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Old 07-13-2007, 06:00 PM   #218 (permalink)
jorgelito
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Originally Posted by willravel
If one is addicted, that does not require weakness as a prerequisite. The implication simply is to the nature of the relationship between believer and faith as being similar to the relationship between an addict and his or her addiction. I wouldn't disagree with that entirely, but it's obviously more complicated than alcoholism.
This is patently false. How is being religious the same thing as being addicted? I suppose some people could be addicted to religion but that is more of a condition of the individual rather than a wholesale trait of a person with religious beliefs.
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