is hypnosis as a method of treatment of disease for a christian biblically wrong?
554149
No, it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that hypnosis is wrong, so why would it be?
274814
yes but Hypnosis is expensive and can only make one do what they want to do, your better off using meditation its self inflicted so is more effective and its free (bar the price of a book)
721360
Christians are humans and tempted in many ways.  To say a "True Christian" would not have this problem is narrow minded and false.  \n\nThis is a very real problem and I'm not sure that castration would solve it as men have pleasure sensors inside of them as well.  If you are struggling, then you need prayer and a strong support team.  I would try this first rather than going to such drastic measures as castration.  However, it is an interesting concept.  I guess if it remains a "thorn in your side" so to speak, then yes, it would be something to consider.
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I don't believe there is a "what if" it's wrong, it IS wrong.  \nIt is wrong for the church to interprete the bible and tell you their interpretation of someone elses interpretation of GOD's inspirational message to them.  \n\nWhat if GOD's so called inspirational message to the original writers of the Bible was say....nothing more than flatulence that was interpreted by the Bible writers as the divine word of GOD?  So they write their flatulence experience down in a book, proclaiming it to be the divine word of GOD, and it becomes like the game of "Telephone" that I played as a child in grammar school.....by the time it get's interpreted by the last person reading it, in this case the church, the message becomes so distorted it doesn't even make sense.\n\nIt's all a bunch of fools leading fools.
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Conspiracy Theorists will tell you that there IS a cure for cancer and many other things that afflict man. The reason that we aren't disease-free is that MAN makes money from the suffering of others. Ironically, he makes money from pleasure too.\n\nOn the other hand, imagine a world in which all cures were available. There would be no consequences to our actions; eating too much, smoking, drinking, having sex,  all forms of physical abuses could be fixed.  NO consequences?!?  Perhaps God gave us diseases as a trial, tribulation or speedbump. We learn from those that are sick, being sick ourselves and from those that have died as a result of illnesses.  It is often a sad time but mostly reflective and I believe that is the point.
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i think some people use it that way. but that's why true Christianity is so great. it's not really a religion. it's more of a way of life. but i do agree that people manipulate religion and use it as a crutch. it can create rules that make the feel secure, but they can twist the rules to fit what they want to do.
1182017
I do not think it works!!!\n\nMyomancy was a method of divination by rats or mice, which may be alluded to in Isaiah 66:17. Their particular cries or some marked devastation committed by them was taken for a prognostication of evil.
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Let me begin by noting the incredible power of the mind to both deceive and to work wonders.  The mind creates whatever you have faith for it to create, regardless of its basis in reality.  You can see anything you want, real or unreal.  Witchcraft is a methodology/tradition used in building "faith" in accomplishing various agendas.  Do not assume that those who practice magic actually affect reality.  My experience is that this is not the case at all, though it can seem real even to the subjects themselves.\n\nIs witchcraft a religion?  How do you wish to define religion?  Most people would agree that these kinds of organizations are pagan, and without God, but they do appear to hold preference for Greek/Roman style gods, godesses, and demi-gods.\n\nYour questions get tougher and tougher as they increasingly appeal to definitions and morality (i.e. good and bad), so I'll simply give you my opinion based on my experience with these individuals.  They prefer small, secretive, isolated worship, thus more closely fitting the definition of cult, except that they seem to prefer more individual, decentralized structures (i.e. no leaders or indoctrination).  A female friend testified that at the highest levels, she was required to not only denounce Jesus Christ, but declare an eternal war against Him and His followers; she was unable to do this and received all manner of "curses" and "hexes" from her "friends" because of this.  They have very active imaginations and love sensational events and conspiracy theories.  The Golden Rule of Reciprocity appears to be the crux of their morality.  Good returns for good deeds, and evil for evil.  They love all that defies the Laws of Nature, and most of them appear to hate Jesus Christ with a passion (for reasons quite incomprehensible to me).  I believe that their magic is no more than schizophrenia, perceiving things which are unreal as if they are in fact real, and that this is mentally very unhealthy.\n\nIn short, I would say that witchcraft is a bad and offers no lasting good.  My investigations of these traditions have been unhealthy for me.  If you decide to proceed, please exercise great caution as the mind is a terrible thing to waste or to lose control of.
