Naturalism recognizes no seperate principle, law or entities. It is all one encompassing thing-nature. Chiropractic and vitalism, on the other hand, recognizes that intelligence, while united with matter, is seperate and distinct from the matter (and the force which unites them). Intelligence can exist apart from the matter because it has been recognized and defined … Read more
We need to define medicine before we can begin to define chiropractic. BJ defined “sick” as a person who had DIS-EASE. He said that meant they were subluxated. Yet we realize that society generally accepts that “sick” means they have a medical condition, not a chiropractic one (VS). We are not likely to change that … Read more
The question was asked, “Do you advocate raising the entry requirements for admission to all chiropractic colleges?” The response floored me! 79% of those responding said yes, we should increase the requirements. It seems to me there are only two possible reasons why they could respond that way: 1. They hold to the mistaken idea that … Read more
If you don’t adhere to the principle, I’d still love to have you as a friend. But you’re not eligible to water down my principle.- Reggie Gold
The treatment of disease is always a hit or miss situation. “Alternative medicine” (which some mistakenly think chiropractic is part of) is not merely two alternatives to the same destination (objective). If one route is better it should be taken. But in going down that road, you do not know whether it will be better … Read more
If you stop learning the philosophy today, you stop teaching your practice members tomorrow.
Our dogma is that chiropractors only correct vertebral subluxations to enable the innate intelligence to be more fully expressed. Our philosophy includes the principles, theories, science and concepts that give credibility to and explain our dogmatic objective. Our philosophy may change as our reasoning becomes more sound, as scientific discoveries impact it, and as we … Read more
It isn’t just knowing the chiropractic philosophy that is important. It is being able to apply it to your thinking and experience in day to day life and in your practice that counts.
I cannot imagine the chiropractic profession seperating into two professions. We (the straights) will not give up the name “chiropractic” because of prior rights and respect for the Palmer association with it. They (the medipractors) will never call themselves something else because, while they want to be something else, they want the positive P.R. of … Read more
If B.J. Palmer was not the autocratic, dictatorial, strong, unbending personality he was we would probably not have had the Howards and Janses of his day or the Wintersteins and Donohues of today. On the other hand, if not for those character traits in B.J., would we have a profession today?