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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 13, 2008 10:50:22 PM
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TexasOrtho
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Crev. Hate to start another fight with you here, but you DID call the biblical quote "worrisome" in your earlier post. Incidentally, it is a BAPTIST university. What were you expecting? As-Salāmu `Alaykum?
It's the internet and you have the right to believe what you want, but I have to think that one's faith should be further back on your list of things to worry about. I'm a Catholic with strong beliefs, but if I were put off by other Christian or nonchristian faiths (including atheism) I would probably be a lonely person who missed out on a lot of really good information out there.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 5:27:30 AM
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Crevidence
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Religion affects science and religious morals sometimes butt heads with ethics. We have professional ethics and use science. No reason to leave religion in regards to our profession not pondered. I gave reasons for worry in the other posts. They were reasonable as far as I can tell. The fact she teaches at a Baptist U. does not make my initial post irrelevant.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 6:31:34 AM
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Sebastian Asselbergs
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SJ, crossing a line is in the eye of the beholder.
I have no trouble understanding the disconnect crevidence is alluding to in this context: I personally have trouble with that type of quote on an academically oriented page. It shows a potential clash of standards/morals/ethics - albeit a distant possibility.
And criticizing a site and its content is NOT the same as criticizing a whole group of people.
Notice the whistle in my hand and my striped shirt?
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 6:48:44 AM
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Crevidence, you are digging yourself a hole. I'm Catholic and I respect the religious beliefs of others. No, I won't let someone stomp the beliefs of Christians and just get away with it, especially when there is no merit. Religion doesn't necessarily affect the "science" of physical therapy. Creation, maybe... stem cell research, maybe... euthanizing someone, maybe... but religious beliefs have no bearing on whether or not one believes in accupuncture meridians or whether one believes one can palpate FRS lumbar segments.
And, if you want to sit there and attempt to make a point that Christians can't use science, understand science, implement science or design research studies, you are so flawed in your thoughts.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 7:48:47 AM
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TexasOrtho
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ORIGINAL: Crevidence
The fact she teaches at a Baptist U. does not make my initial post irrelevant.
Um...I never said your post was irrelevant. Misguided maybe, but not irrelevant.
Sebastian. Do you really have a problem with someone quoting a biblical verse at a university associated with the Baptist faith? I might possibly be able to understand your concern if this were at a state university, but you do realize Baptists read and believe in the Bible right?
It's just hard for me to see people having fundamental problems with an idea on the basis of the author's religious affiliation.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 9:36:24 AM
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Tough topic to bring up, and I knew someone would do it some day.
For me, it's not too much of an issue. I do things in the clinic, on patients, that may not have support in the literature....but, they appear to work for me. Either there just were not studies done on the treatment, were done but flawed, were done and studied in a manner different than mine. Either way, I still do as I beleive it works...for me. In the same light, I believe that Jerry Garcia was God, I just can't find it anywhere in the bible to support that claim......no evidence, but we KNOW it's gotta be true
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 5:02:57 PM
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Crevidence
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SJ,
You are stomping on ideas. I am not stomping on beliefs of Christians. Religion when discussed intellectually gets treated with the same regard as anything else. I have not been disrespectful.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 7:14:56 PM
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TexasOrtho
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Tough topic to bring up, and I knew someone would do it some day.
For me, it's not too much of an issue. I do things in the clinic, on patients, that may not have support in the literature....but, they appear to work for me. Either there just were not studies done on the treatment, were done but flawed, were done and studied in a manner different than mine. Either way, I still do as I beleive it works...for me. In the same light, I believe that Jerry Garcia was God, I just can't find it anywhere in the bible to support that claim......no evidence, but we KNOW it's gotta be true
Well put...faith, in one form or another, is a part of everyone's personal and professional life. We have faith in God, or we have faith there is no God. We have faith that our clinical theories and treatments are sound, and have less faith in others. It would seem most appropriate to judge our fellow professionals less on the former and more on the latter.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 9:21:10 PM
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Sebastian Asselbergs
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Rod, I'll just put my remark here again (with added bolds):
"I personally have trouble with that type of quote on an academically oriented page. It shows a potential clash of standards/morals/ethics - albeit a distant possibility. "
I do not deny any institution their right to put whatever they darn well like on their publications - I reserve the right to NOT like it for the reason stated. And crevidence should have the same right. Neither of us is slamming any particular group - just questioning the above use of a quote. How is that slamming christendom?
