mama and sister of autistic boys here (some nonverbal and some high functioning). I see autism blamed for sin issues ALL the time!! There is absolutely a balance needed and no question that non-physical diseases are over-diagnosed but we must be careful in judging whether or not someone “really” has special needs unless we live with them and no the whole story.
I appreciate the balanced view and do not disagree. There is a group within the church that believes that every issue with children is a lack of "butt whoopin'." As a father of both neurotypical kids and kids with sensory issues and diagnosed autism, I can see this from a wide-angle. We have seen multiple families leave fellowship completely due to being told repeatedly that they are coddling a brat and need to just get tough with them, when the issue is anxiety, ASD, or similar. I don't like the labels, but when my son was diagnosed, which happened because a teacher in our congregation called us aside and said, "I see some things indicative of ASD." It came as a relief - finally an answer to things that didn't make sense. Not only that, but it answered so many questions about my own struggles through my early years before I learned coping skills. Ignorance on all sides is definitely a problem. Every situation needs to be treated independently - we need to stop trying to put people in opposing boxes (groups). Life is NOT that simple.
I am thankful that at age 25 my celiac disease was diagnosed and after cutting it out my mental illness went away. I have been a Christian all my life and have always felt a high sense of responsibility for my sin, but I have truly truly suffered torture of the mind in my life. But praise be to God that he uses suffering to refine us and build in us compassion for others who may be suffering. That I may comfort those with the same comfort I have received from Him. It makes me really sad when reformed believers think their children are ONLY rebellious when they actually have a very difficult time with impulse control and not feeling in control of their bodies at all. Care for your children. Help them avoid sin by providing them with good nutrition.
@@MrsSecor Amen! I thought gluten intolerance was a fad. Over the summer my middle child developed a gluten intolerance after the fam was ill. Having a six year old in pain complaining about his tummy hurting isn't cool.
As someone who was born with autism I couldn’t agree more! The psychologists I saw when I was young NEVER held me responsible for my bad behavior and only saw me as a victim. Yet once I joined Boy Scouts and had I drill-Sargent type patrol leader, I got whipped into shape real fast which helped me better than any psychologist ever did
You had bad psychologists, while we don’t always know or understand how our actions or words affect others around us, we are still able to be held accountable. I was always taught that autism isn’t a get out of jail free card by my psychologists and social workers once I learned that something wasn’t right I was expected to apologize.
As a person who suffers from mental illness i have experienced a reformed view of mental illness .I understand that there is a fad to label people with all sorts of things but we must be very careful not to do harm to anyone by assuming that these conditions simply do not exist period .I promise you they do .
@@user-mx3kh8rj1t You say, " I’m not like normal people. That makes it very challenging to act normal- to pretend I’m normal." You suffer from the fallacy that there is a "normal." Nobody's normal. We're all fouled up each in our own special ways. You believe you're "special" (in a bad way) because you were abused. Hate to break it to you buddy, but we are all abused and fall short of what we ought to be. Some of us more than others. But the point of this video is to take responsibility, not to use some diagnosis as an excuse to not to.
@@user-mx3kh8rj1t Glad you are trusting in the Lord. However, I do know people who are autistic and every one I have met is as I described, which is also pretty much as your first post indicated you feel. I know a couple special ed teachers (and the very name of their profession says it all) and they also encourage victimhood and don't expect anything from their charges. Why would they if the poor victims "can't help it?" People live down to your expectations.
@@mostreal907 Or let it control and ruin the rest of their life, yes. Shit happened. You can get over it, or wallow in it and be miserable forever. I choose differently. If you wanna be miserable, please yourself.
Its eye opening to see this in 2022. Back when this was produced I thought the same way too, before kids and in great health. Ignorant to adhd, autism, gluten, lactose, auto-immune, illness, etc. My youngest is Lactose intolerant, my 2nd child has a gluten intolerance (yeah, I thought this was a fad too), my oldest is autistic, and both my wife and I are dealing with Long Covid since March 2020, lol. Ignorance sprinkled with arrogance. None of this is "cool" at all. Its been one of the most humbling and life changing experiences I've ever been through. Looking for your 8yro autistic kid with the police who had ran away again isn't cool. In fact, its possibly the most physically and mentally exhausting thing I have ever done. It's also scary. No way is it cool. So when parents of autistic kids or professionals who deal with autistic kids tell the parents (ignorance is bliss!) that tommy or sara might want to be checked out, ditch the idea that this is about labels and get them help. The sooner the better.
Doug, Registered Dietitian here.....Lactose intolerance is not a fad diagnosis. The illness that results from this faulty digestion is very unpleasant but happily fixed by avoiding high lactose foods. ....the desire to be ill is something else, however......bottom line, as you said, we should take responsibility for our behavior. It was a difficult question to be sure.
I don't think he's saying there's no such thing as lactose intolerance. He's simply observing that this diagnoses pop up like fads, especially with diet issues, to the point that people will use actual diagnoses for themselves unofficially to participate in common and popular trends. Lots of these things gain attention quickly. That doesn't mean they aren't real, but it does mean we should be careful adopting or assuming popular medical trends for themselves, just like with music, movies, and other cultural trends.
