Acupuncture?

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Please don’t post dissenting, schismatic links. It’s way off topic too. 🤷​

Anyway, back onto the topic, 😃 I used to be against acupuncture, however when I though about it more I changed my mind. Acupuncture is accepted my much of the medical community, at least for helping people relax and reduce stress which is very important for reducing pain and increasing healing. I’ve also seen some reliable medical guesses into how it works, that make sense scientifically.

I also know of people who were helped greatly by acupuncture, when western medicine failed to help them.

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The Church has said that you can’t be involved in the eastern spirituality aspects of acupuncture, (not in those exact words) however there is nothing at all that says it is immoral to use it purely as a medical treatment.
 
zmyr88 said:
um it would be abortion! even though it might be unintended.
thats not acceptable to most sects of Christianity.

NFP, also is generally unacceptable. → mostholyfamilymonastery.com/Natural_Family_Planning.html

the intent is SINFUL, to get the enjoyment of sex, but not the risk of pregnancy.
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You are ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!! NFP is taught by the church as a natural method to responsibly plan a family! The church calls us to be responsible parents and to be emotionally, financially, and physically able to have a child. To be co-creators with God. Read Humane Vite!
 
Amen, coleen1027.

Practicing NFP means you are ALWAYS open to life. No matter what. In other words, a married husband and wife – despite their own attempt to be responsible in their decision making and the plan they have for their family – they never do anything to interfere with GOD’s plan.

Anyway, I have no idea what acupuncture as a treatment for back pain (for a man, no less) has anything at all to do with abortion.
 
I have read a few things about what the Church considers to be “New Age” practices and shouldn’t be practiced by Catholics. My jaw dropped to the floor when I read all the things they mentioned. Homeopathy, herbal remedies, massage, acupuncture, yoga, reike, …the list goes on. The only one that I am positive they banned from all Catholic hospitals is Reike. For goodness sake, acupuncture is a proven medical procedure now! After getting a severe nerve injury acupuncture was the ONLY thing that relieved the pain. I had chronic hives for a year and a half. After Western medicine pumped me full of drugs with no help
(with the exception of steriods- talk about evil!), I tried a homeopathic remedy for hives, and they were cut in half after the first dose. Within 3 weeks…totally gone. Herbs??? What? God created these things. They weren’t dreamed up by some scientist in a lab. What makes them think that Western medicine is so Christian? I think this is overkill. I just wonder if they fear ( for good reason)the new age practices of angel whispering, channeling, and I am sure there are more and they just lumped them all together? Or maybe they fear one will lead to the other.

As far a yoga is concerned…dear goodness, most people who do yoga are not worshiping hindu gods, they are stretching and exercising…unless you ARE worshiping Hindu gods. I believe God knows your heart.

I see no difference between this and our names for the days of the week, named after Roman gods. Because we haven’t changed the name and still refer to them, are we worshiping gods? Of course not. If we exercise and stretch, are we worshiping Hindu gods? NO! I just don’t understand their thinking on this issue.
 
Hello all! I realize this is an OLD thread, but, as I was also wondering about acupuncture, I have actually found a recent article stating that "The Western form of acupuncture, which is based on science and not Taoism, is acceptable for use by Christians. However, the traditional Chinese acupuncture belief system is not compatible with Christianity. " Though an old question, I thought you would still be interested. The article is taken from Catholic Culture, written by Susan Brinkmann (she specializes in New Age concerns, works a lot with Women of Grace and Johnette Benkovich) and can be found here: catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8758

I thought she was thorough in her explanations and I am satisfied. Enjoy!
 
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