A Doctor or a Witch Doctor?

 

What I find deeply disturbing is postings like this in the realm of Social Media. What makes this even more so, is when it comes from someone who claims to be a believer in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah).

When you take a look at the person "brewing", you find that it resembles a lot like a "witch doctor".  In the time of mysticism and deep superstition, the witch doctor held sway.

When people got sick the witch doctor was seen as a way of driving "evil spirits" away. Yes, they did use a lot of herbal remedies that we use even to this day.

A Doctor has study the realm of Medicine, and is often divorced from all things "spiritual".  A Witch Doctor may have done some good things, but there were some things that stemmed from mysticism, superstition, and a deep sense of ignorance.

In the realm of Ancient Greek and before, people used different mind altering drugs in order to talk to the "gods". It was in this "deep state" that certain messages were said to emanate from the "gods".

It was never intended to be applied toward the healing application of medicine to assist the human body in fighting off diseases.

The Logical Fallacy of Equivocation is in play here. Pharmakeia is where we get the word "Pharmacy", but it is without the "spiritual aspect" of it. A Pharmacist may know the different types of drugs, but he is not licensed to prescribe drugs. That is within the purview of the Doctors.

This person is solidly against the use medicine. He believes the use of them amounts to "Witchcraft". He believes (as stated in the picture) that vaccinations caused his daughter to have Autism.

The Autism Science Foundation has posted several articles showing there is no link between autism and vaccines. In fact they state the following:

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A Decade ago most researchers agreed that we needed to study vaccines in relation to autism. We had to reconcile the fact that the number of vaccines children were receiving was increasing, and at the same time, the number of children who were being diagnosed with autism also was on the rise. Fortunately, this was a question that could be studies - and answered - by science. We looked at children who received vaccines and those who didn't, or who received them on a different, slower schedule. There was no difference in their neurological outcomes. Multiple studies have been completed which investigate the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination in relation to autism. Researcher have also studied thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, to see if it had any relation to autism. The results are very clear; the data show no relationship between vaccines and autism.

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From a personal point of view, I find there is a difference between taking "mind altering" drugs for the purpose of achieving some heightened spiritual state and taking medication in order to assist your body. I struggle with depression. It isn't something I can just "shake off". It is a chemical imbalance within the brain. In addition to this, I have a defect within the blood vessels in the brain stem. In a certain section the blood vessels are smaller than normal. Periods of High Stress can cause this section to erupt in severe pain. For this reason I not only watch what I eat, but also take medication to reduce my cholesterol level.

I am glad to see some people using critical thinking when it comes to things like this. Look at what happened with the Salem Witch Trials! People were being accused of being a witch over the slightest things! It is things like this that drives people away from Yeshua instead of toward him!

I understand that the person above is deeply wounded over his daughter. There is a passage within the New Testament that speaks to this issue. In John 9, people asked Yeshua (Jesus) who had sinned so that a certain man was born blind. Yeshua answered him by stating that no one did, but so that the works of God could be manifested in him.

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. - John 9:3 KJV

We live in fallen world. Bad things happen to people. Bad things happen to both what we would consider "good" as well as "bad" people. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. 

Sincerely,

David A. Kitchens, Editor