Doug, I typically am always in agreement with you, but I don't know how being lactose intolerant (nor gluten intolerant) is cool, or would be considered as cool, nor desirable, except by self-important weirdos who like to get attention by means of their (supposed) pain. When I first self-diagnosed (yes, I did, and it didn't take rocket science to figure out by simply observing that every time I had ice cream, butter, milk, cream, cheese, etc., that I ended up in the bathroom with excruciating pain) I had to stop eating the things I truly enjoyed because of the fear of seriously bad pain ... the sort that makes one cry out in shouts. But AS SOON as I was told about lactase supplements, I tried them, though with great trepidation ... and YES! they worked. Now I can once again eat those wonderful things made from cow juice. I was also glad to discover that, even if I didn't have any pills handy, hard cheeses like Asiago, Parmesan, and even Cheddar, don't have lactose. But I always keep lactase pills on me, and my sweet wife keeps some in her pocketbook as a safety.
It's easy to dismiss things as fad if you don't have first hand experience. More and more people are having all sorts of health issues not seen before the last century because we've been exposed to thousands of toxins that have been created in the last century. These health problems are miserable for those of us who have to live with them. This video is old so hopefully they have a better understanding by now.
There may also be a bad parenting aspect to some of it as well. I have a serious case of adhd but had strict parents who successfully beat the most destructive parts of the disorder out of me.
When my daughter was 7, her teacher called us in for a counseling session and suggested she had ADD. This came as a surprise to us, since there was never anything at all unusual about my daughter's behavior. When I asked the teacher why she suspected ADD, she replied, "Because sometimes when I'm teaching I see her daydreaming, looking out the window." I almost laughed out loud. My daughter is now 24, has always done VERY well in school, and no one else ever made such a suggestion again.
It blows my mind that these teachers actually believe that children should have the focus and mental fortitude to sit at a desk and pay attention for eight straight hours every day.
@@robertcoeymanjr.2550 same here I was a huge day dreamer still am it’s part of my personality not because I was ADD but simply boredom or ready for lunch…
ADHD is something that exists, but it may not be a disease. I have a physical need for a heightened activity level. I become depressed if I become sedentary. As long as I do not let myself get too lazy, I am okay. Other than that, I see it as an advantage. It allows me to split my mind and work on multiple problems at once. I am burning out with age, but I did learn to control it.
I've worked in mental health all my life. 10 years with autism. Autism is very much a real thing. However I have observed doctors throw the autism label onto people who clearly don't have it. In the community we know doctors will throw it on anyone. I've witnessed psychiatrists remove several diagnoses from an adult. Based on simply having not received feed back on medication effects. It's important to really know if your child does have a developmental brain condition. But to be aware that doctors will miss use this label at will. There has been a massive up kick in people attaching diagnosis to themselves. There are a lot of wanna'be's around. But that shouldn't mean you ignore the real cases.
As a mental health professional for 20 yrs, I have witnessed this reality. You get ”compensated” for being diagnosed, the assessments are highly subjective and the results are disastrous! 🙄
Very well said. "A genetic cause isn't an excuse." My daughter got diagnosed on the autism spectrum before I became a Christian. She has a chromosome micro-deletion that causes her autistic, ADHD symptoms. She's also been diagnosed with anxiety and epilepsy. She has to work alot harder than most of us do because of all this but there has been dramatic improvement to the anger outbursts (lovingly called meltdowns) since coming to the LORD. Indeed there is no one size treatment "physically" but there is a one sized treatment "emotionally" and that is Christ's Holy Spirit.
I'm glad your daughter is doing better. I agree. A diagnosis shouldn't be used as an excuse, it should give you more insight into helping your child or yourself overcome obstacles. How many children have walked after a doctor told them their child will never walk again. We must never give up our children to mediocrity. I believe we have a God given responsibility to help them be the best they can be with love, compassion, and encouragement.
My experience is almost every church or body of Christians I’ve shared my mental health disorder/mental health story about, the invites and conversations with me start to decrease. If I wanted to “be cool” it would be the last thing I share then.
I usually agree with all your points Doug, but there certainly has been a rapid increase in prevalence in learning disabilities and autism, as well as many other chronic diseases. Ask any teacher who has taught for 20+ years. My son is severely autistic and nonverbal, in diapers at 6 years old. This is not just a fad diagnosis. It’s a result of toxic food and environments, over vaccinating, over prescription of antibiotics and other Rx. I urge you to consider this increasing effect of our fallen world. I would love a video on special needs Christian issues!! Thanks for your content. God bless you!
Psychology (while a legitimate science) has been infected with corporate pharmacies, and yes I agree with fad-diagnosis (ADD is a perfect example of where this pastor is correct). However, this pastor should educate himself on some of the food tampering and statistical conundrums that has taken place since agricultural industrialization (and some of the hidden evils of the Federal Death Administration). Autism is another riddle that cause many conspiracy theorists to weave tangles webs.
