Honestly, if any of this was done with malice or intent to deceive, there literally will be hell to pay for the purveyors (I call them legal pushers....). I expect to be part of this "Nuremburg" when it is all over. I have way too much to say, not to try and weasel my way in a back door and be a part of it......
I long for the system that Spencer speaks of that puts less stake in technology and more in the power in the Priesthood and the individual faith of those who believe in Christ. One of the best "transformations" in the book was Spencer's own as he developed sufficient faith to walk with the Lord and develop less dependence on the arm of flesh. All of these systems will be gone when it is all stripped away and we will be reliant nearly 100% on God's mercies. It will be a terrifying time for many - a fantastic time of growth and learning for many others as they learn to take the next step on their journey.
SPIRITUALITY AND SORCERY
SPIRITUALITY AND SORCERY
March, 2008
As John received
revelation upon revelation sitting exiled upon the Isle of Patmos he
issued a very strong warning to us in our day. He told us that our
entire world would be deceived (lied to) through the sorceries that
would come out of Babylon. (Rev. 18:23-24) He went on to say that the
end result of this deception would be the demise of Prophets, Saints and
many good men. In other words no one would be spared in this great
deception by these sorceries. Remember that we were told that even the
very elect would be deceived.
So what is this sorcery of which John warns?
The Greek
translation of sorcery is “Pharmakia” which means “medicine from a
pharmacy.” WHAT?! Does that mean the drugs we find in those pharmacies
on nearly every street corner now? Is it talking about those same drugs
with ads that run all day long on our TVs and in magazines that we see
everywhere we look?! Is it any wonder then that these prescription drugs
are now being reported as the biggest drug problem in America today? Is
it any wonder that the whole world has been deceived about these drugs?
According to a
1995 study done by concerned pharmacists, prescription drugs, taken “as
prescribed” rather than abused, are the third leading cause of death in
this country, killing as many Americans every week as we lost at 9/11.
The death toll of another 9/11 every week in this country! In light of
this we need to ask who the real terrorists are when we are in a war
over one week’s worth of these deaths while all the others go unnoticed,
slaughtered and buried right under our noses. Is it any wonder the
scriptures speak so sternly of sorcerers and sorcery?
January 17 this
year we read in the New England Journal of Medicine that almost half of
the studies done on one of America’s most popular group of drugs,
antidepressants, were negative, yet when any of those negative studies
were reported to the public the results were presented as positive. They
also said the studies indicated that there was little evidence these
drugs which bring in nearly $200 Million per day were more effective
than placebo in treating depression.
Deception?
Deadly deception!
How deadly?
The most popular
of these antidepressants, Effexor, now has “homicidal ideation” listed
as a side effect. Homicidal ideation is not just killing someone, but it
is having constant ruminating thoughts of killing and how to kill. To
see the results of just this one deception with antidepressants go to www.ssristories.drugawareness.org
where you will find a very long list of school shootings, loving
mothers and fathers who have killed their children, children who have
killed their parents, suicides, murder/suicides, female school teachers
who have seduced male students, even well respected ministers who have
raped children, previously “straight” individuals who have become “gay” –
even to the point of having sex change surgery, extreme out of
character behavior, including violence, wild spending sprees,
embezzlement, sexual promiscuity, exhibitionism, gambling, etc. – all
side effects of antidepressants.
Then a week later
the FDA announced that they have been investigating many various types
of medications for the potential of causing suicide. After learning that
antidepressants increase suicidal potential by 2-3 times suddenly the
FDA officials realized that multiple classes of medicines might cause
dangerous psychiatric problems including suicide. Medicines to treat
acne, hypertension, high cholesterol, swelling, heartburn, pain,
bacterial infections and insomnia can all cause psychiatric problems,
effects that were discovered in most cases after the drugs were approved
and used in millions of patients.
Now, how could
these medications produce such things? Simple. Antidepressants create a
sleep disorder in which the patient acts out nightmares. It is called a
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) and 86% of those being diagnosed with
the disorder are taking antidepressants. Acting out one’s worst
nightmare – what a perfect way to produce out-of-character behavior that
could destroy all a person has worked to achieve in character building
throughout life!
Even worse than
understanding the potential of these drugs to produce RBD, is to know
that in the past RBD was known mainly as a drug withdrawal state. So the
question of great concern at this point should be: “If antidepressants
are being found to be in current use in 86% of the cases just how high
will that percentage go in the withdrawal state from these drugs?!”
As people begin to
see how they have been lied to about the safety and effectiveness of
these drugs and attempt to come off the drugs, what will the end result
be? Knowing what I know about these drugs and the withdrawal from these
drugs I can tell you that I for one DO NOT want to witness what we will
see! If there has ever been a situation in the history of this world
where we have so desperately needed to adhere to the command to be our
“brother’s keeper” this is it! In doing so even if you are not the one
taking the drug, the life you save may be your own or that of a loved
one. Why? Because when someone goes psychotic in the withdrawal they can
do anything. (For information on safe withdrawal go to www.drugawareness.org)
Kim Crespi near
Charlotte, NC learned of antidepressant withdrawal all too painfully on
January 20, 2006 when her husband David, a good strong Christian and
wonderful husband and father, who was also a vice president of the bank,
stabbed their twin four year old daughters to death.
