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Old 08-19-2008, 08:00 PM
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Re: Witchcraft = medication

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Some may find the following link interesting that takes a look at witchcraft/pharmakeia...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.b...harmakeia.html
Good post.
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Old 08-19-2008, 09:00 PM
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Good post.
I agree. Someone posted a portion of that website here, but it was ignored.
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Old 08-19-2008, 09:30 PM
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Re: Witchcraft = medication

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This was big news in my area, as it happened not far from where I lived.

All kinds of freaky people up there....LOL!
We know those people personally. My dad stops at their coffee shop in Weston at least once a week, or has before this happened.

In subsequent news stories, Dale has made the comment that if another of their children got sick, they would do the exact same thing!
(One reason their kids were taken away temporarily.)
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:04 PM
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Re: Witchcraft = medication

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Exactly, we do have a choice and I choose to trust God completely.

BTW, my son won't even take medication when he is sick, because he trusts God completely and I didn't even teach him that. He found it in the Bible and he showed me some things that the Bible has about it.
I'd like to ask , do you visited the dentist or do you ignore toothaches ???

Another thing, maybe your child is fearful of seeing a doctor, I know as a child I was, in fact I'd climb up the cherry tress in front of our house, to get out of going. So it be reasonable for him to want find an out!

As a parent I think anything outside the common cold or 24 tummy bug should be looked into, not ignored. As an adult I have the right to say no, but as a parent it's my duty to make sure my child has that chance someday as well, until their an adult it my responsibility to look after their health and well being, seek medical help when need be!
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:06 AM
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Re: Witchcraft = medication

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I believe it was also you accusing people of not trusting in God completely because they take medication.
They're relying on medication rather than God.
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:08 AM
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Sister, you are so off track on this it's laughable. You got off track on the post where he said "completely." Now you are trying to use his situation with being in school to prove you are right about the trusting God for health issue. You are using two separate issues and trying to use one of those situations against him to make your point on the other issue. It's a strawman argument. It's a good strawman argument, but a strawman none the less.
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:12 AM
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I believe in medicine but natural treatments not this junk the doctors push today! Herbs and other natural remedies are fine!
natural remedies=yes synthetic remedies=no
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:15 AM
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Responses like this are what makes it difficult for people to have a discussion with you. It helps if you 'listen'.
Thinking outside of the box would help, plus if you would listen instead of assuming.
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:18 AM
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SIN. that is what it is.S I N.
If you think that it is sin, why don't you show some evidence to support what you believe?
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Old 08-20-2008, 01:27 AM
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That is beside the point. The world is going to see just the ones that said "God is going to heal me so I refuse treatment" and die. I know atheists do. What I posted is about our witness to those outside.

Also it's one thing to say "I was trusting in God to heal" and another to say "Our religion teaches we should avoid medical help from anyone other than God"

Because in the second they see that this is a matter of our religion teaching this is a MUST and the first is purely a personal choice
People will see what they want to see and choose what they want to do, but don't criticize me for trusting God completely and choosing the way of God rather than going to the hospital and trusting doctors. If you trust in medications, then trust in them, but I will trust God completely.
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