I think he’s right, being GF or lactose can be trendy for some people but others really suffer with a genuine allergy or intolerance. With regards yo ASD it is not a mental health condition it’s an SEN condition. Although it is certainly not a lack of faith or something which needs counselling treatment.
Listen to Julie Roys' interview Phil Monroe Psy.D. a Christian Psychologist who trained under David Powilson and Ed Welch at CCEF and then recieved training under integrations in the Doctoral Program at Wheaton College. For more information.
@The Knapp Family It's knowing what you are able to eat. Requires some research before you start...But there's HEAPS of stuff you can eat which has virtually no sugar or carbs. So...in actual fact, it's not hard at all. Just do a bit of research before you start.
@@jsharp3165 If ya do wanna die early, and don't wanna get your blood counts back to normal....AND lose weight.......then don't bother. There's nothing too hard about saving your life :) Stop being lazy...... do some hard yards. Make a decision.
Gluten problems may in fact be real. We eat a different strain of wheat than did our ancestors, and we eat it in a different form. Our ancestors ground their wheat by stone, and the flour retained the oils, bran, and germ, whereas our flour is highly refined to starches only. So we're getting inordinate amounts of starch, and that shows on our big American waistlines. Certain strains of wheat are also suspect. Dwarf wheat contains increased gluten. Not criticizing, just an observation. Norman Borlaug was an agronomist during the Postwar era and he came up with this wheat strain that grows easily and yields a bunch of food. Borlaug was convinced humanity would starve if we didn't increase the yields. But even small changes in living things can change more characteristics than were bargained for. Just the sheer amount of gluten might be the problem. Speaking from experience, I have a very pale complexion. I've been called The Whitest White Man Who Ever Lived. :) I earned a very severe sunburn when I was thirteen, with huge blisters on my back and shoulders. For the next fifteen years or so, I was allergic to sunlight. I couldn't wear short-sleeved shirts out in the sunlight without my forearms breaking out in a dense and itchy red rash. Very inconvenient, to say the least. The sunlight didn't change -- it was the same sunlight I'd gotten burned by before. But the sheer amount of sunburn triggered the allergy. I finally got over it, thank the Lord. Also, as an adult (late forties), I was diagnosed with ADD. ADHD without the H. (I wasn't hyperactive.) I was in cognitive therapy for about five years, and during this time, a woman co-worker (we were database software geeks) told me she thought I was ADD, and she suspected that because she was, too. I took the tests and the shrink agreed with her observation, with an anomaly: they judged me good at technical prowess, unlike most ADD folks. The shrink thought it was because I was a computer techie; I disagreed and said, no, it's because I'm a musician. (I retired as a database administrator, which is highly technical, and I got paid quite well. My shrink told me I was very fortunate; most ADD folks have a hard time finding good-paying jobs.) The effect of ADD on me, since I was a kid, is that I simply cannot force myself to study something that does not interest me. Hold a gun to my head, I can't do it. I had this problem in school, but because I wasn't hyperactive, the schools didn't consider me a problem student. My sixth-grade year was nothing but one long daydream. I could do the work effortlessly, and got good grades, but I was bored to tears and simply sat and fantasized all day long. As a result, seventh and eighth grades came as a shock, but eventually the schoolwork got interesting again and my grades improved. I washed out of a musicology master's program, and I love music, but musicology is not the same thing as music history. Close, but no cigar. After two years in that program, I still can't give you an intelligent explanation about the difference between musicology and music history, only that musicologists must know music history, but not necessarily vice versa. I think it's the same difference as between a historiographer and a historian, but I'm not sure, and I couldn't explain that to you, either. An ADHD kid, I think, is the same kid as me back in 1966 -- just as bored, but less able to entertain himself in his own mind. You do good work, Pastor Wilson. I admire your quick-thinking, logical mind and your articulate presentations. Not to mention the Calvinism! Such a gust of fresh air to hear someone champion the Bible as the beacon of all truth without apology.
As someone who's extremely allergic to many things, it's not a fad diagnosis...it's a living hell can't exist the way normal ppl can mine are so intense
as someone who has ADD and dislexia and who has an autistic nephew, who is lactose intolerent i can tell you that they are not "fads", just because something wasn't "around" 20+ years ago doesn't mean that people just didn't know what they were and that they exsisted, now we know that they exsist we can help those who need it. to think otherwise is ignorent and stupid
+jane townsend Let me ask you something. Did he actually say that those aren't ever real things? Starting about 2:37 or so he does actually acknowledge biological and physiological issues that do sometimes need to be addressed. Perhaps you have judged this answer too harshly.
