The Christian Post reports: Phil McGraw recently spoke at Pastor Ed Young’s Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, where he weighed in on the importance of the church’s role in society and revealed he believes God wants him to speak out against the “woke mob” attempting to re-write the truth. “The church brings something to the …
I am not entirely anti-Dr. Phil, like I’ve heard some of his advice & it seems sound enough. Practical enough. But especially as his show carried on for years, and ever increasingly the clearly wacko nutjob guests were brought on for shock value (/exploitation)…I was like…are these people really being helped here? Or are we dragging them out of their hole, shining a spotlight on them, for public humiliation & punching down on the dumb & mentally ill? I mean I was a teenager, watching sometimes & thinking…these problems need to be dealt with privately. Behind closed doors. You’re robbing human beings of any chance at dignity, respect. That’s wrong. I recognized this as a teenager! He’s way too old & should know better. Then again, there’s no shortage of prominent religious people who can quote the Bible but missed the parts that basically read “Don’t be a dick”.
I am not entirely anti-Dr. Phil, like I’ve heard some of his advice & it seems sound enough. Practical enough. But especially as his show carried on for years, and ever increasingly the clearly wacko nutjob guests were brought on for shock value (/exploitation)…I was like…are these people really being helped here? Or are we dragging them out of their hole, shining a spotlight on them, for public humiliation & punching down on the dumb & mentally ill? I mean I was a teenager, watching sometimes & thinking…these problems need to be dealt with privately. Behind closed doors. You’re robbing human beings of any chance at dignity, respect. That’s wrong. I recognized this as a teenager! He’s way too old & should know better. Then again, there’s no shortage of prominent religious people who can quote the Bible but missed the parts that basically read “Don’t be a dick”.
I loved this direct confrontation between bumfights creator & Dr. Phil. He got kicked off the show!! Dr. Phil knew he was going to get in trouble & shut him up ASAP.