"Is Christianity an addiction?"
Another news story that puts a smile on my face.
Seem to be coming along more and more these days.
I wonder if it's a reaction to Trumpism and those appalling hypocritical evangelicals?
Bill Maher said it well in his doco, Religulous, that religion is a neurological disorder. Most addictions are.
Keep these articles a-comin' I say.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm all for the death of religion, but I don't think it can be classified as an addiction even with a nuanced application.
Truly believing in something, and acting with that belief, speaks to being true to oneself and what he or she values. People can be reasoned out these beliefs which is not true of addiction.
Athena
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Apr 29, 2019
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I do believe people can be helped out of addiction. However, its different.
Addiction can be a lifelong struggle with relapses and temptation. Once people are reasoned out of religion, they may still have residual fear of hell or feel the loss of community, for example, but the belief is gone. One can attend a church service without the temptation of "falling off the wagon."
People are addicted to something they believe is true. They are passionate about it like a child is all consumed by Santa due to that belief, which is not an addiction, it is just wrong.
One can be addicted to the feeling one gets from cannabis for example, but it is not addictive at the blood level.
Having done extensive research on addiction, I would conclude that one can be reliant on, all consumed by or even brainwashed, as those words can be suited to describe many other "addictions." But not actual addiction.
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