It took me approximately two minutes into reading the second half of the dialogues and I was already so deep in my feels that I felt buried.
Hume goes ham on the emotions as he jumps into the topic of suicide and human reflection on life. As Demea quotes Milton's Paradise Lost the tension in my mind and heart was so thick you could almost cut it with a knife; not many people tackle such a sensitive topic in just a blunt way.
Dissecting mental disorders creates an uneasy feeling that no one cares to work though, but it opens the most uncomfortable, yet healing, way to becoming aware of the state of the mind. Just like humans, the mind can be diseased, tearing itself apart for unknown and unnecessary reasons. Unfortunately, many of these diseases cannot be cured, only treated. As Demea calls on this topic and the idea of dissatisfaction with the pleasures of the whole world, it calls to my heart and pleads with me to empathize. Now, I'm the worst of all at empathizing, but Hume, though Demea, calls out something in the heart and mind of the world that no one wants to discuss, yet everyone relates to.
Depression. It hits you like a ton of bricks to talk about and to carry. It makes the world a horrible place to live; it takes God out of the question; and it places the world's biggest worries on the one it turns into the world's biggest worrier. The topic is delicately danced around, fought about, made into a much less serious problem than it actually is, and ultimately ignored for a majority of the time. Hume jumps right into it, not beating around the bush, because (although he does it in a philosophical way) he wants to diagnose the problem even if he has no idea how to solve it. By thinking on the problem one becomes aware of it, looks for the signs of it, and knows that everyone has a battle they're facing; they face it too. Now, whether he meant to spark reform for the mental illness stigma or not, his ideas and views cannot be disregarded since they take such a huge topic and subdivide it into the most compelling and serious parts of its nature. It tackles anger, fear, worry, anxiety, and all the things we wish we never had and tell people that we don't struggle with. It reminds us all that we are flawed, but there's hope because there's grace from a living God who willingly sacrificed his son for the weight of the whole world.
Hume turned this heart of stone into an emotional wreck.
He pulled out my flaws and beat them around before placing them right back where they were, just a little less comfortable.
He challenged this wretched human being to turn to the place where she runs to for comfort.
His work may have been heavy, but the result is light.
John 16:33 - In this world you will have trouble; but fear not, for I have overcome the world.
P.S. - Sorry for the length and the hefty topic, I tried to keep it as condensed and light as possible :)
P.P.S. - I commented on Stephen Davis and Clabo's posts.
Hume goes ham on the emotions as he jumps into the topic of suicide and human reflection on life. As Demea quotes Milton's Paradise Lost the tension in my mind and heart was so thick you could almost cut it with a knife; not many people tackle such a sensitive topic in just a blunt way.
Dissecting mental disorders creates an uneasy feeling that no one cares to work though, but it opens the most uncomfortable, yet healing, way to becoming aware of the state of the mind. Just like humans, the mind can be diseased, tearing itself apart for unknown and unnecessary reasons. Unfortunately, many of these diseases cannot be cured, only treated. As Demea calls on this topic and the idea of dissatisfaction with the pleasures of the whole world, it calls to my heart and pleads with me to empathize. Now, I'm the worst of all at empathizing, but Hume, though Demea, calls out something in the heart and mind of the world that no one wants to discuss, yet everyone relates to.
Depression. It hits you like a ton of bricks to talk about and to carry. It makes the world a horrible place to live; it takes God out of the question; and it places the world's biggest worries on the one it turns into the world's biggest worrier. The topic is delicately danced around, fought about, made into a much less serious problem than it actually is, and ultimately ignored for a majority of the time. Hume jumps right into it, not beating around the bush, because (although he does it in a philosophical way) he wants to diagnose the problem even if he has no idea how to solve it. By thinking on the problem one becomes aware of it, looks for the signs of it, and knows that everyone has a battle they're facing; they face it too. Now, whether he meant to spark reform for the mental illness stigma or not, his ideas and views cannot be disregarded since they take such a huge topic and subdivide it into the most compelling and serious parts of its nature. It tackles anger, fear, worry, anxiety, and all the things we wish we never had and tell people that we don't struggle with. It reminds us all that we are flawed, but there's hope because there's grace from a living God who willingly sacrificed his son for the weight of the whole world.
Hume turned this heart of stone into an emotional wreck.
He pulled out my flaws and beat them around before placing them right back where they were, just a little less comfortable.
He challenged this wretched human being to turn to the place where she runs to for comfort.
His work may have been heavy, but the result is light.
John 16:33 - In this world you will have trouble; but fear not, for I have overcome the world.
P.S. - Sorry for the length and the hefty topic, I tried to keep it as condensed and light as possible :)
P.P.S. - I commented on Stephen Davis and Clabo's posts.
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