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Faith, Empiricism or Reason

Recently I was listening to a non-chiropractic speaker discuss the above methods of coming to a knowledge of truth. He mentioned that faith, empiricism and reason are directly related to the degree of intellect an individual has or is willing to use. Faith or belief necessitates the least amount of intellect. A small child can … Read more

THOUGHT

Those who are really to be admired are not the ones who were drawn to chiropractic because of a “miracle cure” but those who had no symptoms and sought chiropractic care—those who were drawn to chiropractic by the philosophy and the logic behind it.  It is easy to be convinced by a spectacular experience.  It … Read more

THOUGHT

 Why is it medicine can be so adamant that a displaced (herniated) disc can impinge upon the cord and spinal nerves and cause all kinds of problems affecting the function of the nerve system? They are so confident this can happen that they actually perform major surgery to reduce that impingement. Yet they are just … Read more

Paradigms

A paradigm is more then a model. It assumes a way of looking at life. For example, the evolutionist has a naturalistic paradigm. His model assumes that God does not exist, did ot interject Himself into human history and that man has no purpose or rational end. He then goes about accumulating facts to support … Read more

The Elusive Subluxation

The objective of straight chiropractic is simple and beautiful, to correct vertebral subluxation to enable the innate intelligence of the body to be more fully expressed. The philosophy of chiropractic is complex, as complex as life, but it is logical and can be understood using common sense. The vertebral subluxation, however, is another matter. Medical … Read more

The Meaning of Words

Truth is the verbal coinage by which we exchange concepts of value and engender trust—Ravi Zacharias. During the past year this country has experienced a traumatic series of events surrounded by a disregard for truth and a fudging of words that has led to a situation in which the words have all but lost their … Read more

THOUGHT

A paradigm is more than a model.  It assumes a way of looking at life.  For example, the evolutionist has a naturalistic paradigm.  His model assumes that God does not exist, did not interject Himself into human history and that man has no purpose or rational end.  He then goes about accumulating facts to support … Read more