June 2007 - fan mail

Psychology Debunked Fan Mail

Letter:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:22 PM
Subject: how dare you?

Beware of false prophets!

Sounds like you are playing God. You could be responsible for killing innocent victims of the disease of depression. Who are you to say the body can get sick but the brain can't. How do people get tumors in the brain. Do you deny that also. Stop making people feel guilty for taking medication that is a gift of God. God gave us all different gifts/talents. I have a gift of sharing with people are hurting mentally. I am not a psychiatrist. Some have the gift of being Dr.s , counselors, artists. Who are you to say what gift God gave us for making a living. Obviouly You have never felt what is like to be clinically depressed. And you are making money off............the devil, because everything you say is from him, not the Lord.

Shame on you

Reply:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:42 AM
Subject: RE: how dare you?

No one has ever proven that depression is a true medical disease caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain--this is pure theory that is marketed by drug companies and psych professionals. Brian tumors are real physical problems that justify medical treatment; depression is a mental, soul-related issue that could be caused by a number of factors. This differentation is very important to make.

See this article from a past newsletter that explains in more detail why depression is very real and treatable, but not a medical disease: http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0508_Q&A.htm

We hope this helps.

Ryan and Lisa Bazler

www.psychologydebunked.com

Letter:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:32 PM
Subject:

"The religion that Is afraid of Science dishoners God and commits suicide" .....by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I didn't see any comments on your site that were against your book, you are phonies.

Reply:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:42 AM
Subject: RE:

We are not afraid of science, but rather embrace it when it exists. Unfortunately, psychology and psychiatry are not sciences, but philosophies, and these philosophies contradict God's Word. See http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0501_Q&A.htm.

When the Bible says that God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Pet. 1:3); that God's grace is sufficient for us (2 Cor. 12:9); and that we are complete in Christ (Col. 2:10), the Bible is essentially saying that God is enough for our soul. We don't need psychology. In fact, psychology means "study of the soul" and is a worldly philosophy about which the Apostle Paul warns (Col. 2:8). What did the saints for the last 2,000 years do without psychology? Without psych drugs? Did they fail to live the Christian life because they lacked the benefit of psychology and psych drugs? No, the same God who was enough for them then is the God who is enough for us today.

Ryan and Lisa Bazler

www.psychologydebunked.com

Letter:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:26 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: Psychology Debunked updates and alerts - May 2007

You all need to be on medication, no kidding. If the brain gets sick, we need to help it heal, using therapy, medication if called for, counseling and spiritual help and prayer.

What you are proposing is akin to asking a cardiac patient to just rely on God. God expects us to be smart and use our heads and our hearts to heal ourselves.

What you are proposing is draconian. I don't disagree that the phamacological industry is out of control and needs to be curbed, but a lot of meds are really good. I happen to be taking them, and I know what can happen when I stop. People are not committing murder and self murder (aka suicide) just from being on meds, though I know that can happen. They do these things when they don't get help.

You are working on a medieval theory. Catch up!

Reply:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 4:19 PM
Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: Psychology Debunked updates and alerts - May 2007

You need to think critically about this issue instead of basing your views on personal experience.

First, it's important to differentiate the mental from the physical. Cardiac patients should be all means see their doctors and get treated accordingly. Mental patients are a different story. More on this important differentation here: http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0508_Q&A.htm

Second, psychiatric drugs do not treat a physical abnormality in the brain. It's not the brain getting "sick" as you say. They simply treat mental symptoms, not the underlying mental problem. See http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0705_Q&A.htm

Third, it's clear that psychiatric drugs are causing people to kill themselves and others - the FDA finally admitted this in 2004 - that antidepressants can CAUSE suicidal and violent thinking and behavior. EVERY DAY multiple violent acts are being committed by people on these drugs - things you would never hear about 20 years ago, before psychiatric drugs hit the mainstream. Here is a listing of violent acts involving antidepressants: http://www.ssristories.com/index.php

These people are doing these violent crimes BECAUSE they got help - help from a system that's broken and dependent on brain-damaging, mind-altering drugs that drive people over the edge.

Jesus Christ is, and always has been, and always will be, the answer for our mental/spiritual/emotional/behavioral well-being. His Word declares that He has given us ALL THINGS that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3) and His grace is sufficient for all our problems of living (2 Cor. 12:9).

Please do your research and have some respect before you tell us we need to take medication for simply telling people the truth and setting them free from lifelong drug dependence.

Ryan Bazler

Letter:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:41 AM
Subject: Please be honest

If treatment had been available to me 40 years ago I may have been able
to bring much more glory to God over the years. Please stop killing
people with your false message through your writing and your website.
You _/will/_ have to answer to God. Please be intellectually and
Biblically honest, using the full counsel of the Word of God. Study
science. I also have an MA in counseling. You are not qualified to
speak on the issues you speak on. First, do no harm. If I took your
advice, I would have been dead a long time ago.

Reply:

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: Please be honest

How can you justify the use of psychology and psychiatry "using the full counsel of the Word of God?" Where in the Word of God does it say to use worldy philosophies to care for souls? Psychology and psychiatry are not true sciences, otherwise we could use them. Rather, they are philosophies of life that oppose the Bible.

God’s grace is sufficient for us...
“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” 2 Peter 1:3
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him…” Col. 2:9-10
“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.” 2 Cor. 3:5
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Cor. 12:9

Mental disorders are the wisdom of this world...
“Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” 1 Cor. 1:20
“…that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” 1 Cor. 2:5
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” 1 Cor. 3:19
“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” Col. 2:8

Jesus Christ is the source of our wisdom...
“Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.” 1 Cor. 1:24
“Christ Jesus… became for us wisdom from God.” 1 Cor. 1:30
“Christ… in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Col. 2:2-3

From a scientific perspective, mental disorders are not the same as other true, organic diseases like diabetes. See a recent letter to a reader for more on this: http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0703_letters.htm Our bodies should be treated by medical doctors, but our souls should be treated by God, not mind doctors whose methods resemble witchcraft more than science.

"But what about chemical imbalances?"

Researchers say antidepressant ads are misleading, since chemical imbalances remain unproven:
The non-profit Public Library of Science (PLoS) has researched scores of SSRI antidepressant advertisements, including the famous Zoloft bouncing ball, and has found these ads mislead the public by claiming that a serotonin imbalance could be to blame for their depression, despite growing researcher skepticism of this theory. The authors correctly note that researchers don’t even know the normal amount of serotonin in the brain to begin with, much less how to correct a theoretical imbalance of serotonin. In the full essay entitled "Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature," the PLoS authors explain in detail why the chemical imbalance theory has not been accepted by researchers. They cite many studies that cast doubt on the theory, but could not find a single study proving the theory. They conclude, "Far from being a radical line of thought, doubts about the serotonin hypothesis are well acknowledged by many researchers." (Public Library of Science, November 7, 2005)

"First, do no harm."

The drug companies should take this advice when they market antidepressants, antipsychotics and other psych drugs that they know for a fact cause suicidal and violent behavior and are no more effective than placebo.

The greatest harm we could do is to NOT warn people--esp. God's people--of the physical and spiritual dangers of psychology and psychiatry.

I hope you consider these INTELLECTUAL and BIBLICAL arguments against therapy and pills, and for the sufficiency of Christ and His Word.

Ryan Bazler

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