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'''M. Scott Peck''', M.D., is unusual among psychiatrists because he believes in God and prays for divine help.  
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'''M. Scott Peck''', M.D. (1936-2005) was unusual among psychiatrists because he professed a belief in God and prayed for divine help.  
Dr. Peck is the author of ''The Road Less Traveled'' and also ''People of the Lie''.
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Dr. Peck was the author of ''The Road Less Traveled'' and also ''People of the Lie''.
    
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
 
*... we do not yet have a body of scientific knowledge about human [[evil]] deserving of being called a [[psychology]]. Why not? The concept of evil has been central to religious thought for millennia. Yet it is virtually absent from our science of psychology — which one might think would be vitally concerned with the matter. (''People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil'', pp. 39-40)
 
*... we do not yet have a body of scientific knowledge about human [[evil]] deserving of being called a [[psychology]]. Why not? The concept of evil has been central to religious thought for millennia. Yet it is virtually absent from our science of psychology — which one might think would be vitally concerned with the matter. (''People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil'', pp. 39-40)
 
*As well as being the Father of Lies, Satan may be said to be the spirit of mental illness. In ''The Road Less Traveled'' I defined [[mental health]] as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” Satan is utterly dedicated to opposing that process. In fact, the best definition I have for Satan is that it is a real spirit of unreality. (''People of the Lie'', p. 207)
 
*As well as being the Father of Lies, Satan may be said to be the spirit of mental illness. In ''The Road Less Traveled'' I defined [[mental health]] as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” Satan is utterly dedicated to opposing that process. In fact, the best definition I have for Satan is that it is a real spirit of unreality. (''People of the Lie'', p. 207)

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