Hi everyone,
As a born again Christian I'm often warned against energy therapies especially acupuncture and such and I wonder why this is. Since EFT is loosely based on acupuncture I often wonder if it's ok for me to continue using it. I personally find it very helpful and was even thinking about pursuing it as a career - it would be wonderful to help people like that! But now I'm really confused.. I've done a lot of research and haven't really found any strong arguments why this would be wrong. There were some, for example that acupuncture is an occult practice which, if this is true I don't like it or that by helping people overcome things that Jesus is supposed to help them with I'm actually standing between them and Jesus. Does this make sense to anyone?
Is it really wrong of Christians to believe that we have energy pathways in our bodies and if so why?
I'm really interested to hear what fellow Christians here think.
Thanks
I don't follow a religion myself, but I know there are many Christians and those of other faiths who practice 'energy therapies' such as EFT and Reiki etc.
It depends how you want to look at it I guess.
In the simplest sense, you could use the example that, when you become hungry, this is because your body requires replenishment of energy, and you give it food to do that. Is it wrong to believe that your body needs the energy and to obtain that energy from food... of course not. Yet by eating the food you are changing the energy within your body, and manipulating it in ways to benefit yourself. EFT, Acupuncture etc. are just other ways of manipulating the energy within the body, some by more physical means than others.
Of course, some people believe that these practices are associated with angels, or other dimension, or spirit beings etc. etc. but that is down to individual belief. Considering that these practices work without any such beliefs, shows that it's the actual practical side of them that is the beneficial side, and the belief in such 'other worldly' or 'spiritual' things is completely optional (people who do believe in that may feel they benefit spiritually from it, but it's not a requirement)
You may find the following website offer useful information to help you decide...
http://www.christianreiki.org/
http://www.eftforchristians.com/
http://www.eftisland.com/html/______christianity___eft.html
And you can google for more.
Surely there are so many different 'types' of Christians, with so many different beliefs, that you could never get a concrete answer to a question like this?
I understand what you mean Crowan, but the more insights I get the easier it will be for me to make a decision. I'm not looking for a yes/no answer.
I understand what you mean Crowan, but the more insights I get the easier it will be for me to make the decision. I'm not looking for a yes/no answer.