Are the christian scientist's taking medications yet?
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It is not that they "hope" to get well, it is more that they know it has already been decided and ACCEPTED.  Society has a hard time with acceptance.
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It seems to be in remission.  Science and Christianity for example used to be polar opposites, and those who followed science were put to death in some cases.  Then science and christianity became like realitives that didn't speak to each other.  A little bad mouthin around the neighbors, but no big deal.  The science started to win, where christianity had to make excuses for Genesis (oh, what's a day in the life of God?) and such.  Now it seems that christianity is trying to hold its own again and ignore science.
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Are you talking about the common cold? Smallpox (which is now history due to the World Health Organization)? SARS? The ebola virus? Multiple Sclerosis? Muscular Dystrophy? Rheumatoid arthritis? Alzheimer's disease? What have we done to deserve such favors from God?
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what a shock another Christian reporting sumone who cant have a option...your sooooo right about the born again christian 99% of them have come of drugs or drink the weak minded haha the other christians have had it prounded into there sytems since birth from there parents that is how it survive's(just) but its a dying breed\n\n\ni doubt very much you'll get a good answer from a christian about this they just make excuse's and avoid the question..and preach to you
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not yet on the market, but they found out the cause of it, and they're still researching drugs, u can find it on yahoo news if you'd like
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yes\n\nThe Doctor of the Atheist Revolution has Spoken!
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If he is on a prescription, then when it is almost finished and he has followed his doctor's advice, he will be felling much better. If he is treating himself, depended what virus he has, it could be tomorrow or Never! Your guess is as good as mine.
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Actually, true Christians, who study the bible, not only can find logic, but scientific evidence in the Bible's teachings.\n\nFor instance, in the book of Leviticus, the Israelites were instructed to leave the camp and bury their excrement.  This was centuries before scientists truly found out what benefits proper sanitation brought.  They also were told to quarantine those who had leprosy, even before they knew what leprosy truly was or how it was spread.\n\nSecondly, the Bible gives scientific facts that were before their actually being proven in the scientific field.  Isa. 40:22 states that God dwells "above the circle of the Earth."  It wasn't until well past Jesus' life that scientists could agree that the earth was round, but under Godly inspration, such facts were put into writing.  Other examples in the Bible state that the Earth "Hangs above nothing" in space, and give an accurate description of even the water cycle, years and years before scientists even discovered it.\n\nLogic and reason are a solid basis for faith.  Hebrews 11:1 says that Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the EVIDENT DEMONSTRATIONS OF REALITIES though not beheld."  In other words, Faith is based on previous experiences known, but not beheld personally.  This is the whole reason Jesus performed miracles on earth.  To prove that in the future, he would be able to redo the same things.  These acts could help others to instill faith in him.\n\nThe Bible is not a science textbook, but is a book full of scientific examples and logical reasoning.
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Not at his website there aint.But studies have been done in Asia on faith healing and there is documented evidence that many Taoist faith healers have produce remarkable results.
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many people will suggest a lot of medication and stuff and i guess u might have tried many of them\nwell i would want to suggest to u a person by the name of JESUS. if u r ready to believe in him completely and put ur faith in him he can heal u\ntrust me thats a promise from me and jesus\nJESUS LOVES YOU
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No.\n\nEven God is still trying to figure that out.
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Princess - when you post these kinds of questions, unfortunately you will get inane and irrelevant answers from religious fanatics who do not believe human problems have organic origins.  I am just surprised that this time it was a Muslim instead of someone in one of the many "Christian" sects that also denigrate psychology and psychiatry.  Oh, well, religious fanatics are essentially the same, no matter which "holy book" they read.\n\nNow to the meat of your query.\n\nYou got many sound replies above.  Anti-depressants have variable results according to the individual.  They also have variable results according to the dosage - for example, a big dose of Zoloft can produce different consequences than a lesser dose.\n\nI am surprised that you apparently have not been under a regimen of monitoring by the doctor(s) who diagnosed you.  It is typical when a patient begins this treatment to be checked frequently to monitor the effectiveness of the medications, and if they do not work right, to be changed.\n\nAs a side statement, be aware that you can't really drink if you have depression, and especially when on medications.  Alcohol IS a depressant.\n\nAlso, anyone diagnosed with acute depression (as I presume is what they said of you) should be placed under the direct care of a psychiatrist.  Psychiatrists are medical doctors who are trained in these matters and the use of medications as an element of treatment.  They do not always require a patient to undergo intensive analysis and theray.  Today's psychiatrists are inheritors of Freud's work, but they are much, much different from the old-fashioned concept of egg-head analysts.  \n\nAny mental health problem produces behavioral consequences, however,  And these can persist beyond the effect of chemical sources of the problem.  Depression is not entirely a chemistry problem, usually, and to think that medications alone will resolve depression is to miss an opportunity to go after the things that cause or contribute to the problem.\n\nWe are ALL mixed-up folk.  There's nothing whatsoever wrong with getting un-mixed-up if we get the chance.  Go back to your doctor, milady, and get a referral to a psychiatrist you can trust and work with, and keep your appointments.  By the way, my experience suggests that a psychiatrist who embraces "gestalt therapy" methods is the most effective.
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Slowly science is winning the war on relgious prejutices. A long time ago you would be burned at the stake for science. I believe in time hopefully sooner than later, that science will be able to correct any physical problems that humans have.
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I think that scientists are above that petty religious crap.\n\nWe're the better people for bettering humanity.  They can keep their religious petri-dish people have soul's crap to themselves.
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Ermmmm, maybe the drugs that are being used as the actual medication
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God I hope not. It would be a blessing if they just shut up and took their medicine.
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No, certainly not.\nEuthanasia is playing God.\nFor God alone gives life and He alone has the right to take it.\n\nBesides, plenty of comatose patients have woken up. Also, strange on-the-brink-of-death miracles prove that modern medicine isn't fully equipped with brain-death related issues.\n\nIf in extreme pain, use pain-killers (alternate medicine, etc).