Daryl, I had to look it up, too. Having learned what Pelagianism is/was, I still couldn't make sense of Doug's reference to it. He seems to have had a different "Pelagianism" in mind. Beware when someone dismisses an idea merely by hanging a label on it.
at 3:37 did Douglas just say believing in a gay gene is Pelagianism? How so? for those who don't know Pelagius (AD 354 -- AD 420/440) was an Irish monk who opposed Augustine of Hippo over the idea of Original Sin. As far as his opposition he was right. Did Douglas Wilson mispeak? he must have
NO ONE IS SICK WITH AUTISM! Autistics have our fair shares of struggles in life, but who doesn’t! Thomas Sowell, whom I deeply respect, is ignorant in this respect. He’s not a physician, and he hasn’t done enough study to understand why there’s an uptick in ASD diagnosis. SELF DIAGNOSIS IS NOT BINDING. The fact that they merged Asperger’s syndrome with autism and now call it Autism Spectrum Disorder is one reason, another is that the way assessing is done is much better than the way it was done even when I was a kid in the 90s (I was wrongly diagnosed with ADHD despite not talking until I was 4). ADHD seems to have been for a time, I don’t think it’s the case now, a fad diagnosis (the 1990s is proof). To be fair, every neurological disorder like autism, every mental illness like Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, Dissociative identity disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder), and so forth just like cancer, diabetes, and other physical illnesses are a result of the fall. When Christ returns believers will not have these in eternity.
90% of negative comments below are clearly driven by peoples emotions and contain very little reason or counter argument. Just pure aggressive and profanity.
People who hate God resort to emotional outbursts and antics. It’s absolutely cognitive dissonance because they are without excuse and they KNOW they are without excuse. I know (epistemically) this.I used to be one. A mocker and hater of God. A hater of Christ, and one who defiles. I pray everyday God will forgive me.
Told my brother (worked at Space X, worked at ICON, was the president of the Astronomy Club, graduated from Rutgers with a degree in engineering, received a medal for a project in his senior year, is a husband, is now a father) that he doesn't have ADHD. I explained that if he really had an attention problem he would not have been able to dress himself let alone be such an accomplished person. If he didn't keep jumping from fad to fad there would be no end to his protentional because I think he is very smart. He has not spoken to me in a while.
Pelagianism, also called Pelagian heresy, is the Christian theological position that the original sin did not taint human nature and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special divine aid or assistance-Wikipedia
What an absolutely ignorant conversation to be having. Asking a pastor about Autism is like asking a Psychologist about Greek mythology. If he were right about any of it, it'd only be by coincidence. Being a "man of faith" lets a person get away with saying anything in the damn world, as though they had any worthwhile opinion about it. Spiritual disease? Try looking at an fMRI maybe once in your life, Doug.
Are you a good person? We will all die one day. Where are you going when you die? Are you 100% sure that you will go to heaven? Christianity has bad news and good news. But first the bad news GOD sees everything. He knows your secrets. GOD also hears what comes from your mouth. "But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak." (Matthew 12:36.) Lying is wrong. Masturbation is wrong. Pornography is wrong. Heterosexual Sex before marriage is wrong is also wrong. If you have committed fornication (and I have myself), or broken any of the 10 Commandments, then you’re guilty of breaking GOD’s Law, and you deserve conscious hell fire forever (like the rest of mankind). But GOD loves you and sent his sinless Son to be tortured, and die on the Cross, taking the punishment for sinners. 3 days later, Jesus rose from the Grave. You MUST turn from your sins (stop sinning), and obey Jesus, and love him with all your soul, heart, mind and strength. Be reconciled with Christ! “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; 7let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa 55) He calls on the name of the LORD will be saved. (Romans 10:13) If you became a Christian, you will receive 1. forgiveness of sins, your sins and guilt will be blotted out, 2. GOD himself will dwell inside you, transform you, speak to you through the Bible 3. God will remove your heart of stone and give you a new heart and a new spirit, with new desires. GOD will rejoice in doing you good. 4. your name will be written in the Lambs book of Life, 5. you will enter the new Earth, 6. and you will see GOD's face. Otherwise you will be judged guilty, and tortured forever. This is true, whether you believe it or not. Your blood be on your own head. You’ve been lovingly warned. Now you have no excuse for your sin.
So, you're saying that a person cannot know anything, or have any kind of knowledge outside of their chosen vocation ?? That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
mama and sister of autistic boys here (some nonverbal and some high functioning). I see autism blamed for sin issues ALL the time!!
There is absolutely a balance needed and no question that non-physical diseases are over-diagnosed but we must be careful in judging whether or not someone “really” has special needs unless we live with them and no the whole story.
I appreciate the balanced view and do not disagree. There is a group within the church that believes that every issue with children is a lack of "butt whoopin'." As a father of both neurotypical kids and kids with sensory issues and diagnosed autism, I can see this from a wide-angle. We have seen multiple families leave fellowship completely due to being told repeatedly that they are coddling a brat and need to just get tough with them, when the issue is anxiety, ASD, or similar. I don't like the labels, but when my son was diagnosed, which happened because a teacher in our congregation called us aside and said, "I see some things indicative of ASD." It came as a relief - finally an answer to things that didn't make sense. Not only that, but it answered so many questions about my own struggles through my early years before I learned coping skills. Ignorance on all sides is definitely a problem. Every situation needs to be treated independently - we need to stop trying to put people in opposing boxes (groups). Life is NOT that simple.
