The Bible Cure for Depression and Anxiety
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The Bible Cure for Depression and Anxiety
It is really shameful to see a book like this, which is clearly taking advantage of weak-minded people, desperate to try anything, by suggesting that the Bible is a legitimate source for scientific advice on critical medical conditions.
First off, the Bible as any sort of medical or science-related book is wholly inappropriate. The scrolls which made up the bible were written during the Bronze age, when people routinely died from simple infections and thought spitting on their wounds was a productive form of treatment. The bible is filled with arcane and inappropriate “health tips” that only appear meaningful when taken into the context that it was written thousands of years ago when mankind still thought thunder and lighting were angry gods prancing across the sky. The bible is filled with bad science from the earth is flat (Isa. 11:12, Rev. 7:1) to rabbits chew cud (Lev. 11:6) to saying the earth rests on pillars (1 Sam. 2:8) and doesn’t move (1Chron. 16:3). Don’t even get me started about the dietary rules outlined in the bible. Some are arbitrary and others reflect poor or little understanding of science. This makes sense when you examine the rational context under which these ancient stories were scribed, but if you attribute any divine influence or supernatural origin to scripture, it’s inexcusable. Apparently “God” didn’t know about bacteria, antibiotics, or various methods of properly preserving food and treating sick people that humans discovered years later.
Second, the bible as a source for any modern dictates is totally arbitrary. The 50+ books that compose the bible were compiled by political committees, from a wide variety of sources in several different languages and geographic locations, spanning a time period of at least 1500 years. Scripture is in constant contradiction with itself from one book to another. On the topic of health specifically, there are numerous passages in both the old and new testament that suggest ones’ belief in the creator is all that’s needed to be healed of virtually any sickness.
Ambiguous passages like Psalms 34:17-19 are a great example of how you can imply just about anything using scripture:
“The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”
If what the bible says is true, a “Bible Cures” book need only be one paragraph. Instead the author exploits people of faith to make money by cherry-picking various scripture to justify a foregone conclusion that is only obvious to someone 2000 years later who spent at least 8 years in medical school availing himself of secular knowledge and wisdom, and later creatively interpreting the bible as some “source” for said revelation. It’s shameful and disgusting and intellectually dishonest.
Third, most of all, it’s embarrassing to have someone with a medical degree stoop to such a level as a snake-oil salesman. Faith and science are not easily reconciled with each other, and the best thing to do is keep them separate. What the bible says about science is clearly wrong in many places; what science says about spirituality does not lend any credibility to supernatural claims. Virtually every scientific test to study the effects of prayer and other paranormal religious claims has proven that there is no basis for any claim that prayer or faith can heal people. Science does account for a “placebo effect” which the author of this publication conveniently ignores even though it was likely a principal element in his medical education.
If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety and physical ailments, go see an actual medical doctor, not a quack M.D. that is cranking out a series of books exploiting religious people.
Don Colbert is running a pretty slick operation here. He sells everything from books to vitamins to mattresses! He claims to be a doctor but his wife runs a ministry and he is more of a religious version of Ron Popeil or the Sham-wow guy. It’s really shameful.
Rating: 2 / 5
I found this book to be poorly written and disorganized. It also mentions some products in general terms but never tells what the products are.
Rating: 2 / 5
Some people do not realize that anxiety and depression is a big deal in the teenage world today. So this book can be really helpful for teenagers too! My mother read the book and is reviewing the book with me. Dr. Colbert delivered me when I was born at Florida Hospital 15 and a half years ago and he was my doctor for many years. We have a lot of respect for him. And he is a really pleasant person and always made me laugh when I was in his office.
Rating: 5 / 5
This little book helped pull me through one of the worst depressions I have ever been through. In the end, I did need hospitilisation as my depression was quite a bit more than the mild variety, but reading this book everyday reminded me that God is there for us in our suffering, and He has given us the tools to heal ourselves. Non-Christians may be put off as this is Bible-based, however I myself am not a traditional Christian and still found the love of God contained in this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
If your own wife is fat, why should be believe you?
Don and his wife Mary have been on the Joyce Meyer show, and while he “seems” to be making allot of sense and “sounds” good with lots of info, his wife is sitting next to him and its easily apparent she is overweight. She even joins in the conversations as if she is contributing knowledge on how to take care of ones self
She is wearing almost all black, a sign of covering up fat, black laced stockings, as a middle aged woman that’s a clear sign to make you think I am trying to project I sexier than I am. She has a double chin.
Now to be fair, is she sick? Has suffered some kind of cancer or something? I looked all over the net and couldn’t find anything of such, so If true reply to this post with a source to look up, if true I will remove this review.
Until then, If your own wife is fat, why should be believe you?
Finally, on a related matter: Peace sells, but who’s buying? All we hear in the news the world over is peace this and that over and over, for years and years, yet, nobody is buying. but by golly where gonna still try and sell it! and have lots of books out on it and make big bucks on this subject.
This world seems to be one big lie.
Rating: 1 / 5