Adam and Eve concerning a particular fruit-bearing tree in the Garden of Eden. The Lord allowed the first couple to eat fruit from all the trees in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He warned them that if they ate from that tree, they would be shut out of eternal life and would die. 

Why? Because the tree's fruit contained a deadly substance that if ingested, would forever corrupt man's soul, spirit and flesh. But how? By injecting the sinful nature into the human genome that would drive all human beings toward rebellion and evil.

But how does that relate to modern psychology? This is how it relates: The serpent seduced Eve by appealing to her pride; telling her that she could be like God if she disobeyed Him and ate the forbidden fruit. 

Psychology and its selfist theories seduce human beings by appealing to their pride; telling them that the emotional traumas that afflict them aren't their fault but rather, are the fault of a variety of circumstances such as bad memories that are repressed in the so-called subconscious, poor self-esteem or chemical imbalances in the brain. 

Psychology's theories directly contradict the Bible that reveals sin as man's downfall that causes emotional disorders. The Bible makes all human beings directly accountable to God through His laws and commandments. Sin is a violation of those laws and commandments and sin has consequences. 

Such as? Such as guilty consciences that condemn sinners and can bring on depression to the curses that are spelled out in God's law. (Deuteronomy 28:15-68) Where does that guilty conscience come from? It comes from God's laws that are written on everyone's heart. (Romans 2:13-16) When we sin, we violate God's commandments and our consciences call out our rebellion.

For over 1,800 years, many folks recognized that sin was mankind's greatest scourge that caused all sorts of emotional traumas and behavioral problems such as addictions, anger, demon possession, hallucinations, nightmares, bizarre fetishes, depression and suicidal thoughts. 

And for over 1,800 years, the antidote to those maladies was repentance from sin and a life committed to honoring, worshiping and serving Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. However, with the advent of secular humanism in the 19th century combined with decline and decay of the Christian church, humanistic psychology began to replace the Judeo-Christian worldview as the new faith system in the western world.

From ucadia.com: "While claiming "tradition" (orthodoxy) and dubious influential mechanisms as testing as somehow scientific, psychology has gone one step further. It has staked its claim of entrance into the league of science in being the "god killer" of the mind by eliminating all notion of soul."

Tragically, not only did humanistic psychology replace the Bible, but even much of the Christian church traded the Bible for the godless theories of atheists such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Abraham Maslow who hated God and were determined to dethrone Him and replace him with man.

Sound familiar? It should. That traces back to the ancient Garden of Eden. And the shrewd and wily serpent who deceived the first couple continues to deceive mankind today with the same seductive lies.  And sadly, millions of people keep falling for those lies.