I am thankful that at age 25 my celiac disease was diagnosed and after cutting it out my mental illness went away. I have been a Christian all my life and have always felt a high sense of responsibility for my sin, but I have truly truly suffered torture of the mind in my life. But praise be to God that he uses suffering to refine us and build in us compassion for others who may be suffering. That I may comfort those with the same comfort I have received from Him.
It makes me really sad when reformed believers think their children are ONLY rebellious when they actually have a very difficult time with impulse control and not feeling in control of their bodies at all. Care for your children. Help them avoid sin by providing them with good nutrition.
It is not “cool” to be now allergic to oats, wheat, dairy, and eggs after getting my teenage vaccines.
@@MrsSecor Amen! I thought gluten intolerance was a fad. Over the summer my middle child developed a gluten intolerance after the fam was ill. Having a six year old in pain complaining about his tummy hurting isn't cool.
As someone who was born with autism I couldn’t agree more! The psychologists I saw when I was young NEVER held me responsible for my bad behavior and only saw me as a victim. Yet once I joined Boy Scouts and had I drill-Sargent type patrol leader, I got whipped into shape real fast which helped me better than any psychologist ever did
You had bad psychologists, while we don’t always know or understand how our actions or words affect others around us, we are still able to be held accountable. I was always taught that autism isn’t a get out of jail free card by my psychologists and social workers once I learned that something wasn’t right I was expected to apologize.
As a person who suffers from mental illness i have experienced a reformed view of mental illness .I understand that there is a fad to label people with all sorts of things but we must be very careful not to do harm to anyone by assuming that these conditions simply do not exist period .I promise you they do .
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@@user-mx3kh8rj1t You say, " I’m not like normal people. That makes it very challenging to act normal- to pretend I’m normal." You suffer from the fallacy that there is a "normal." Nobody's normal. We're all fouled up each in our own special ways. You believe you're "special" (in a bad way) because you were abused. Hate to break it to you buddy, but we are all abused and fall short of what we ought to be. Some of us more than others. But the point of this video is to take responsibility, not to use some diagnosis as an excuse to not to.
@@user-mx3kh8rj1t Glad you are trusting in the Lord. However, I do know people who are autistic and every one I have met is as I described, which is also pretty much as your first post indicated you feel. I know a couple special ed teachers (and the very name of their profession says it all) and they also encourage victimhood and don't expect anything from their charges. Why would they if the poor victims "can't help it?" People live down to your expectations.
@@mikebrines5708 so if someone who is abused as child just needs to get over it?
@@mostreal907 Or let it control and ruin the rest of their life, yes. Shit happened. You can get over it, or wallow in it and be miserable forever. I choose differently. If you wanna be miserable, please yourself.
Its eye opening to see this in 2022. Back when this was produced I thought the same way too, before kids and in great health. Ignorant to adhd, autism, gluten, lactose, auto-immune, illness, etc. My youngest is Lactose intolerant, my 2nd child has a gluten intolerance (yeah, I thought this was a fad too), my oldest is autistic, and both my wife and I are dealing with Long Covid since March 2020, lol. Ignorance sprinkled with arrogance. None of this is "cool" at all. Its been one of the most humbling and life changing experiences I've ever been through. Looking for your 8yro autistic kid with the police who had ran away again isn't cool. In fact, its possibly the most physically and mentally exhausting thing I have ever done. It's also scary. No way is it cool. So when parents of autistic kids or professionals who deal with autistic kids tell the parents (ignorance is bliss!) that tommy or sara might want to be checked out, ditch the idea that this is about labels and get them help. The sooner the better.
Doug, Registered Dietitian here.....Lactose intolerance is not a fad diagnosis.
The illness that results from this faulty digestion is very unpleasant but happily fixed by avoiding high lactose foods. ....the desire to be ill is something else, however......bottom line, as you said, we should take responsibility for our behavior. It was a difficult question to be sure.
I don't think he's saying there's no such thing as lactose intolerance. He's simply observing that this diagnoses pop up like fads, especially with diet issues, to the point that people will use actual diagnoses for themselves unofficially to participate in common and popular trends. Lots of these things gain attention quickly. That doesn't mean they aren't real, but it does mean we should be careful adopting or assuming popular medical trends for themselves, just like with music, movies, and other cultural trends.
Doug, I typically am always in agreement with you, but I don't know how being lactose intolerant (nor gluten intolerant) is cool, or would be considered as cool, nor desirable, except by self-important weirdos who like to get attention by means of their (supposed) pain. When I first self-diagnosed (yes, I did, and it didn't take rocket science to figure out by simply observing that every time I had ice cream, butter, milk, cream, cheese, etc., that I ended up in the bathroom with excruciating pain) I had to stop eating the things I truly enjoyed because of the fear of seriously bad pain ... the sort that makes one cry out in shouts. But AS SOON as I was told about lactase supplements, I tried them, though with great trepidation ... and YES! they worked. Now I can once again eat those wonderful things made from cow juice. I was also glad to discover that, even if I didn't have any pills handy, hard cheeses like Asiago, Parmesan, and even Cheddar, don't have lactose. But I always keep lactase pills on me, and my sweet wife keeps some in her pocketbook as a safety.
