"Medicine, then, has become the new world religion. The specific myths, beliefs, and rites of Christianity have been unconsciously projected into medicine since Pasteur. As I explain in detail in the next chapters, we can establish very close parallels between Christianity and modern medicine."
"Medicine, then, has become the new world religion. The specific myths, beliefs, and rites of Christianity have been unconsciously projected into medicine since Pasteur. As I explain in detail in the next chapters, we can establish very close parallels between Christianity and modern medicine."
This was the very concept of renowned pediatrician, Robert Mendelshon, in 1979's 'Confessions of a Medical Heretic'.
What people have done with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the resultant parallels between one manmade construct and another are no accurate reflection of what it means to be a follower of Christ.
They are only a comparison between manmade constructs. No different than comparing one style of architecture with another. Nothing more.
"Medicine, then, has become the new world religion. The specific myths, beliefs, and rites of Christianity have been unconsciously projected into medicine since Pasteur. As I explain in detail in the next chapters, we can establish very close parallels between Christianity and modern medicine."
This was the very concept of renowned pediatrician, Robert Mendelshon, in 1979's 'Confessions of a Medical Heretic'.
What people have done with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the resultant parallels between one manmade construct and another are no accurate reflection of what it means to be a follower of Christ.
They are only a comparison between manmade constructs. No different than comparing one style of architecture with another. Nothing more.
IvĂ¡n Illich published Medical Nemesis in 1975. I cannot help but imagine a contemporary influence.