Thanks for the link on Diaprax. It put into words what I was seeing for the last 15 years but couldn’t put into words.
I go to a small country church here in Southern Delaware. The pastor is not afraid to preach the Gospel. As I sat listening this morning, I thanked God I was in a church that preached the whole Word of God.
Seems like that is becoming rarer and rarer these days.
You're welcome.
Diaprax is also known as the Delphi Technique, a tool created by the Rand Corporation for evaluation and prioritizing factual information. It works fine in the factual domain, but it is abusive when used in the affective domain, as is being done today.
Although Delphi/Diaprax was revealed by religious institutions (Dean Gotcher), it's primary manifestations are secular.
This article by John Loeffler is a good illustration of how diaprax is used in the world around us to force acceptance of a pre-determined conclusion, and make it appear as if it was your idea.
The system is truly evil.
EXAMPLE:
"God said it, i believe it, and that settles it."
Notice the error? Whether you believe it or not, God said it, and that settles it. This is a subtle way of enforcing the idea that your relationship to a proposition ("i believe it") determines the truth or effect of a proposition, as if one could dialog to consensus with God.