My favorite part of the article about why we should keep using antidepressants:
"Many commonly used medicines were used for decades before we understood their mechanisms of action: from aspirin to morphine to penicillin. Knowing they worked provided the impetus for establishing how they worked; and this knowledge generated new treatments."
Given that studies show that anti-depressants don't really work better than placebo, not as compelling argument as this statement would be for, IDK, Ivermectin?
Clown world. Links below.
Veganism is fasting. That's what it is. As an Orthodox Christian, we fast half the year, for various amounts of time. We fast every Wednesday and Friday, for six weeks before Nativity, seven weeks before Pascha, three to six weeks in June for the Apostles Fast, and two weeks in August for the Dormition fast.
But these are not complete fasts, except for Holy Friday, when we don't eat or drink all day. Mostly, we are refraining from meat, eggs, and dairy, and sometimes even fish. These are the tastiest and most nourishing foods.
Now think about vegans. They never eat the animal products that are loaded with deep nutrition. They are fasting all the time. We are not meant to fast all the time, unless we are living a rare ascetic life. Vegans aren't doing that. They are extremely prideful, and judgmental of the diets of others, I have found. This is not holiness. So, they are doing something which makes them feel superior to the lowly meat eaters, of which Jesus Himself was one.
So, God Bless the vegans, and bring them to enlightenment!
Well said! Thank you, fren. ☦🙏