Sometime back, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress sent out a letter signed by 10 leaders in the profession in a fundraising effort. In the opening paragraph, they noted that it was believed by some “that if enough chiropractors served enough people for [a] long enough time, this would create a mass awareness of the benefits … Read more
I recently received an email containing a Letter to the Editor in the October 2008 Palmer College Beacon. The letter was written by two members of the Diagnosis Department at the college in response to a previous Pivot article of mine that had been reprinted in the Beacon. The author of the letter felt that … Read more
The Declaration of Independence, the greatest document written by man on the subject of individual rights, says in part, “…man is endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights…life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The important thing to note in the Declaration of Independence is that the rights that we have are those given … Read more
The above three terms often cause some confusion and are likely to be interchanged. Let’s look at them individually and see how they relate to our chiropractic philosophy. Natural is the most difficult of these terms to describe. For some, especially the mechanists, it involves everything that exists in the physical world, from the movement … Read more
B.J.’s final words, that we have a “sacred trust” and should “guard it well,” are often quoted. Ironically, the generation of chiropractors since B.J. has done the worst job in the history of the profession in preserving what the Palmers handed down to us. Our efforts, myself included, have been so poor that the “sacred … Read more
One of the more exciting aspects of understanding philosophy is when we begin to see science grasping and applying concepts that we have understood for years. The issue of adaptation is one of these concepts and a very important one. When science understands the true concept of adaptability as we do, that it is a … Read more
Both the medical profession and the chiropractic profession purport to have the same goal, to enable mankind to experience a longer life and better quality of life. If that is the case, why the extreme and opposing points of view? Why is there a major contrast between what we do and what they do? Of … Read more
(but it seems to be into a blind alley!) Twenty-five years ago we could boast that 15% of the American public had visited a chiropractor. We thought we were really making progress. The promise of third-party pay and the trend toward natural health care gave us hope of really increasing that percentage. Our schools … Read more
There is no doubt that the environment of the world would be closer to perfection if human beings did not inhabit the planet. Sometimes, it seems that the goal of the environmental movement is to kill off as many human beings as possible while preserving as many of God’s other creatures as possible! They seem … Read more
If Science and Philosophy are going to get together, we must resolve a serious problem in the field of scientific study. The problem is that many in the scientific community believe that everything can be explained scientifically. This approach (which is really a philosophy itself) is dangerous to legitimate scientific investigation and fatal to an … Read more