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“I’m a very recent alumnus of MBU, (2021 grad) and unfortunately it wasn’t until near the end of and after my time there that I fully realized the damage of some of the ideas that the institution promotes. The recent podcast with Daniel Berger was just one example of some of the harmful denial of mental health issues that MBU has put out. This interview was full of misinformation and willful ignorance, as well as harmful and even dangerous suggestions towards people that struggle with mental health. The lens of equating real mental health disorders with “normal human struggles” (i.e. clinical depression = simply deep sorrow) denies the physical and medical aspects of many disorders and the dangers they can present. In addition, using primarily only two mental health issues as examples and applying your explanation of them to all mental health issues as a whole is ignoring the many complexities of problems like panic attacks, self harm, etc. While Berger claimed to *not* land in the camp of “mental health problems are actually just spiritual issues,” he continually cited a solution that acted as if they were. His solution ignores the fact that many humans, even Christians, can struggle with severe mental health issues EVEN when they continually put their trust in Jesus Christ and actively pursue peace through a relationship with Him. Berger spoke as if anyone using medication to treat a mental health problem was *only* looking to that medication as a solution, which ignores the many Christians who pursue multiple methods of treatment as supplements to their faith in Christ. He made comments that the Bible does not condemn psychotropic drugs, but proceeded to condemn them as even *part* of the solution. Finally, the podcast spent an hour on many of these harmful ideas, while dedicating less than five minutes to giving specific advice (that was also ignorant) to college students struggling with mental health, even though that age group is the university’s main constituency.
I am extremely disappointed that MBU would openly champion a person who provides such toxic, harmful, and unbiblical answers to an issue we are facing more every day. I wish I could say my alma mater was progressing and moving towards a better understanding of mental health, but unfortunately all I see is an institution that clings to old-fashioned, cold, and unbiblical ideas of what it means to be a Christian (including the degrading comments by Dr. Berger about women, which is another issue entirely that the university regularly struggles with).
While I enjoyed much of my time at this university because of the friends and mentors I made at an individual level, I can no longer in good conscience recommend it to any Christian because of the harmful principles the administration and institution as a whole cling to. Once again, extremely disappointed that this is the direction MBU has chosen.”
Peanutphoebe via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/29/22
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04/20/23
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United States of America ·
04/06/22
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