Man and Church
The Religion of Therapy
Psychological buzzwords can make personal opinions sound like scientific facts, encouraging us to label people instead of understanding them.
Language frames our thinking. It colors our outlook on life and builds the background of our very existence. Some languages, for instance, oblige speakers to say whether they witnessed an event or only heard about it, while others leave such details to context. To speak a language is to bathe in the culture that birthed it, and in turn to be shaped by what that culture notices and what it overlooks.
So, what does our own vocabulary reveal? The current generation’s language suggests a society that longs to understand itself yet is steeped in anxiety, guilt, and blame.
