Comments on: Hardwired to Connect: Part Two http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/ ...conversation for the Journey... Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:54:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tom cottar http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-546 tom cottar Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:41:52 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-546 hahaha! blame it on baytown public school systems... hahaha! blame it on baytown public school systems…

]]> By: scott http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-545 scott Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:43:06 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-545 I know you're an English major guy, but last time I checked one out of four was 25%... :-P I am curious about the definition in the study of 'productive adulthood', at least in part to know if I've achieved it. ;-) I know you’re an English major guy, but last time I checked one out of four was 25%… :-P

I am curious about the definition in the study of ‘productive adulthood’, at least in part to know if I’ve achieved it. ;-)

]]> By: tom cottar http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-544 tom cottar Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:54:58 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-544 One (of the many) things that have stuck out at me as I\'ve dug through the report was this particular finding: “Scholars at the National Research Council in 2002 estimated that at least one of every four adolescents in the U.S. is currently at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.” One out of four. For those of you who went to public school, that\'s 25%. As the US approaches the 300 million mark (according to the CIA, we are somewhere around 295M and change), 25% of an unproductive, misaligned, unstable, medicated adult population is extremely frightenting both economically (meds, institutional expenses) and socially (what will we do for and with them?)... One (of the many) things that have stuck out at me as I\’ve dug through the report was this particular finding:

“Scholars at the National Research Council in 2002 estimated that at least one of every four adolescents in the U.S. is currently at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.”

One out of four.

For those of you who went to public school, that\’s 25%. As the US approaches the 300 million mark (according to the CIA, we are somewhere around 295M and change), 25% of an unproductive, misaligned, unstable, medicated adult population is extremely frightenting both economically (meds, institutional expenses) and socially (what will we do for and with them?)…

]]> By: shaeman http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-543 shaeman Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:11:52 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-543 Hey Tom. Somewhere around my house I've got that entire research report...I'll mail it to you if I can find it. It's incrdibly fascinating if you don't yet have a copy of the whole thing. Hey Tom. Somewhere around my house I’ve got that entire research report…I’ll mail it to you if I can find it. It’s incrdibly fascinating if you don’t yet have a copy of the whole thing.

]]> By: scott http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-542 scott Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:34:00 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-542 Or make the 'gospel' an entirely individualistic message designed solely to deal with my personal problem of sin so I can 'get right' with God? I'm not sure I see many branches of the church in the US being anything close to what it appears they should be. Nor can I find many who have not drastically reduced the gospel in one direction or another. Also, our modern categories of 'conservative' and 'liberal' do not really apply in the ancient world. Attempting to project that lens onto them does not strike me as a useful exercise. Or make the ‘gospel’ an entirely individualistic message designed solely to deal with my personal problem of sin so I can ‘get right’ with God? I’m not sure I see many branches of the church in the US being anything close to what it appears they should be. Nor can I find many who have not drastically reduced the gospel in one direction or another.

Also, our modern categories of ‘conservative’ and ‘liberal’ do not really apply in the ancient world. Attempting to project that lens onto them does not strike me as a useful exercise.

]]> By: jimmiekersh http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-540 jimmiekersh Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:33:28 +0000 http://www.tomcottar.org/2006/10/08/hardwired-to-connect-part-two/#comment-540 Tom, Is it not fair to add the American church to the list of offenders as well? Taking away the authoritativeness of scripture (almost all mainline denominations) and taking away the exclusivisity of Jesus Christ (almost all mainline denominations) is there not an inverse relationship to the liberalization of theology and the increase in mental disorders. Look at the Greek culture and the Roman culture for further comparisons in the area of mental disorders. The social libralization in both of those cultures apppear to bring about the same mental disorders that is being discribed in this report. Tom,

Is it not fair to add the American church to the list of offenders as well? Taking away the authoritativeness of scripture (almost all mainline denominations) and taking away the exclusivisity of Jesus Christ (almost all mainline denominations) is there not an inverse relationship to the liberalization of theology and the increase in mental disorders.

Look at the Greek culture and the Roman culture for further comparisons in the area of mental disorders. The social libralization in both of those cultures apppear to bring about the same mental disorders that is being discribed in this report.

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