New Eden School of Natural Health

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The '''New Eden School of Natural Health and Herbal Studies''' is a [[fundie school]] promoting [[alternative medicine]] and [[naturopathy]] as an alternative to getting real medical attention. Based out of South Bend, [[Indiana]], the entirety of the school is online-based.<ref name=evansville>Jim Renne,[https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2018/06/26/letter-naturopathy-not-science/737036002/ Letter: Naturopathy is not science]. ''Courier and Press'', 26 June 2018.</ref>

==Academics==
In place of teachers and professors, you get a bunch of books that are ''way'' too expensive. When you order a book, you also get the final exam by mail. All exams are open book, meaning you can page through everything and not have to remember anything. A lot of the courses are strange, including Practical [[iridology]], which is [[pseudoscientific]] [[woo]] that claims you can see how healthy someone is by looking at their eyeball.<ref name=evansville />

The other courses aren't that good either. For example, there is one that uses a book called [[Anti-vaccination movement|''21 Reasons NOT to get Vaccinated'']] as a credible source.<ref>https://www.newedenschoolofnaturalhealth.org/description-of-courses/</ref> Another course is about [[Herbal supplement|"Herbal First Aid"]],<ref> https://www.newedenschoolofnaturalhealth.org/herbal-first-aid-and-health/</ref> and one in "Reflexive Foot Analysis", in which the “fine lines, markings, and discolorations of the soles of the feet” are examined for "the purpose of determining wellness", and a course in Energy Medicine which teaches that a "root cause of disease is due to (sic) information blockages in the energy field.”<ref>https://www.newedenschoolofnaturalhealth.org/complementary-alter-health/</ref> A heavy promoter of [[naturopathy]], they probably have no trust. New Eden supports Live Blood Analysis as a form of diagnostic testing. There is no scientific basis for the effectivity of Live Blood Analysis and in many cases, have resulted in both fines and jail time.<ref>[https://quackwatch.org/related/Tests/livecell2/ Live Cell Analysis. Quackwatch],.</ref> This, on it's own is bad enough. However the promotion of Live Blood Analysis is made worse by the fact that New Eden advertises Live Blood Analysis training courses that are completely online and without any form of internship. As for one of the training courses, the word "enroll" is spelt "enrol".<ref>[https://livebloodonline.com/the-training-course/ Live Blood Analysis training],.</ref>

===Christian fundamentalist madhouse===
Besides the abundance of medical quackery courses, New Eden is ripe with [[young Earth creationist]]/[[Biblical literalist]]-aimed seminary courses.<ref>[https://www.newedenschoolofnaturalhealth.org/biblical-studies/ Biblical studies at New Eden]</ref> Programs include but not limited to: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biblical Wellness (whatever that means) and a "Doctorate of Christian Ministry" (DMin). The most telling piece of rabid [[Christian fundamentalism]] is their "Biblical Archaeology" course.<ref>[https://www.newedenschoolofnaturalhealth.org/biblical-archaeolog-credit-3/ Course: NES BA Biblical Archaeology Credit 3], A course from the New Eden</ref>
{{cquote|A fascinating course on the archaeological findings that verify the [[Bible]].
Content covers the following:
*[[Archaeological]] Evidences Proving the Accuracy of the Bible
*Archaeology and the [[New Testament]]
*[[Human–dinosaur coexistence|Dinosaurs and the Bible]]}}

Required textbooks are: Archaeological Evidences Proving the Accuracy of the Bible, by Israelite ministries. Archaeology and the New Testament by Probe Ministries. Dinosaurs and the Bible by [[Brian Thomas]].

Their use of material from the [[Institute for Creation Research|Institute for Creation "Research"]] further destroys any possible academic credibility.

==Affiliations==
New Eden has a number of church affiliations and affiliations with sketchy organizations. Its most notable church affiliation is the Aquila Christian Ministries. Aquila Christian Ministries is a young Earth creationist organization based out of Algonquin, [[Illinois]].<ref>https://www.aquilachristianinternational.net/aboutus.htm</ref> This church also advertises courses from New Eden.<ref>https://www.aquilachristianinternational.net/schools</ref>

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