THE WORLD'S MOST BELIEVABLE LIE (3 OF 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Acts 16:25-34
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The World's Most Believable Lie (3 of 8)
Series: Fake News
Jeff Schreve
Acts 16:25-34
How many people in this room have been to the doctor or the hospital in the last six months? Anybody been to the doctor or hospital in the last six months? Yes. Most of us, go to the doctor; maybe too regularly, but we go a lot. We go for all sorts of things. Modern medicine is amazing. I mean, it's just amazing, the things our doctors can do today. It's amazing with the breakthroughs that we've had, the surgeries that can be performed. Things that used to lay people up for months, now your stay in the hospital, maybe it's not even an overnight stay. Maybe it's just day surgery and they get you going. We really are living in a great time as far as medical advancements. But years ago, the medical community believed some pretty crazy things. The conventional wisdom of the day could be pretty insane. Take the issue of smoking cigarettes.
Did you know, as late as the 1950's, this ad was seen in magazines: ''More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. Take it from the medical profession.'' And you know why they smoked Camels? It's says, ''For thirty days test Camels in your T-zone. T for throat, T for taste.'' They said it helped your throat if you smoked. And I was talking to Dr. Whit this morning. He played our keyboard today. And I said, ''Now, you're an ear, nose, and throat doctor.'' I said, ''Do you ever tell your patients that they need to smoke more?'' He said, ''We know now, don't smoke. It's not good.''
How about this ad that was in the paper in the early 1900's: Steadman's Powders? In use for over 50 years, it's for children cutting teeth.'' You know what was in Steadman's Powders? Mercury and morphine. Rub that on your kid's teeth and see what happens. They thought that was good for them. They thought mercury was something good for people. They gave it to people that had syphilis. They gave it to people that had cuts and scrapes and bruises. Hey, rub a ...
Series: Fake News
Jeff Schreve
Acts 16:25-34
How many people in this room have been to the doctor or the hospital in the last six months? Anybody been to the doctor or hospital in the last six months? Yes. Most of us, go to the doctor; maybe too regularly, but we go a lot. We go for all sorts of things. Modern medicine is amazing. I mean, it's just amazing, the things our doctors can do today. It's amazing with the breakthroughs that we've had, the surgeries that can be performed. Things that used to lay people up for months, now your stay in the hospital, maybe it's not even an overnight stay. Maybe it's just day surgery and they get you going. We really are living in a great time as far as medical advancements. But years ago, the medical community believed some pretty crazy things. The conventional wisdom of the day could be pretty insane. Take the issue of smoking cigarettes.
Did you know, as late as the 1950's, this ad was seen in magazines: ''More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. Take it from the medical profession.'' And you know why they smoked Camels? It's says, ''For thirty days test Camels in your T-zone. T for throat, T for taste.'' They said it helped your throat if you smoked. And I was talking to Dr. Whit this morning. He played our keyboard today. And I said, ''Now, you're an ear, nose, and throat doctor.'' I said, ''Do you ever tell your patients that they need to smoke more?'' He said, ''We know now, don't smoke. It's not good.''
How about this ad that was in the paper in the early 1900's: Steadman's Powders? In use for over 50 years, it's for children cutting teeth.'' You know what was in Steadman's Powders? Mercury and morphine. Rub that on your kid's teeth and see what happens. They thought that was good for them. They thought mercury was something good for people. They gave it to people that had syphilis. They gave it to people that had cuts and scrapes and bruises. Hey, rub a ...
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