Nonbelief in Medicine

[Lightkeeper]

There are some religious people who refuse medical treatment. They believe in the power of prayer to heal. Have they ever wondered why people who don't pray heal? What are your thoughts on refusing medical treatment?

[wwwdlhow27]

I think that refusing medical treatment is their choice, as negligent as it sounds to most everyone else. My belief in reincarnation affords me the insight needed to know we are all here to work through challenges we face that can only found through physical interaction. People who don't think or act the way I do have a different agenda to follow than mine. It's really very simple to accept when we remember; though we are One in spirit, our physical experiences are meant explore every possible aspect of the human condition, from every viewpoint.

I might add, any who may be dealing with the dillema of accepting treatment or relying on prayer alone, should consider the fact that those Doctors and care givers who serve us are being Divinely guided in their role as healers of the mind and flesh. Give them a chance, help them, to work out what ever God's Will has in store for you.

[sendy47]

Don...I like what you have to say and ..i agree.....

your belief in reincarnation.....is it something you talk about or share..as to why you believe in it...or if you feel you have a knowledge of in even though not provable to most...care to share any stories on the subject...

[wwwdlhow27]

sendy47,

I've "always" considered reincarnation as a "fact of life =)". It is the basis of my personal core belief system. My unyielding faith in it's truth has been supported and reinforced by teachings associated with the Unity Church of Christianity, Rosicrucian Philosophy and Western Wisdom Teachings of Christianity.

There are myriad first hand accounts and research proving (to a believer at least) the varacity of it's growing acceptance. One such source (though still unprovable, does prove interesting) can be found at "Past Life Forums".

As contriversial, and at times flammable, a subject as it can be, I find no other explanation suitably explaining the underlying, otherwise unexplainable, variety and complexity of human interaction/behavior. By means of reincarnation, there is always a very real reason for what we do and why.

See my book; "The High Watch, a View of God's Unfolding Divine Plan" on my blog of the same name:
THE HIGH WATCH

[ShyLady]

or any laws which will let a child die from not getting the life saving things done in a hospital, or medicen. I think it is disgraceful for people to do that stuff. Prayer is powerful, yes, but with the things people are blessed to have in the hospitals.

Anyway, I am messing up what I'm trying to say so I'll just stop!

[mooomooo]

Where do we draw the line when a grown Sane adult decides he
/she will die with an infection rather than take medication which will surely heal the infection and save their life ..

In some Countries they are only allowed two children and in all Countries anyone can kill themself if they really want to . Many innocent children have died because the Parents will not allow the child a 'lifesaving' blood transfusion .

It would seem a 'Natural ' Law to save your child's life when you know you can ,

In the Bible perhaps it suggests to not take blood from another however that was when they only had so much knowledge on blood transfusions so it might seem odd back then to take another's blood .

[RevKathyV]

I do believe we can heal ourselves. However, I don't think most of us are that tuned in to source yet. I see nothing wrong with using both methods until we become more deveped and then in time I don't think we will need surgery and such.

[arthra]

Originally Posted by Lightkeeper

There are some religious people who refuse medical treatment. They believe in the power of prayer to heal. Have they ever wondered why people who don't pray heal? What are your thoughts on refusing medical treatment?

I was thinking maybe you were alluding to Christian Scientists and my own thinking on that group changed when I read more about Mary Baker Eddy... What she was about I think was using positive attitudes and self concepts as healing or emphasizing this... The state of medicine when she was alive was not necessarily that beneficial and tended to use methods that were pretty backward by today's standards.

God also I think provides people with skillful physicians so to ignore medical care entirely I think is not really spiritual but too doctrinaire and dogmatic... We need somewhere a middle ground for both spirituality and healing!

- Art

[mooomooo]

Hi arthra .

Your good self posted this ...

.--> " We need somewhere a middle ground for both spirituality and healing!"<--
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Perhaps if Man finds that middle ground it would be after all Healing was defined as real and so that all could Heal and be Healed . This is not happening today and has not happened since Jesus and Jesus did not show how the dynamic Healing was done before Jesus died .

When the people with money and power learned or saw Jesus Healing people from certain death or horrific problems those rich and high up people said ,,

" Bring this Jesus to me > He is going to Heal my mother's coma " .

Not only did Jesus face that but also when Jesus was not in confinement Jesus saw many women who were blind etc and Jesus felt He could not Heal them all and felt 'unsure' of who was lucky enough to be the next person He Healed . Jesus was forced to face God and asked God ,,
" Who shall we Heal next my Lord " ?

And then God 'had' to tell Jesus the extended Truth of the Healings .

Poor Jesus who didn't ask for all that suffering before He died and was just following His Healing behavior on a Path to unknown , and then the Path went straight to God .

[vivamis123]

I think it is up to each individual to decide for their own life...their own life...not the life of others.

Refusal or acceptance of medical treatment have the same value to me.