I see this and the parasite pill and I want to believe, but the whole thing seems hypermaterialistic and incompatible with Christianity. Blaming many bits of evil on infection rather than the fall of man and the ensuing spiritual issues. Help, anyone?
Bible tells of demons in pigs being cast out as they ran into the water and died. Apparently pigs with parasites can be driven to suicide by freshwater to facilitate it's reproductive cycle.
I don't see spirituality and "medical materialism" as being mutually exclusive, if you see someone clinically depressed for a materially medical reason, not an ambiguous in-between case, then you can also usually say they aren't "high spirits" or whatever you'd prefer to use here, "spiritual people" don't struggle to get out of bed and dressed.
I see this and the parasite pill and I want to believe, but the whole thing seems hypermaterialistic and incompatible with Christianity. Blaming many bits of evil on infection rather than the fall of man and the ensuing spiritual issues. Help, anyone?
Bible tells of demons in pigs being cast out as they ran into the water and died. Apparently pigs with parasites can be driven to suicide by freshwater to facilitate it's reproductive cycle.
I feel like that's actually an example of the incompatibility. Explaining a spiritual issue away with a medical explanation.
The way I see it, science and math are the tools (or medium, if you prefer an artist’s verbage) which God used to build the universe.
There is a scientific explanation for everything spiritual, but that does not detract from God’s grace in the slightest.
Spoken word and numbers are at the heart of creation by our Lord.
I don't see spirituality and "medical materialism" as being mutually exclusive, if you see someone clinically depressed for a materially medical reason, not an ambiguous in-between case, then you can also usually say they aren't "high spirits" or whatever you'd prefer to use here, "spiritual people" don't struggle to get out of bed and dressed.