psyc100

In psychology, we explain human behavior, personality, even biological factors all contributing to nature and nurture. The general consensus that my textbooks seem to have reached are that there’s a balance between the both. Nurture can only change so much of our nature, and there’s only so much nature “pre-sets” in us. Today in church, pastor Lo said that disregarding nature/nurture, God can change us and that got me thinking (now that i’m typing it out, i don’t even recall how it ties into his sermon, although i’m sure it does) how true that is.

How pessimistic this view that psychology takes, leaving us at the mercy of the world, and of the genetic make up that was randomly handed down to us. So say you have screwed up genes, and a screwed up family, that pretty much predisposes you to acquiring some mental disease, and furthermore, it usually indicates poor prognosis. I wish it was more elaborate, but it’s as simple as Pastor Lo put it, that God can change it all. That we have something greater to hope in, that not only has the ability to transform and change us, but also builds in us the faith to see others transformed.

i used to think how psychology has so many atheistic ways of explaining away the Christian experience. yet, even during the summer, God is, even academically faithful i suppose if you could say that. i sound so geeky.

if there’s one good thing a friend of mine said while i was figuring out what to do w/ this blog was that it’s MY blog and i get to write whatever the hell i want. i’m so glad those years of raging teenage insecurities are some what over. =P