David was in
abrupt withdrawal from Paxil and had just started taking Prozac. He and
Kim were not aware that the FDA had just warned the year before that any
abrupt change in dose of an antidepressant, whether going up or down
(he had just done both), can produce suicide, hostility, or psychosis –
generally a manic psychosis leading to a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.
Is it any wonder that the diagnosis of Bipolar has increased by 4000%
over a recent 10 year period when it was basically unheard of before
SSRI antidepressants?
But why is this happening to us? Where did we go wrong?
For the answer we
need to turn to Isaiah and read Isaiah 28:8 where, he, speaking of our
day, says that we will rise up each day to get drunk (but he had already
made it clear that this drunkenness would not be from wine or strong
drink).
What would produce
that drunken state then? Well when do people generally take their
medications? First thing in the morning? These are mind altering
medications. And what do the package inserts list as side effects? That
is right – all the same effects one could expect from alcohol, but much
stronger.
Isaiah
then goes on to tell us why people would suffer the feelings of needing
drugs. He says that our tables are “full of vomit” and there is nothing
clean there.
Well, what is
vomit? Vomit is food that either has already had the nutrients extracted
or food that cannot be used by the body and is expelled because of
that. And unclean? Look at the chemicals that have saturated our food
supply.
So if our tables
are full of vomit – food that has been depleted of nutrients or food
that cannot be utilized where does that leave us? We are nutrient
depleted.
And where does
nutrient depletion lead us? It leads us to stimulants of any kind in
order to force our bodies and brains to perform since they do not have
the fuel or building blocks from nutrients to perform.
Perhaps the most
obvious segment of society in which to see this is that which is most
transparent due to the exposure they get – Hollywood. Show business is a
very high profile and highly demanding profession. If you watch the
lives of those in the business you generally see only two groups: health
nuts or drug users. They either reach for nutrients to supply the
building blocks they need to build energy levels to cope or they use
drugs to force their bodies/brains to keep up the fast pace. It is
simple to see which of those choices coincides with the Savior’s
teachings.
One extremely
critical point for all Christians to understand is the serotonin
connection to spirituality. These drugs work by increasing levels of the
neurotransmitter serotonin. But 50% of the serotonin is metabolized by
the pineal gland.
What is the pineal
gland? It is the master gland of the body known as the “seat of the
soul” or our connection to higher, spiritual thoughts. In Eastern
religions it is known as the Third Eye and is located right in the
center of the brain.
The question we
need to ask is that if the Pineal gland is overloaded with large amounts
of serotonin produced by these drugs, does it interfere with that
spiritual connection?
According to
patients using these drugs it does. They continually report that they
can no longer feel God. One perfect example that comes to mind is that
of Elizabeth Bush, the 14 year old girl who shot her best friend at the
private Catholic school they attended.
Elizabeth’s hero
in life was Mother Theresa. Elizabeth planned to devote her life to God
and become a nun. So how did she go from that point to a charge of
attempted murder almost overnight?
I called her
attorney when this happened and told him what happened was likely the
result of the use of one of these antidepressants. He did not show much
interest, but said he would check. Then the following week Elizabeth was
interviewed on 20/20 where she made the statement that she could “no
longer feel God anymore.”
Immediately I
called her attorney back and told him I no longer had any question about
whether or not his client had been on an antidepressant nor any
question about its contribution to causing this tragedy. With that new
evidence about her inability to feel God anymore, in my mind, I knew.
He asked me to hold for a minute and when he returned he said rustling papers, “Paxil. Is Paxil one of those drugs?”
So, as dangerous
and life-threatening as these drugs can be, even worse is the
possibility that we can be severed from the spiritual by these drugs.
Not only can they produce physical death, but also spiritual death.
Where did we go wrong?
Clearly we have
underestimated Satan and his potential to pull us into his web of deceit
and debauchery. Just because he is evil, does not mean he is stupid. He
has much knowledge, far more than we do. Not more power than we do,
because we do have the strength to overcome all with the help of the
Savior. But we must be constantly aware of his cunning craftiness when
it comes to his power to deceive. This awful situation in which we now
find ourselves is a call for humility and faith and a reminder to always
turn to the Savior in ALL things rather than trusting in the arm of
flesh.
[For additional
information all of this information on serotonin and antidepressant
medications see Ann Blake-Tracy's book, Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? -
Our Serotonin Nightmare ]
Ann Blake-Tracy, Executive Director,
International Coalition for Drug Awareness
www.drugawareness.org & www.ssristories.drugawareness.org
Author of Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? – Our
Serotonin Nightmare & Help! I Can’t Get Off My
Antidepressant!
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