Perfect answer to an extremely complicated question. Well done, Doug! God bless you
It's easy to dismiss things as fad if you don't have first hand experience. More and more people are having all sorts of health issues not seen before the last century because we've been exposed to thousands of toxins that have been created in the last century. These health problems are miserable for those of us who have to live with them. This video is old so hopefully they have a better understanding by now.
There may also be a bad parenting aspect to some of it as well. I have a serious case of adhd but had strict parents who successfully beat the most destructive parts of the disorder out of me.
When my daughter was 7, her teacher called us in for a counseling session and suggested she had ADD. This came as a surprise to us, since there was never anything at all unusual about my daughter's behavior. When I asked the teacher why she suspected ADD, she replied, "Because sometimes when I'm teaching I see her daydreaming, looking out the window." I almost laughed out loud. My daughter is now 24, has always done VERY well in school, and no one else ever made such a suggestion again.
I was just bored. Many of us are.
It blows my mind that these teachers actually believe that children should have the focus and mental fortitude to sit at a desk and pay attention for eight straight hours every day.
@@robertcoeymanjr.2550 same here I was a huge day dreamer still am it’s part of my personality not because I was ADD but simply boredom or ready for lunch…
ADHD is something that exists, but it may not be a disease. I have a physical need for a heightened activity level. I become depressed if I become sedentary. As long as I do not let myself get too lazy, I am okay.
Other than that, I see it as an advantage. It allows me to split my mind and work on multiple problems at once. I am burning out with age, but I did learn to control it.
I've worked in mental health all my life. 10 years with autism. Autism is very much a real thing. However I have observed doctors throw the autism label onto people who clearly don't have it. In the community we know doctors will throw it on anyone. I've witnessed psychiatrists remove several diagnoses from an adult. Based on simply having not received feed back on medication effects. It's important to really know if your child does have a developmental brain condition. But to be aware that doctors will miss use this label at will.
There has been a massive up kick in people attaching diagnosis to themselves. There are a lot of wanna'be's around. But that shouldn't mean you ignore the real cases.
Man, this video was prophetic.
I appreciate the video.
At the same time, as a teacher, ritalin has been a godsend.
THANK YOU for saying this! It seems like everyone has some "disorder" or another!
As a mental health professional for 20 yrs, I have witnessed this reality. You get ”compensated” for being diagnosed, the assessments are highly subjective and the results are disastrous! 🙄
The results *are* disastrous. Except where they're not.
Very well said. "A genetic cause isn't an excuse."
My daughter got diagnosed on the autism spectrum before I became a Christian. She has a chromosome micro-deletion that causes her autistic, ADHD symptoms. She's also been diagnosed with anxiety and epilepsy.
She has to work alot harder than most of us do because of all this but there has been dramatic improvement to the anger outbursts (lovingly called meltdowns) since coming to the LORD.
Indeed there is no one size treatment "physically" but there is a one sized treatment "emotionally" and that is Christ's Holy Spirit.
I'm glad your daughter is doing better. I agree. A diagnosis shouldn't be used as an excuse, it should give you more insight into helping your child or yourself overcome obstacles. How many children have walked after a doctor told them their child will never walk again. We must never give up our children to mediocrity. I believe we have a God given responsibility to help them be the best they can be with love, compassion, and encouragement.
Is that a bottle of old Rasputin? Maybe this guy's cooler than I thought
My experience is almost every church or body of Christians I’ve shared my mental health disorder/mental health story about, the invites and conversations with me start to decrease. If I wanted to “be cool” it would be the last thing I share then.
I usually agree with all your points Doug, but there certainly has been a rapid increase in prevalence in learning disabilities and autism, as well as many other chronic diseases. Ask any teacher who has taught for 20+ years. My son is severely autistic and nonverbal, in diapers at 6 years old. This is not just a fad diagnosis. It’s a result of toxic food and environments, over vaccinating, over prescription of antibiotics and other Rx. I urge you to consider this increasing effect of our fallen world. I would love a video on special needs Christian issues!! Thanks for your content. God bless you!
Psychology (while a legitimate science) has been infected with corporate pharmacies, and yes I agree with fad-diagnosis (ADD is a perfect example of where this pastor is correct). However, this pastor should educate himself on some of the food tampering and statistical conundrums that has taken place since agricultural industrialization (and some of the hidden evils of the Federal Death Administration). Autism is another riddle that cause many conspiracy theorists to weave tangles webs.
Show me in the video where he said that.
Who are you talking to? Where he said what?
I think he’s right, being GF or lactose can be trendy for some people but others really suffer with a genuine allergy or intolerance.
With regards yo ASD it is not a mental health condition it’s an SEN condition. Although it is certainly not a lack of faith or something which needs counselling treatment.
Listen to Julie Roys' interview Phil Monroe Psy.D. a Christian Psychologist who trained under David Powilson and Ed Welch at CCEF and then recieved training under integrations in the Doctoral Program at Wheaton College. For more information.
is nouthetic counseling effective for obesity?
