Right-wing evangelist biblical PTSD 'cure' sparks outrage
Digital Journal
By Yukio Strachan
Dec 2, 2013
For years the military has spent billions researching Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but according to mega-church televangelist Kenneth Copeland the cure for PTSD can be found in the Bible.
Copeland,76, a former night club singer, is known as the "godfather" of the so-called prosperity gospel, which holds that God wants Christians to prosper spiritually, physically and financially.
On a special Veteran's Day broadcast of the "Believer's Voice of Victory," Copeland along with self-taught Christian "historian" David Barton said this promise includes combat veterans with PTSD. PTSD, a complex anxiety disorder that can occur after experiencing a traumatic event such as war, sexual assault or disaster, emerged in 1979 in the aftermath of the Vietnam War among military veterans.
Over the years, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have spent billions in PTSD research and treatment.
According to Copeland, the cure for PTSD is right in the Bible.
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Saw this one coming.
OMG! Preachers blame veterans for PTSD on Veterans' Day
OK, this article is close to the billions but it isn't just the DOD spending the money. Congress is putting out a lot more money and so are other government agencies but that isn't the biggest issue. The issue is this crap has done more damage than most people know. I track the reports everyday and even knowing a lot of information on what they have been pulling off, it still took me months of research to write The Warrior SAW Suicides After War.
The "comprehensive soldier fitness" that was adapted for all branches was from a research project that was designed to help school aged children with self-esteem issues. Yep a research project. When it produced more suicides, they didn't end it but they just pushed it even harder.
Now these guys are screwing up the one thing that does work and that is spiritual healing done the right way.
If veterans are taken care of properly, mind, body and spirit, then they heal. If not they are just getting numb and PTSD gets stronger.
If you want to know why so many don't go to church anymore just listen to these guys and you'll know why.
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