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christianinty is a form of spiritual "cancer".Infected cells will always seek out new, healthy cells to infect untill the whole organism(the human race) is overwhelmed with the disease and will be destroyed.\nIt`s an effective form of spiteful hatred and mind controll.
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If someone told you, "In order to prove your faithfulness, you must not allow a mechanic to fix your car. You must trust God to do it."... would that seem reasonable to you? Probably not. If you had an arm torn off in an accident, would you expect God to inject Himself supernaturally? Or would you go to your nearest emergency dept.?\n\nGod has given us the ability to learn and to apply that learning in areas such as medicine. Going for medical help isn't a denial of God or a sign of our unfaithfulness. It's utilizing the abilities that God gave us.\n\nGod works in many ways, but most often He works through people. Having said that, God is also capable of working in spite of people and limitations.  Trust Him to help you whether through medicine or supernaturally, but continue to use the medical resources that are available to you.
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I definitely support medicinal marijuana use  for medicinal purposes. 100%. It is an amazing drug for people that need it, and should be made more available to them.\n\nI'm sure that almost every Christian will tell you that yes, its sinful because you are getting 'high'. BUT, I don't see it as that much different than alcohol. And Many Christians drink, so all the Christians that tell you that "pot changes your state of mind..." Well so does wine...and Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana. I think there is a time and a place of one would decide to do it.\n\nIf your doing it to relax or your doing it once in a while drinking it in a tea, I don't see much harm in it. I think everything bad in excess.\nGod did create the herbs for our benefit.\n\n"Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so."\n(Genesis 1:30 )\n\n "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."(Proverbs 15:17)\n\nWhat it all comes down to, is YOU and God. If you have a question, pray about it!
721942
Hypnosis, like alot of things is popularly misunderstood. In the 18th century Franz Mesmer developed a method of healing he called "animal magnetism" which he conceived of in mystical terms, but is now recognised as based on hypnotic suggestion. Hypnosis does not involve anything supernatural. Most people have a natural ability to enter a hypnotic state to some degree, and the hypnotist's role is to assist them in entering this state through a process of suggestion. People associate hypnosis with the occult because they mistakenly believe that it is something magical.
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Oh no... there are christian psychologists and counselors out there? I mean not ones that just happen to be christians but ones who define themselves by it? And their therapy is "read the bible"? Oh please tell me this isn't true. For the love of all your holy stuff please no.... They don't have actual degrees do they? I think I'm going to be ill... You are clear on the reason that this "therapy" isn't helping, right? Do I really need to go into it further? Please suggest to your partner that they see an actual therapist with real training. They can be christian, even.
1058045
Because we are still way too Victorian.  Once upon a time (I've told this story before, a long time ago, sex was considered normal....as normal as eating, sleeping, etc...a part of life.  However, it was denigrated by Christians in the past as evil.  Making something forbidden and evil corrupts it.  People abuse it.  Just like eating.  If one has no issues with food, there is no problem.  But food issues causes problems like anorexia, bulimia, obesity, etc.  I like to blame a lot of this on christian because they deny the body thinking only issues of the soul are good.  But we are body and soul.  It is only in acceptance of our body that we become balanced (by the way I know it is not just Christians that do this but they have done so much to destroy peace of mind regarding this.)   Question for uptights:  Who do you think invented sex?  Do you think God did?  And if he/she did, why is it we have that strong urge even when we are alone and without are partner?  Didn't God invent that too?
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Some illnesses/medical disorders can ONLY be cured by surgery or a medical intervention. It's not a matter of crossing your fingers and hoping that your child doesn't die. If you are truly religious you would realize that God has given people the ability and intelligence to be physicians for a reason. I think anyone that denies their child medical care for 'religious reasons' should be charged with neglect and attempted murder. There have been way too many cases of children dying from people that have distorted religious beliefs.
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Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis as a form of treatment, usually for relieving pain or conditions related to one's state of mind. Practitioners believe that when a client enters, or believes he has entered, a state of trance, the patient is more receptive to suggestion and other therapy. The most common use of hypnotherapy is to remedy maladies like obesity, smoking, pain, ego, anxiety, stress, amnesia, phobias, and performance but many others can also be treated by hypnosis, including functional disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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It isn't an illness in need of medication.\nIt isn't a disease in need of a cure.\nIt isn't a harmful behavior in need of correction.\nIt isn't "immoral," nor can it be so.