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Gabe
Haggard
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Hi, guys —
- What is the Roman Catholic Church's stance
on Applied Kinesiology?
In Christ,
Gabe
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What is the Roman Catholic Church's stance
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Mary Ann replied:
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Hi Gabe,
Applied kinesiology (AK) is energy work with a medical-technical-sounding
name. Energy work is a New Age practice stemming from Eastern religions. It's
an attempt to control matter through mastery of life forces via
occult means. AK tries to diagnose physical problems and problems of "consciousness" by
muscle resistance, often combined with exposure to scents or tastes. A
good outline of all aspects of the New Age can be found
at:
Mary Ann
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Richard replied:
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Hi Gabe,
Apart from religious considerations, there seems to be plenty of
reason to disbelieve in AK:
— RC
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Gabe replied:
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Thanks guys,
My brother and I have already come to that conclusion, but we have been
trying to convince my Mom that it is dangerous and not worth it. She has
been taking my Dad to see an applied kinesiologist because he has ALS (Lou
Gehrig's Disease). I was just looking for some more facts from the
perspective of our Holy Mother Church.
Thanks again and God Bless!
Gabe Haggarad
Nota bene: If you guys could pray for my Dad that would be awesome!
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Mary Ann replied:
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Gabe —
I have and will pray for your Dad. ALS is definitely something that would
make people want to grasp at straws.
I wish they would try to apply the proven nerve regeneration of adult stem cells
to ALS and (MS) Multiple Sclerosis. Unfortunately, now most of the money is going to embryonic stem cells,
which have had no success and which are extracted from (killed-in-the-process) human
embryos — but it does have the benefit of being patentable and companies are seeing
dollar signs.
As an aside, sometimes people who practice applied kinesiology are trained in using
suggestion — often without knowing it, I am sure. In any case, the practitioners
of these "easy energy work" methods don't have to do a great deal of study,
and they have an aura of mystery because of the not-quite-sensible explanations. They have
an added aura because they can seemingly apply it to all ills, giving them the aura
that used to go to doctors.
There is another really good resource, even though the authors were not aware of
many aspects of the New Age healing "arts" — and that is "Jesus
the Bearer of Life-giving Water", a document on the New Age from the Vatican
under Pope St. John Paul II. [Vatican] [EWTN]
It is a good start to understanding the dangers and the allures of the
New Age.
Mary Ann
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