"The Jesus Factor"

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A collegue of mine in the ICU is soon moving to Home Health for several reasons, both personal and otherwise. At the nurses station the other day, she and one of the doctors were talking, and she mentioned to him, regarding one of his patients, that "The Jesus factor was all squared away". This co-worker is a very active Christian and so is the MD in question. I asked her what that meant and she said that she liked to make sure where people were going when they die. She said that that was one reason why she wanted to do home health and hospice, was to help people find Jesus before they die.

She is an awesome, awesome nurse, but I was always thought that this is not ethical. I would never discuss religion with a patient unless they wanted to and I don't think it's correct to try to convert them. She's basically going to be evangelizing her Home Health patients. I find that disturbing.

Some Christians consider Yoga to be a part of what they consider to be the pagan religion of Hinduism, so I wouldn't make the assumption that everyone views Yoga as just benign exersises. Not everyone sees it that same. I've read online that some Christians view Yoga as spiritually dangerous.

Yeah, and these Christians are a little kookie too. They are just as crazy as any other religious extremist group, and they are dangerous.

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Yeah, and these Christians are a little kookie too. They are just as crazy as any other religious extremist group, and they are dangerous.

When was the last Time you talked to a Southern Baptist, or a Fundamentalist.

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Yeah, and these Christians are a little kookie too. They are just as crazy as any other religious extremist group, and they are dangerous.

I don't think accurate. I've known some very nice people who've held views such as this. They just think that doing Yoga opens a person up to Demonic forces. They view Hindu meditation as dangerous. You tell me that they are dangerous. I don't think either belief is dangerous, these people are not terrorists.

I've heard that before, people saying that others with what they view as 'kooky' beliefs are 'dangerous'. I don't agree. Just because a belief is a minority one, doesn't mean it's dangerous.

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:uhoh3: hey mod's.....how's about closing this thread down.......due to the smoke and flames ????

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What part of meeting the pts. needs, not yours is so dificult for people to understand? It is inappropriate to be prostelytizing to your pts., period. That goes for any faith, Christian, Wiccan, Gnostic, whatever.

Your pts are not all going to be Christian, and not all of them are going to want to hear the word of God according to you. Please, cultural competency includes being sensitive to people of different faiths, not just race.

WHOA! Where is this coming from? As a nurse, meeting patient needs is the main role for me to do as a nurse. I understand that perfectly. I did not say I would force and empose my beliefs on a patient. Like I said, I see nothing wrong with sharing when there's an opportunity to share. For example, if there's downtime when I'm alone with a patient or something and they lead into a conversation regarding religion/beliefs/etc. I know everyone is not Christian and I know not everyone wants to hear the word of God... you don't even have to tell me that. I know how to deal with all types of people of different religions and races. When I come across someone (patient or not) who doesn't care about the Gospel of Jesus, I would just move on. It's not a big deal.

How about just going to work to work and be a nurse doing what you are paid to do, rather than evangelizing and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ? People will appreciate that more. I know I would if I worked with you.

Is something wrong with you??? You don't tell me what to do. I will do my duties as a nurse AND my duties as a Christian. Plus, I said I would share the Gospel when there's an opportunity. Do you know what "opportunity" means? It doesn't mean "all the time". My main job as a nurse is to work as a nurse like you said. If there's ever downtime with me and the patient and they lead into a conversation regarding things of that nature, I would share the Gospel. It's not like I'm going to go up to every patient and talk about the word of God and Jesus Christ. There's a right time for everything. And who are you to tell me what people appreciate more? There's people that'll appreciate me sharing the Gospel AND there's people that will not appreciate it. That's life.

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WHOA! Where is this coming from? As a nurse, meeting patient needs is the main role for me to do as a nurse. I understand that perfectly. I did not say I would force and empose my beliefs on a patient. Like I said, I see nothing wrong with sharing when there's an opportunity to share. For example, if there's downtime when I'm alone with a patient or something and they lead into a conversation regarding religion/beliefs/etc. I know everyone is not Christian and I know not everyone wants to hear the word of God... you don't even have to tell me that. I know how to deal with all types of people of different religions and races. When I come across someone (patient or not) who doesn't care about the Gospel of Jesus, I would just move on. It's not a big deal.

And just how are you going to go about finding out they don't want to hear about the Gospel of Jesus?

And actually, it is a huge deal.

How about just going to work to work and be a nurse doing what you are paid to do, rather than evangelizing and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ? People will appreciate that more. I know I would if I worked with you.

Can I get an "Amen" to that?

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I'm still confused. I haven't seen any posts in this thread which made me feel someone was "brainwashed".

Ummm...I think it was you who first typed the word "brainwashed". I have not seen any posts in this thread which made me feel someone was brainwashed either.

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And just how are you going to go about finding out they don't want to hear about the Gospel of Jesus?

And actually, it is a huge deal.

Uhhh DUH! They'll tell me whether or not they want to hear it.

When I said "it's not a big deal", I'm talking about it's not a big deal to stop talking about the gospel when someone doesn't care to hear it.

Can I get an "Amen" to that?

Nope. Tweety did not say any ultimate words of wisdom.

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:uhoh3: hey mod's.....how's about closing this thread down.......due to the smoke and flames ????

and fire & brimstone! :angryfire

hahahahah

can i get an "amen" to that?

i'll give her one!

amen!

this whole thread is so insane..its scary that some can't see how out of line they are.

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this whole thread is so insane..its scary that some can't see how out of line they are.
...and it's sad. :o
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Funny thread! :D

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...and it's sad. :o

Ummm, I was sorta talking about you

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