Stop eating carbohydrate. Simple.
@The Knapp Family It's knowing what you are able to eat. Requires some research before you start...But there's HEAPS of stuff you can eat which has virtually no sugar or carbs. So...in actual fact, it's not hard at all.
Just do a bit of research before you start.
@@belvederebaileycambodia It may be easy to understand. It is not, however, easy to DO. Those are two completely different things.
@@jsharp3165 If ya do wanna die early, and don't wanna get your blood counts back to normal....AND lose weight.......then don't bother. There's nothing too hard about saving your life :)
Stop being lazy...... do some hard yards. Make a decision.
@@belvederebaileycambodia Thanks. All I needed was tough advice from a winner like you. That will change my life forever.
💯 on point.
Nuthetical counselling
Nouthetic Counseling
Gluten problems may in fact be real. We eat a different strain of wheat than did our ancestors, and we eat it in a different form. Our ancestors ground their wheat by stone, and the flour retained the oils, bran, and germ, whereas our flour is highly refined to starches only. So we're getting inordinate amounts of starch, and that shows on our big American waistlines.
Certain strains of wheat are also suspect. Dwarf wheat contains increased gluten. Not criticizing, just an observation. Norman Borlaug was an agronomist during the Postwar era and he came up with this wheat strain that grows easily and yields a bunch of food. Borlaug was convinced humanity would starve if we didn't increase the yields. But even small changes in living things can change more characteristics than were bargained for.
Just the sheer amount of gluten might be the problem. Speaking from experience, I have a very pale complexion. I've been called The Whitest White Man Who Ever Lived. :) I earned a very severe sunburn when I was thirteen, with huge blisters on my back and shoulders. For the next fifteen years or so, I was allergic to sunlight. I couldn't wear short-sleeved shirts out in the sunlight without my forearms breaking out in a dense and itchy red rash. Very inconvenient, to say the least. The sunlight didn't change -- it was the same sunlight I'd gotten burned by before. But the sheer amount of sunburn triggered the allergy. I finally got over it, thank the Lord.
Also, as an adult (late forties), I was diagnosed with ADD. ADHD without the H. (I wasn't hyperactive.) I was in cognitive therapy for about five years, and during this time, a woman co-worker (we were database software geeks) told me she thought I was ADD, and she suspected that because she was, too. I took the tests and the shrink agreed with her observation, with an anomaly: they judged me good at technical prowess, unlike most ADD folks. The shrink thought it was because I was a computer techie; I disagreed and said, no, it's because I'm a musician. (I retired as a database administrator, which is highly technical, and I got paid quite well. My shrink told me I was very fortunate; most ADD folks have a hard time finding good-paying jobs.)
The effect of ADD on me, since I was a kid, is that I simply cannot force myself to study something that does not interest me. Hold a gun to my head, I can't do it. I had this problem in school, but because I wasn't hyperactive, the schools didn't consider me a problem student. My sixth-grade year was nothing but one long daydream. I could do the work effortlessly, and got good grades, but I was bored to tears and simply sat and fantasized all day long. As a result, seventh and eighth grades came as a shock, but eventually the schoolwork got interesting again and my grades improved. I washed out of a musicology master's program, and I love music, but musicology is not the same thing as music history. Close, but no cigar. After two years in that program, I still can't give you an intelligent explanation about the difference between musicology and music history, only that musicologists must know music history, but not necessarily vice versa. I think it's the same difference as between a historiographer and a historian, but I'm not sure, and I couldn't explain that to you, either.
An ADHD kid, I think, is the same kid as me back in 1966 -- just as bored, but less able to entertain himself in his own mind.
You do good work, Pastor Wilson. I admire your quick-thinking, logical mind and your articulate presentations. Not to mention the Calvinism! Such a gust of fresh air to hear someone champion the Bible as the beacon of all truth without apology.
As someone who's extremely allergic to many things, it's not a fad diagnosis...it's a living hell can't exist the way normal ppl can mine are so intense
I've heard that in psychology it is taught that homosexuality is something on a spectrum so we are all on that spectrum!
N L That is complete secular horse shit....lol. Amazing what they teach in academia these days.
Yeah, most of us are on the two ends of said spectrum!
as someone who has ADD and dislexia and who has an autistic nephew, who is lactose intolerent i can tell you that they are not "fads", just because something wasn't "around" 20+ years ago doesn't mean that people just didn't know what they were and that they exsisted, now we know that they exsist we can help those who need it. to think otherwise is ignorent and stupid
+jane townsend Let me ask you something. Did he actually say that those aren't ever real things? Starting about 2:37 or so he does actually acknowledge biological and physiological issues that do sometimes need to be addressed. Perhaps you have judged this answer too harshly.
jane townsend this is a good example of reacting emotionally. He said he indeed does believe these are very real issues.
Plagianism. Can someone spell this for me . I can't get a meaning until I know how to spell these words
Daryl Fishwick Pelagianism is the word you’re looking for.
