I've heard stories of people who get a kind of high by reading scripture and praying and such, and then drop into mild depressive states when they aren't. It sounds an aweful lot like addiction to cigarrettes. What do you think?
2006-11-26 11:28:36 · 12 answers · asked by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People can become addicted to anything including religion. I don't think that they can become addicted to God, but rather to their view of God, etc. And for the fellow who said all former Atheist on here were once drug uses, I was once an Atheist and I have never used drugs. It might be true for some who are in AA or NA, but it is better than what they did before. I think that God might allow someone to come to him that way, but as they grow in His grace I think that they probably come to know the real God and have a healthy relationship with Him as opposed to an obsession.
2006-11-26 12:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I get high, but after meditation I sometimes feel like nothing matters and that I can get through anything that is happening in my life. This can happen even if prior to meditating I felt like everything in my life was chaotic and I wanted to quit my job or smack my boss. I also feel this way whenever I do something I enjoy, such as talking to my boyfriend or walking my dog in the woods. Perhaps people addicted to drugs (no matter what the drug) just don't have anything else that feels good.
2006-11-27 15:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by LongAgo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are comparing a relationship with God to smoking cigarettes? Who is to say the reason the person dropped into a 'mild depressive state'. She is not harming her body by reading scripture and praying, as she would by smoking cigarettes.
2006-11-26 19:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by TRuth Hurts 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its the same effect with out the harmful side effects that drugs and liquor have on destroying brain cells. Praise the Lord!! I love getting high on the spirit of the Lord through His word!!!
2006-11-26 19:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No but I do think it's possible to get addicted to a fantasy. It's so much easier than living your real life.
2006-11-26 19:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians are addicted to suspending critical thought and not taking responsibility for their actions.
2006-11-26 19:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by The Chaos Within 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Christians on here who claimed to be former atheists always say that they were former drug addicts.
Seems to me that they traded one destructive addiction for another.
2006-11-26 19:34:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's my kind'a dope!! I snort a line of Jesus twice a day. Good for the everlasting soul!! I get High, High, High on Jesus and GW. Ain't got time for rehab I'm hunt'in heathens. Seen any roun' there pardner? Praise Jesus!!
2006-11-26 19:38:13 · answer #8 · answered by Wrath of Sam 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's the best possible addiction.
2006-11-26 19:31:07 · answer #9 · answered by cucumberlarry1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the mind can become addicted to anything
2006-11-26 19:33:00 · answer #10 · answered by -skrowzdm- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