Yes, we definitely stereotype non-christians, characterizing them as emo, or desperate. What this reminds me of, though, is "the sickness unto death." Kierkegaard talks about how "despair" is a state of the soul, and it can exist whether you are conscious of it or not. (he says despair is not being ground in the power that established you). People who don't know they are in despair, are in one sense the farthest from being cured. They don't recognize that they are sick. But, getting back to your video, I think . . . that we can sometimes view this "sickness" of people to mean that they don't have anything to offer us, or our job is just to "save" them, rather than learn from them as human beings.
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Yes, we definitely stereotype non-christians, characterizing them as emo, or desperate. What this reminds me of, though, is "the sickness unto death." Kierkegaard talks about how "despair" is a state of the soul, and it can exist whether you are conscious of it or not. (he says despair is not being ground in the power that established you). People who don't know they are in despair, are in one sense the farthest from being cured. They don't recognize that they are sick. But, getting back to your video, I think . . . that we can sometimes view this "sickness" of people to mean that they don't have anything to offer us, or our job is just to "save" them, rather than learn from them as human beings.
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