Daryl, I had to look it up, too. Having learned what Pelagianism is/was, I still couldn't make sense of Doug's reference to it. He seems to have had a different "Pelagianism" in mind. Beware when someone dismisses an idea merely by hanging a label on it.
In other words, diagnosis trumps responsibility these days with certain things...
at 3:37 did Douglas just say believing in a gay gene is Pelagianism? How so? for those who don't know Pelagius (AD 354 -- AD 420/440) was an Irish monk who opposed Augustine of Hippo over the idea of Original Sin. As far as his opposition he was right.
Did Douglas Wilson mispeak? he must have
It really isn't helpful to pontificate on things you are not qualified to pontificate upon.
NO ONE IS SICK WITH AUTISM! Autistics have our fair shares of struggles in life, but who doesn’t! Thomas Sowell, whom I deeply respect, is ignorant in this respect. He’s not a physician, and he hasn’t done enough study to understand why there’s an uptick in ASD diagnosis. SELF DIAGNOSIS IS NOT BINDING. The fact that they merged Asperger’s syndrome with autism and now call it Autism Spectrum Disorder is one reason, another is that the way assessing is done is much better than the way it was done even when I was a kid in the 90s (I was wrongly diagnosed with ADHD despite not talking until I was 4). ADHD seems to have been for a time, I don’t think it’s the case now, a fad diagnosis (the 1990s is proof).
To be fair, every neurological disorder like autism, every mental illness like Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, Dissociative identity disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder), and so forth just like cancer, diabetes, and other physical illnesses are a result of the fall. When Christ returns believers will not have these in eternity.
90% of negative comments below are clearly driven by peoples emotions and contain very little reason or counter argument. Just pure aggressive and profanity.
People who hate God resort to emotional outbursts and antics. It’s absolutely cognitive dissonance because they are without excuse and they KNOW they are without excuse.
I know (epistemically) this.I used to be one. A mocker and hater of God. A hater of Christ, and one who defiles. I pray everyday God will forgive me.
You can also just think Doug is a homophobic poo poo head (pardon my language)
It's easier to pump a kid full of drugs than it is to actually PARENT them.
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Told my brother (worked at Space X, worked at ICON, was the president of the Astronomy Club, graduated from Rutgers with a degree in engineering, received a medal for a project in his senior year, is a husband, is now a father) that he doesn't have ADHD. I explained that if he really had an attention problem he would not have been able to dress himself let alone be such an accomplished person. If he didn't keep jumping from fad to fad there would be no end to his protentional because I think he is very smart.
He has not spoken to me in a while.
Plaginism ????
Pelagianism, also called Pelagian heresy, is the Christian theological position that the original sin did not taint human nature and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special divine aid or assistance-Wikipedia
What an absolutely ignorant conversation to be having. Asking a pastor about Autism is like asking a Psychologist about Greek mythology. If he were right about any of it, it'd only be by coincidence. Being a "man of faith" lets a person get away with saying anything in the damn world, as though they had any worthwhile opinion about it. Spiritual disease? Try looking at an fMRI maybe once in your life, Doug.
Are
you a good person?
We will all die one day.
Where
are you going when you die?
Are
you 100% sure that you will go to heaven?
Christianity
has bad news and good news. But first the bad news
GOD
sees everything. He knows your secrets. GOD also hears what comes from your
mouth.
"But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an
accounting for every careless or useless word they speak." (Matthew
12:36.)
Lying is wrong. Masturbation is wrong. Pornography is wrong. Heterosexual Sex
before marriage is wrong is also wrong.
If
you have committed fornication (and I have myself), or broken any of the 10
Commandments, then you’re guilty of breaking GOD’s Law, and you deserve conscious hell fire forever (like the
rest of mankind).
But
GOD loves you and sent his sinless Son to be tortured, and die on the Cross,
taking the punishment for sinners. 3 days later, Jesus rose from the Grave.
You
MUST turn from your sins (stop sinning), and obey Jesus, and love him with
all
your soul, heart, mind and strength. Be reconciled with Christ!
“Seek the Lord
while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7let the
wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa 55)
He calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.
(Romans 10:13)
If
you became a Christian, you will receive
1.
forgiveness of sins, your sins and guilt will be blotted out,
2.
GOD himself will dwell inside you, transform you, speak to you through the
Bible
3.
God will remove your heart of stone and give you a new heart and a new spirit,
with new desires. GOD will rejoice in doing you good.
4.
your name will be written in the Lambs book of Life,
5.
you will enter the new Earth,
6.
and you will see GOD's face.
Otherwise
you will be judged guilty, and tortured forever.
This
is true, whether you believe it or not. Your blood be on your own head.
You’ve
been lovingly warned. Now you have no excuse for your sin.
So, you're saying that a person cannot know anything, or have any kind of knowledge outside of their chosen vocation ?? That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
@@MrKC23 Copypasta is bad faith posting.
There is a difference between competence to discuss a particular case of an illness, and competence to recognize an illness being fadish.
Cheers! :)