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Religion is control addiction
“Religiosity is about the show, the ‘impression management,’ and the trappings of religion, but not its faith and certainly not its God. Like any other addiction, religiosity serves as an escape from reality. Are you devastated by the loss of a loved one? ‘God is sovereign,’ blurts the stoic religious addict, like a knee reflex, and by this he means, ‘Don’t feel it; don’t think about it; just detach yourself from it. Since God is sovereign, why should you bother?’
The religious addict escapes the reality of his own sin too….he justifies himself by the doing of and associating with religious stuff: serving, reading, teaching, praying, and church-going, along with adopting the lingo, aesthetic tastes, and moral lifestyle typical of other religious people. These are his “sacrifices” to gain his god’s favor and retain his righteous standing. But he is as deceived and rebellious as the Israelites imitating orthodoxy through idolatry.”
From Redemption by Mike Wilkerson
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