“Deeply Crazy” – A Way to Better Relationships

Instead, surprisingly, he speaks positively about the Christian idea of the sinfulness of each person. He says, It’s far better to insist that all of us in various ways are … deeply crazy.

“We are all warped, distorted in very distinctive ways.”

This is a fundamental piece of knowledge which we should be taking with us into relationships with a big warning sign over us. In his idiosyncratic way, de Botton suggests that the Christian view of seeing everyone as ‘crazy’ – or sinful – will actually help us have better expectations in our relationships.

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Article supplied with thanks to City Bible Forum. Robert Martin oversees the work of City Bible Forum in Melbourne and is the host of the Bigger Questions radio show / podcast.