Is believing in God like being addicted to crack?

Question

Christians think they need God to be happy
Crack heads think they need crack to be happy

Christians dont think they can function without God
Crack heads dont think they can function without crack

Christians will deny that there's contradictions in the bible
Crack heads will deny that crack is ruining their teeth

Christians hate Atheists for taking god out of schools
Crack heads hate the police for trying to take crack of the streets

Answer 1

I didn't come to God to be happy, but for forgiveness so I wouldn't have to go to hell.

No, we shouldn't try to make it without God because our own selves lead us into trouble.

You are correct, there are no contradictions in the bible

Don't hate athiests, just wonder why they try and push their religion on people, when they fuss about ours...........


Contradictions in the Bible—Why Are They There?

The Bible has many seeming contradictions within its pages. For example, the four Gospels give four differing accounts as to what was written on the sign that hung on the cross. Matthew said, “This is Jesus the King of the Jews” (27:37). However, Mark contradicts that with “The King of the Jews” (15:26). Luke says something different: “This is the King of the Jews” (23:38), and John maintains that the sign said “Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews” (19:19).

Those who are looking for contradictions may therefore say, “See—the Bible is full of mistakes!” and choose to reject it entirely as being untrustworthy. However, those who trust God have no problem harmonizing the Gospels. There is no contradiction if the sign simply said, “This is Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews.”

The godly base their confidence on two truths: 1) “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16); and 2) an elementary rule of Scripture is that God has deliberately included seeming contradictions in His Word to “snare” the proud. He has “hidden” things from the “wise and prudent” and “revealed them to babes” (Luke 10:21), purposely choosing foolish things to confound the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27)...........



God’s Love: The Biblical Presentation

The modern message of the gospel is "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life." However, our idea of "wonderful" and the world’s may be a little different. Take a sinner through the pages of the Book of Acts and show him the terrifying scene of boulders breaking the bones of Stephen. Then smile and whisper, "Wonderful..." Listen together to the sound of a cat-o’-nine-tails as it rips the flesh off the back of the apostle Paul. Follow together the word "suffering" through the Epistles, and see if you can get the world to whisper, "Wonderful!"

After such a ride down Honesty Road, they may think the pleasures of sin are a little more attractive than the call to "suffer affliction with the people of God." John MacArthur said, "We need to adjust our presentation of the gospel. We cannot dismiss the fact that God hates sin and punishes sinners with eternal torment. How can we begin a gospel presentation by telling people on their way to hell that God has a wonderful plan for their lives?"

Who in the world is going to listen if we are so blatantly honest about the Christian life? Perhaps not as many as are attracted by the talk of a wonderful plan. However, the answer to our dilemma is to make the issue one of righteousness, rather than happiness. This is what Jesus did. He used the Ten Commandments to show sinners the righteous standard of God (Luke 10:25,26; 18:18– 0). Once the world sees the perfect standard by which they will be judged, they will begin to fear God, and through the fear of the Lord, men depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6). They will begin to hunger and thirst after the righteousness that is in Jesus Christ alone.

If you study the New Testament you will see that God’s love is almost always given in direct correlation to the cross: herein is love, for God so loved, God commended His love, etc. (See John 3:16; Romans 5:5,6,8; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 2:4,5; 5:2,25; 1 John 3:16; 4:10; and Revelation 1:5, among others.) The cross is the focal point of God’s love for the world. How can we point to the cross without making reference to sin? How can we refer to sin without the Law (Romans 7:7)?

The biblical way to express God’s love to a sinner is to show him how great his sin is (using the Law—see Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:24), and then give him the incredible grace of God in Christ. This was the key to reaching so many on the Day of Pentecost. They were "devout" Jews who knew the Law and its holy demands, and therefore readily accepted the mercy of God in Christ to escape its fearful wrath. When you use the Law to show the world their true state, get ready for sinners to thank you. For the first time in their lives, they will see the Christian message as an expression of love and concern for their eternal welfare, rather than of merely proselytizing for a better lifestyle while on this earth...........

Answer 2

Why do you choose crack to be the argument against christians?
you could have chosen chocolate!!

Anyway think about this
If you gain much understanding and knowledge and wisdom you will be in love with God - who is good for you
Crack is not
We know we can function without God, but we tried that way before and being with God is so much better for our lives - we deal with living proof
Crackheads are dependant on a drug formula that destroys lives

Christians know that the old testament and the new testament are different much of the old has been done away with because of Christ Jesus. So becuase non-believers do not understand they just label this as a contradiction due to lack of understanding.

Crackheads do not know what they are doing or saying because they are harming themselves and would sell their grandmother.

True Christians do not hate anyone but sin itself not even devil worshippers because they too can be saved.

Stop trying to spread hatred about Gods people.

Answer 3

Believing in god is the way of life that everyone should follow.Believing in god will bring positive results and changes into your life. Crack only serves to disturb your mind so that you live a life without a vision.Crack heads live a sinful life, they do not care about any creature on earth except their crack.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The world and all that is within it must be created by someone
not just a BIG BANG talk , and the someone must be caring to
keep the world going. the cloud is held by an invisible hand , the cloud has not fallen nor fail no matter the amout of disturbance by weather elements, such as thunder ,lighting etc.
God's HANDY WORK speaks for Him ,a proof of His love,
care and devotion to His creation. His love knows no bounds,
crack lifts one high,but could drop you to the bottom leve when i'ts effect wears off .GOD WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.

Answer 6

LOL dude! You sure seem very witty. Now lemme tell u something.

Crack heads don't know what's happening around them.
TRUE Christians (bcoz nowadays there are fake ones too) absorb wisdom (read Proverbs)

Crack heads are busy stupidly fu cking around.
TRUE Christians know that commiting adultery is immoral.

Crack heads know little about those who needs aid.
TRUE Christians are willing to do charity.

Answer 7

When you get right down to it, yes, loving God could be compared to a drug addiction. The more you begin to find God, the more you want to know. The closer you then get to Him, you want to get even closer, the more you find out what he has done for all of us, even those who do not believe, the more you want to do to praise him. If an addiction to God is a bad thing, then lock me up and throw away the key.

Answer 8

I don't agree to your views about what Christians think. Anyway...you are free to think whatever you feel about christians or crack heads....but even if your views are true...Don't you think Believing in God is a better alternative.....atleast you are not on the fast track to death...these are my views....yours may be different......

Answer 9

It almost seems like you are TRYING to find similarities between the two. I don't know, none of the points you give are strong. Let me give one to oppose what you say:
Belief in God can only improve your life. Hope, faith, love and kindness can only have positive effects.
Crack can do nothing but ruin you, no matter what you may believe.

Answer 10

I imagine it must be very similar, the addiction to religion is all the more insidious because it is not widely recognised as such by the majority of those who have the addiction and there are few resources to assist them to escape or give up religious abuse.