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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
In some ways, I can agree with you, however, why is it that while we know the brain to be an organ, we don't believe meds should correct what is wrong with it, while we continue to treat other organs that don't work correctly, like the heart, kidneys, pancreas, and liver?
In addition, most diseases aren't 'cured', but managed by medications that the sufferer has to take for the duration of their life. It shouldn't be considered to have to be different for the brain either.
There are many brain diseases that are controlled by psych drugs, including Pick's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's. Surely we don't deny the use of drugs on those people just because they have mental health issues, do we?
In the elderly, the brain shrinks, causing dementia. Those people depend on proper medicinal treatment to control behaviors they won't perform under normal circumstances, but we can't deny those things to them because it's a mental condition, do we?
While I believe God is the answer for everything, He gave us a brain for a reason, and He also gave us medicine. Even in the Bible, He advocated the use of medicines instead of outright healing or preventing disease. Ever wonder why He did that?
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What medicines does the Bible refer to, and do any of these refer to a substance designed to bring the mind into balance and relief?
Does the Bible deal with the subject of sobriety?
Are we as Christians yielding to the counsel and advice of those who love the Truth?
Psalms 1 says, Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.
What does the 23 Psalm say about the Lord, His ability, and how we are to rely on His provision?
The abuse of drugs and the demonizing side affects of them, have overrun the Church and faith driven principle, leaving people addicted and in despair. This is the issue at hand. Those who have Alzheimers are not the ones we are discussing here. Children, adults, and pastors, they are being put on these drugs to medicate a problem God was meant to solve. The worldly counsel of today says we shouldn't have to deal with the pain of grief, sadness, and depression that we all must face at some point in life.
Other organs in the body are not the mind. Treating a kidney, heart, pancreas, or liver is different than treating the mind. The mind is where people make decisions, eternal ones. We must medicate the mind with His Word, even if it hurts. We must learn to deal with lifes woes, no matter what the foulness of weather may be. The cross is not easy to bear at times, but the result is understanding and power.
This whole issue is really about pain. We hate pain. We hate to see others in pain. But, without pain, we would never grow and become the man or woman which God intended for us to be.
The fruit of longsuffering and patience is being poisoned by an economy bent on making profit at the expense of our stupidity.
My people are destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. We need to be informed, banishing ignorance from our focus to be saved so we can become the Light of the World. Drug use marr's our testimony and leaves us poor in strength.
Lord Bless, NFS