And obviously we are judged rather readily..... Do you know if we are christians ourselves?
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 9:54:00 PM
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TexasOrtho
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Sebastian. I'm not sure if you are aiming the "judged rather readily" comment toward me or not, but if so I would hope you'd rethink it. You might have read my earlier post that you are welcome to your beliefs(with added bolds). I am not judging anyone on the merits of their faith or lack thereof because...anyone? It has no place in a scientific discussion.
Unless this person concludes her publications with "...in accordance with the prophecy", I can't see how her faith would be "worrisome" or a source of concern. Faith is omnipresent regardless of religous afilliation. Should we dig up Flynn, Childs, Sahrmann, McKenzie's religous background and see how worried we become? OR should you just leave well enough alone and judge someone based on the merits of their works? I'm unashamedly Roman Catholic and I know my answers to these questions.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 14, 2008 11:29:58 PM
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There are too many definitions of "respect/disrespect", "faith", and "belief" for me to make much of a comment here yet. But since there are some self identifying Christians here that are also advocates of science, you may consider taking some time to help out with this study.
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Research Volunteers Needed! We are preparing to run another fMRI study of belief and disbelief, and we need volunteers to help us refine our experimental stimuli. This promises to be the first study of religious faith at the level of the brain. By responding to the four surveys I have posted online, you can make an enormous contribution to this work.
Please answer as many of the surveys as you can. If you only have time to answer one, please choose at random (otherwise, we will have many more responses to the first than to the others).
Feel free to post this message to your blog or to forward the relevant links to your friends. We especially need Christians to respond, as one of the goals of these surveys is to design stimuli that a majority of Christians will find doctrinally sound.
Please note: Each survey starts with the same first page of questions.
Here are the links to the surveys.
Belief Survey A
Belief Survey B
Belief Survey C
Belief Survey D
As noted, this will be the second fMRI study of belief and disbelief. Here is a link to the full text of the first.
Functional neuroimaging of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty
Thanks.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 7:00:05 AM
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Sebastian Asselbergs
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Rod, I am a proud ex-roman catholic (altar boy, acolyte).
Now that I have that out of the way, I should say that when faith is put up front in academic discourse or publication, it appears that it plays a heck of a larger role than in Childs', Flynn's, McKenzie's or whomever's publications. Obviously you see that difference too, since you suggest the need to DIG for them.....
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 7:02:26 AM
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SJBird55
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Jon, that first paper wasn't a study comparing the difference between the neural process of brains between Christians and non-Christians. The paper seemed to be focused on what occurred with the brain after reading something one believed to be true, false or not sure.
Everyone can have their own beliefs, but to state that since Christians believe in very difficult things to prove means Christians, in particular physical therapist Christians, will believe anything, in particular the specific examples of accupuncture meridians and FRS lumbar segments. I honestly don't care if hard questions are asked around a religious topic... I do care when a ridiculous assumption is made. I gave specific examples of when Christian beliefs will have an effect on science. Physical therapists do not practice within such an environment where a Christian's religious faith would lead to a particular stance on a science topic within the physical therapy world.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 7:12:13 AM
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SJBird55
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Bas... quite a few of the faculty did have Biblical quotes at that university. I actually would expect something like that since that the professors are affiliated with a Christian university. The quotes are found at the bottom of the webpage for each faculty member that chose to include one - just like you do your quote:
Mundi vult decipi The Biblical quotes might be helpful for the students because it potentially creates a connection with the student - a commonality of beliefs.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 7:45:31 AM
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Jon Newman
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Jon, that first paper wasn't a study comparing the difference between the neural process of brains between Christians and non-Christians. The paper seemed to be focused on what occurred with the brain after reading something one believed to be true, false or not sure.--SJ
I realize that. In the call for volunteers the authors make it clear that their upcoming project "promises to be the first study of religious faith at the level of the brain." I posted the first paper to allow people to see what the author's previously published peer reviewed work was, not to demonstrate some sort of difference between Christians and non-Christians. I also posted it to give the "call for volunteers" some credibility by viewing who the authors are and because the readers here have no idea what I'm linking to. They may think it is some sort of scam.
