(October 16, 2013 at 2:44 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: My wife is an atheist but a fan of Dr. Phil. Can anyone fill me in on why he's a fraud?
My objection to him isn't so much that he's a fraud, although CD just posted some interesting info that I wasn't aware of. My objection is that he boils down complex issues into simple little phrases and spews them as if they're wisdom, but in the end, they don't really contain anything of substance. Also, he takes people on his show and berates them in a sanctimonious manner for television ratings, something a psychologist with an ounce of respect for his field would never dream of doing. He is to psychology as Sarah Palin is to politics, only Dr. Phil doesn't have the excuse that he's delusional.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
