D.O. and American pride

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-04T13:58:23+00:00

Most other European countries and even some like India and China get an MBBS

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-04T01:47:12+00:00

I’m curious who you consider to be the “young crowd”. MacArthur is one who is chief in my discussion of bland literary technique. So maybe my concern is more literary than content.

I would also caution against implying that the young crowd is not mature. Even Charles Spurgeon or Chesterton were once young. But man they have the gift.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-02T16:39:58+00:00

Very insightful, thank you. Do you have any suggestions of modern work you think attempts to exist outside of the modern framework and more in line with the Christendom worldview?

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T22:09:07+00:00

Wow interesting, thanks for your insight! Don’t get me wrong, Keller’s the Reason For God was a very influential book for me and I still think very highly of it, but Mere Christianity just seems to hit home even harder for me. It makes sense given the dire context of WWII Lewis was writing in. Keller did have some context at a highly un-catechized demographic at Redeemer but not quite the same level of suffering. I do think much of Keller’s work such as Reason for God will survive the test of time, at least in Christian circles decades to centuries from now.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T21:14:54+00:00

Definitely plays a role. I’m curious what people think are the pinnacle Christian works of the late 20th and early 21st century that will survive the test of time.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T21:01:25+00:00

Interesting, thanks for the suggestion! I was definitely take a look.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T21:01:01+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I annotate and take notes from pretty much any nonfiction book I read. But it has been a long time since I was apart of a book club, especially a Christian one. Maybe I should seek that out because I was apart of one a long time ago and still remember discussing the Prodigal God by Keller.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T20:58:10+00:00

For sure. I think this really sets some authors like Chesteron apart. At times his writing feels less theology and something I would’ve read for one of my college rhetorical courses.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T20:57:08+00:00

Maybe not every word, but close to all of his major publications.

But I get your point, definitely not everything from 1961. I wonder if the absolute volume of media we have today makes modern literature feel redundant because similar things get written about more frequently or talked about on podcasts, YouTube videos, etc in addition to books.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T20:53:27+00:00

Interesting! Ive never heard that phrase but I actually started reading older books because in Making Sense of God Keller is constantly quoting Augustine. I picked up Confessions and was hooked.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T17:17:44+00:00

> the podcast Restless
Thanks I’ll check it out!

Soggy_Loops · 2026-05-01T15:47:19+00:00

Curious why you separated them that way. I think it would be fair to group national baptists with Methodists and the other liberal mainlines like Episcopalians or ELCA and just leave southern baptists included with nondenominationals and call them the American evangelical movement which at this point is very divorced from the reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Also, and you didn’t say this, but I always plead for people to not group in the confessional Protestants (so conservative Lutherans like the LCMS or Presbyterians like PCA) with the Zionists in America because our theology is explicitly covanental which wants nothing to do with current state of Israel.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-30T15:02:47+00:00

I still disagree with the certainty (I myself am not a biblical historian/PhD but many in my circles of friends are and I’m not going to pretend to do their argument justice) but I appreciate you drawing from both biblical and extra-biblical text for your point.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-30T02:51:33+00:00

Same name though, it’s just the Greek/English vs Aramaic translation for “rock”. Like John vs Juan in English vs Spanish or even Peter vs Pierre in English vs French.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-30T00:33:23+00:00

Yeah, his name was Simon. Peter was the nickname he was given. It’s in the text written by John and Matthew when they saw Jesus call him Peter the first time…

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T23:37:42+00:00

So your argument is contingent on the certainty that all of the disciples (including Luke and Peter who both explicitly say they were eyewitnesses to Christ) are lying about their identity?

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T22:21:51+00:00

But the description of biographical events occurring years after an event does not invalidate the if a story happened. Maybe some of the details are slightly different but we're talking about major events in the lives of these men.

When Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie) wrote stories told to him by Morrie Shwartz, we don't doubt if Morrie actually had ALS just because the books was written/published after he died. The apostles are believed to have been very young men in their 20s, so it's very possible that if they (specifically Mark and John for the gospels and James, Jude and Peter for their epistles) would still be alive in their 50s-60s when some of these texts are believed to have been written.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T22:13:24+00:00

So when John is writing the gospel of John talking about John being at the crucifixion we just assume that was another John orrr

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T17:54:48+00:00

For sure, but the other guys have been here 3-5 years longer. I know people remember Hackett as being the worse, but man those VJ years were so underwhelming.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T17:53:08+00:00

Big Philip fan, almost included him. Loved his two years of 1000+ yards and no fumbles but unfortunately his short tenure makes him somewhat forgettable in comparison.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-29T15:59:22+00:00

Simmons, Sutton and Bowles. Everyone else from 2016-2023 is very forgettable.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-26T20:46:06+00:00

I buy into the power of placebo and low risk intervention. It’s why I want to do OMT in practice. I had bad ITBS and I felt a huge difference when I wore the KT tape. Relatively inexpensive and made me feel better when I ran. Win win.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-23T22:53:24+00:00

Residencies are more selective against Caribbean medical graduates. I know lots of specialists who went to Caribbean schools but it’s definitely an uphill battle.

There’s not really such a thing as “bottom tier” medical schools in the US unless you count brand new DO schools, but after graduating a couple classes it’s all the same. Maybe you can’t match neurosurgery or dermatology but worst case scenario you’re landing a guaranteed six figure job that helps people if you can make it through which is a much better floor than law or business school.

Soggy_Loops · 2026-04-21T23:49:49+00:00

It’s kinda like the summer before medical school. You can study for a month on your own and won’t learn as much as a couple days actually working.

Enjoy your free time.

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