Are former crackheads and heroin junkies. Does the long term exposure to these two highly addictive drugs cause permanent brain damage that makes believing in religion a little easier?
2007-02-09 14:29:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it gives them an excuse to escape the drugs and find themselves.
The problem with relying on such things is that they come to believe it strongly after they were "saved." It doesn't matter to them that believing in anything (even the Flying Spaghetti Monster) could have been their psychological anchor to pull out of it, what matters to them is that it happened to be christianity. They tend to see the religion as having saved them, even though anything could have done the trick.
Many of the strongest believers begin this way.
2007-02-09 14:35:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mike K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -- and your insults to them are thinly-veiled. A lot of former addicts become religious because many rehab centers counsel them from a religious standpoint. These people's lives have been shattered and broken, and they need something to believe in; many choose to believe in God. A recovering drug addict constantly feels the urge to return to substance abuse, so a belief in God provides some of them with the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
2007-02-09 22:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Reality 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It might. That's a very interesting, and not completely inconceivable possiblity. Nonetheless, all the Christians that I know (myself included) have never done drugs.
Second point. Notice, in your elaboration, the second word: "Former". I hear that finding Christ can heal even the most "incurable" illnesses.
2007-02-09 22:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot to be said for hitting rock bottom; it leaves nowhere to go but up. And unlike you, Jesus has never scorned those who have made mistakes and screwed up their lives. He used to eat dinner with them in their houses. He said, "It is the sick, not the healthy, who have most need of a physician." And to think you atheist types accuse Christians of being judgmental!
2007-02-09 22:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Amalthea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it interesting how you atheists keep writing questions that make Christians flock to you like moths to a light.
If you're so convinced Christians are stupid, why don't you check out how an atheist, that was more of an atheist than you, found it impossible to not believe:
www.leestrobel.com
2007-02-09 22:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by GoodGuy53 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...but it's often when you hit rock bottom that you finally admit you need a savior. Prior to that so many people are full of pride they feel they do not need God.
Pain and suffering can bring about a new perspective!
2007-02-09 23:18:22 · answer #6 · answered by Misty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does the long term exposure to text books make you any smarter? Not unless you actually read them, and even then there's no guarantee you'll absorb anything. Can I get an amen?
2007-02-09 22:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
~Actually, I think the inverse is true. Truly believing that crap in the "Good Book" leaves one little recourse but to get fried on drugs. That or emulate Bill O'Reilly. Getting fried on smack seems to be the saner solution, does it not? May Goobleskeera bless you and keep you, and don't bogart that joint my friend.
2007-02-09 22:36:04 · answer #8 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was religion that helped them get off the drugs.
2007-02-09 22:33:36 · answer #9 · answered by Izzy 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
No, they had finally realized what they were doing and corrected it and replaced that need for drugs with a relationship with God.
2007-02-09 22:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by Dan 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