Like with any other concept that may or may not have been developed by a Christian but is certainly not a theological Christian concept (not every Christian has to be a full-time theologian; we need doctors and engineers too), it can be good or bad and its use can be good or bad.
I guess I would agree with this, but I’m not really sure if self-esteem is all that bad. We have to have confidence in ourselves, and as long as that doesn’t turn into an abundance of pride, we are probably fine.i’d much prefer the old term “self respect”. If we don’t have that, we may as well lie down in the gutter and expire.
“Self-esteem” makes me sick: a relatively new PC term that’s puffed up/self-important!
In some quarters, there’s destructive emphasis on I/ME/SELF!
It’s not the concept itself (which is defined as something more akin to self respect) so much as the way it’s taught and implemented. It’s the “you’re awesome just the way you are! Never, ever change anything about yourself!” school of thought. It very quickly becomes demands to accept sins and failings because “that’s just who I am.”
Elena321,
It’s the word “esteem” that i loathe. i just think that the word “respect” should be used.
Emphasis added.
All of this rant just to justify my preference for “respect”!!!
Personally, I find it a concept quite compatible with Christianity.
I think the term “self-esteem” came to be substituted for the more common “self-respect” because the latter term had come to imply some kind of merit. You know, the shaming “don’t you have any self-respect?” thing. The old term came to mean a certain minimal level of pride maintenance. The terms overlap, and both mean different things to different people. The question, then, is this: Do you see yourself truthfully–which is as much to say as do you see yourself as much as God does as your limited self-awareness allows–and with an attitude that leads you do act according to the way God sees you?i’d much prefer the old term “self respect”. If we don’t have that, we may as well lie down in the gutter and expire.
“Self-esteem” makes me sick: a relatively new PC term that’s puffed up/self-important!
In some quarters, there’s destructive emphasis on I/ME/SELF!
Have a read (or re-read) of Post #13 to see my reason for loathing that term, and go online to those 3 sites. If they had promoted that “E” word, i wouldn’t have bothered to put up that post (ie #13). But, they did the opposite.
I don’t think the problem is the term, “self-esteem.”Have a read (or re-read) of Post #13 to see my reason for loathing that term, and go online to those 3 sites. If they had promoted that “E” word, i wouldn’t have bothered to put up that post (ie #13). But, they did the opposite.
“Self esteem” probably invaded the language via so-called “Self-improvement”, “Self-affirmation”, “Management” courses and similar.
To repeat: i’m sick of the way the language has been mangled!
And most people thoughtlessly go along with it.
We’ll just have to agree to disagree. This can’t go on!
I’m not sure the people were saying it was bad per say but rather that it should be “God esteem” instead of self-esteem. I don’t understand the difference.