The upcoming project is likely focusing on Christians versus other religions so that the results are generalizable and relevant to the culture in which the author lives. Also, since Christianity is by far the most popular religion here (the US), test subjects will have a greater probablility of being Christian and the test stimuli needs to be relevant to the population likely to be studied.
On the topic of whether religious faith presents any potential barrier to scientific progress in PT, I disagree with you. I think one of the big aversions to theory in PT practice is because of where that might lead people. It would likely require a level of self reflection for many therapists that they simply are uncomfortable with depending on the degree of fundamental adherence to doctrine they practice. Usually discussions of theory are circumvented by injecting arguments about outcomes superceding the value of theory. I think that argument has some merit but it cheats by never addressing the important role theory does play in the normal development of scientific understanding.
The main theory that has been driving PT in the past has been biomechanics oriented which would not result in much dissonance and may be why it remains as the bedrock of PT. However, it is my opinion that consciousness, behavior, and neuroscience in general are the more fruitful avenues of research driving the future of PT. I don't know, but I think that that area of research is simply too uncomfortable for many people and fear avoidance insues.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 7:55:48 AM
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TexasOrtho
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ORIGINAL: Sebastian Asselbergs
Rod, I am a proud ex-roman catholic (altar boy, acolyte).
Now that I have that out of the way, I should say that when faith is put up front in academic discourse or publication, it appears that it plays a heck of a larger role than in Childs', Flynn's, McKenzie's or whomever's publications. Obviously you see that difference too, since you suggest the need to DIG for them.....
This post makes absolutely no sense to me Bas...or I'm simply not tuned into your dry wit in typed form.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 8:02:52 AM
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The main theory that has been driving PT in the past has been biomechanics oriented which would not result in much dissonance and may be why it remains as the bedrock of PT.
Jon you can't be serious. Not much dissonance? Are you actually reading our journals? There has never been more dissonance mainly because the fields of neuroscience have permiated the orthopedic bedrock.
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However, it is my opinion that consciousness, behavior, and neuroscience in general are the more fruitful avenues of research driving the future of PT. I don't know, but I think that that area of research is simply too uncomfortable for many people and fear avoidance insues.
You may be right, but right now these fruitful avenues are more like dirt roads right now rooted in basic science. Eventually they will likely lead to a handy supplement to a great body of knowledge in orthopedics. Who knows, one day maybe orthopedics will eventually be the handy supplement to neurosciences. The sad thing is we are likely to move closer to paving this road by focusing on the publishers faith.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 8:33:52 AM
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There has never been more dissonance mainly because the fields of neuroscience have permiated the orthopedic bedrock.
Rod, you rightly point out that there has never been more dissonance and it is mainly because of neuroscience. That was the point I was making except that I'd extend it a bit further. The current dissonance may be due to the simple realization that biomechanics is insufficient (at best) and the "how did I get so far behind" feeling. I think there is more dissonance to come for some people depending on the degree of fundamental adherence to religious doctrine they subscribe to. Basically I'm disagreeing with SJ that religious faith is irrelvant to the progress of PT related knowledge. I think, for some (many?), it is a barrier.
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RE: Self-policing opportunity - May 15, 2008 9:39:00 AM
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I currently teach in the exercise science department at a local university. We have recently modified the syllabus to incorporate 4-5 weeks of motor control (Central mechanisms of movement, Peripheral mechisms of movement, local neuromuscular control, and Integrated motor control systems) as precursers to the anatomic/biomechanics portion of our Fundamentals of Kinesiology class.
I think we do devote an enourmous amount of time on the biomechanical aspect of our practice. Neuroscience and biomechanics are integrated systems that must be given appropriate attention in the beginning of an academic career for the developing professional to appreciate. (sound familiar?) HOWEVER, I would also submit that this does not make biomechanics any less relevant. In fact the integrated approach to learning will probably reveal even more pearls from the incomplete orthopedic body of knowledge.
I will say again, I would never judge anyone on the basis of their spiritual or lack-of spiritual belief system as I think that is ultimately the most personal decision. I do find it "worrisome" if you are correct that it is a barrier for some or many as you state. This to me is ironic, as the lable of "predjudicual" is often reserved for those of faith, not those who question it in the name of science.
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