Is religion an addiction? ad·dic·tion - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is?

Ad·dic·tion - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something. ----------comments?

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It is of course psychologically addictive Say you want to make rules for your peer group (ok, society). You either have to create a government, either democratic or despotic and make laws, OR devise a system of carrot and stick to train the rats to get through the maze. Best way is, get a building with a big hall.

Have all your friends wear attractive clothes and come to meetings at a specific time every week. In between meetings, set up get-togethers with kids and people who need friends. Give them all jobs to do to make the meetings more fun.

Make rules that say you should not have too much fun, but if you do, you have to admit it. Preferably to the group. Start a pool of money.

Call it insurance - wait, no, that would be covered by law. Call it a community support fund. Give it to people who need it to come to meetings looking good, and ask them to help more.

You better get a historical leader who is older than governments so they can't say you need to share your community support fund with them, or follow thier rules on who gets it. Now you have a group of people who call themselves friends who are attractive, tell racy stories, and hand out money if you need it. You have just covered most of Maslow's list of needs.

Who can resist? Sources: Lack of new TV programs on Sunday night .

Not an addiction, THE ADDICTION! Are electric lamps addicted to electricity? I guess if lamps had minds of their own and some were plugging their plugs into mud, some into water, if some preferred using their long cords, or even extention cords to lasso bulls in a lamp verion of a rodeo ... They might wonder about those lamps plugged into electric socket and shinning brightly according to the will of their Maker?

Are they addicted to those power plugs? I will gladly admit my dependence upon God and Christ and the amazing joy I have because of my connection with also the havoc / sorrow that comes from disconnecting with MY GOD! Over 50 something times depending on which version of the Bible you use the Bible says God is the MOST HIGH!

Of course that is not referring to an emotional or chemical high, yet there is nothing that compares to knowing GOD! I have found the following words to be so true - On January 7, 1855, the minister of New Park Street Chapel, Southwark, England, opened his morning sermon as follows: It has been said by someone that "the proper study of mankind is man. " I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God's elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead.

The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father. There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity.

Other subjects we can compass and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, "Behold I am wise. " But when we come to this master science, finding that our plumbline cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought that vain man would be wise, but he is like a wild ass's colt; and with solemn exclamation, "I am but of yesterday, and know nothing. " No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind, than thoughts of God.... But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it.

He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe.... The most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity. Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity. And, whilst humbling and expanding, this subject is eminently consolatory.

Oh, there is, in contemplating Christ, a balm for every wound; in musing on the Father, there is a quietus for every grief; and in the influence of the Holy Ghost, there is a balsam for every sore. Would you lose your sorrow? Would you drown your cares?

Then go, plunge yourself in the Godhead's deepest sea; be lost in his immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead. It is to that subject that I invite you this morning.

These words, spoken over a century ago by C. H. Spurgeon (at that time, incredibly, only twenty years old) were true then, and they are true now.

They make a fitting preface to a series of studies on the nature and character of God. Sources: Knowing God JI Packer Christian's Recommendations Knowing God Amazon List Price: $22.00 Used from: $4.58 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 93 reviews) Here is a great book to read on the subject of Knowing God! .

Yes it is an addiction...it is slavery to an idea of a lifestyle. It is more than just addiction. Religion is man made.It starts out good, truthful, then begins to 'evolve' with time by people who become better, or more holy than the others around them.

A personal opinion that sets a person's mindset above the rest and gives them a shoo in to heaven. So they leave their convent to start a newer better one that includes THEIR idea. This is where the religion starts and the captivity begins.

They set standards, rules, regulations that if not met means unholiness. In order to keep your "free pass" into Heaven you must always be stricten with these rules: you must dress a certain way, wear your hair or sideburns a certain way; your clothes must be a certain color, or colorless, you can only drink/eat certain foods....sounds like a prisoner in chains. The denomination that results after so many cycles of "more holy than you" is a denomination that is nothing but lies and bondage.

The truth, not religion, is freedom. The religion is complete addiction to the idea that you can earn your spiritual freedom. Religion is a likeness of the real deal, but couldn't be more fake and it seizes it's victims.

I hate religion. Just my opinion..

1 I don't think religion is an addiction, per se, and not for everyone, but for certain people I am sure it can become an addiction. I know some people who have immersed themselves into so many activities and the life-style of the Fundamentalist church, that they have cut all ties with other people, and speak what I call "Christianese" fluently. So I would have to say, it isn't always an addiction, but like anything else, it can become one, for some.

Maybe it's more like they are brainwashed, and wearing blinders to the rest of the world.

I don't think religion is an addiction, per se, and not for everyone, but for certain people I am sure it can become an addiction. I know some people who have immersed themselves into so many activities and the life-style of the Fundamentalist church, that they have cut all ties with other people, and speak what I call "Christianese" fluently. So I would have to say, it isn't always an addiction, but like anything else, it can become one, for some.

Maybe it's more like they are brainwashed, and wearing blinders to the rest of the world.

2 Actually, there's some evidence that religious ecstasy stimulates a part of the brain, and vice versa, if that part of the brain is stimulated, people will see Christ, angels, etc. Praying shares some similarity with meditation. You can calm down and clear your mind by praying.So religion could be an addiction for some people. But apparently, it does make people feel better!

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Actually, there's some evidence that religious ecstasy stimulates a part of the brain, and vice versa, if that part of the brain is stimulated, people will see Christ, angels, etc. Praying shares some similarity with meditation. You can calm down and clear your mind by praying.So religion could be an addiction for some people. But apparently, it does make people feel better!

What religion do you view as sharing the most common aspects of faith, beliefs, and practice with Sikhism. " "Spiritually speaking, there doesn't seem to be a lot of activity in the Religion & Spirituality section, does there? " "Is "the Secret" becoming a new religion?" "Barack, Michelle Obama and children...what religion DO they practice?

" "Do you still practice the religion in which you were raised? " "what religion does karl urban practice?" "Why isn't Religion & Spirituality listed under Main categories? I didn't realize the category existed.

" "religion" "Should there be freedom of religion?" "Is this by Walt Whitman? Note the bearing on the current threads re 'organized religion' as contrasted w/ spirituality.

What religion do you view as sharing the most common aspects of faith, beliefs, and practice with Sikhism.

Note the bearing on the current threads re 'organized religion' as contrasted w/ spirituality.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.