Prescription medication and Sorcery

[Martyr_4_FutureJoy]

On 12/27/2009 at 3:56 PM, His by Grace said:

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faithlafayette . org/church/listening-to-gods-instruction-in-creation-to-help-us-grow-spiritually/

Here below is a quote from that site that starts out seeming pertinent for today: (but supplies wrong or no answer as the Bible is not clearly the only nor the final Authority, apparently)

Confusion,  who to trust,  <passion, urgency of conversations > , main issues... 

"March 2020–about March 2021 was interesting, to put it mildly. A year unlike any other! But in many ways, it hasn’t been all that different from recent years. Yes, a pandemic makes it a bit different. But the relevant topics of discussion haven’t changed very much. Perhaps the passion and urgency of the conversations have changed the main issues haven’t.

One sad feature behind so many of the topics today is the level of confusion. There are lots of reasons for why there is confusion. For example, the challenge of trying to discern what is true and what sources you can believe adds a significant level of confusion.

But beyond the challenge of knowing what sources and people to trust, there is just confusion about what will truly bring joy, peace, satisfaction and flourishing to people and our communities. Issues like gender, addiction, education and race relations rise to the top as issues that confusion swirls around."

 

Why?   Source to believe:   God's Word.  To trust?   God's Word.  

What will truly bring joy and peace ?   God's Word , Trusting Him.

Those issues?   Not only should not rise to the top, but simply are not issues  -  Confusion "swirls around" in society because of departing from, not trusting,  not obeying,  not abiding in God's Word.

[Bouncing Bill]

If it were not for prescription medications many of us, including me, would not be here today. 

[Martyr_4_FutureJoy]

16 minutes ago, Bouncing Bill said:

If it were not for prescription medications many of us, including me, would not be here today. 

Decades ago,  unless yours is a rare circumstance(s),   if you had been taught the right way to stay / remain/ get healthy,  or even just met one of the natural Godly healers when you were a child, and taught the right ways,  instead of the ways of pharmakeia, 

then you would likely not be on any manmade drugs at all.    Most people would not be,  if they knew what to do themselves long ago,  or many would not be if they simply knew what to do today.

Because you learned in a system that was and continues to be deceptive ("deceived the whole world"),

you are stuck,  yes indeed and in truth,  unless God Provides a Way Out for you today.(or in the future).

God has provided a true way out for many people who once were stuck in darkness.   Most people reject Jesus anyway - they do not care.

[Bouncing Bill]

6 minutes ago, jeff_student_of_Jesus said:

Decades ago,  unless yours is a rare circumstance(s),   if you had been taught the right way to stay / remain/ get healthy,  or even just met one of the natural Godly healers when you were a child, and taught the right ways,  instead of the ways of pharmakeia, 

then you would likely not be on any manmade drugs at all.    Most people would not be,  if they knew what to do themselves long ago,  or many would not be if they simply knew what to do today.

Because you learned in a system that was and continues to be deceptive ("deceived the whole world"),

you are stuck,  yes indeed and in truth,  unless God Provides a Way Out for you today.(or in the future).

God has provided a true way out for many people who once were stuck in darkness.   Most people reject Jesus anyway - they do not care.

I respectfully say you have no idea what you are talking about.