Drug Addiction: Drug Addiction Facts

Question: Re the ten commandments: is drug addiction idolotary?

(Posted by: An old Star Blazers fan on 2010-01-09 08:34:25)

My heart tells me it's not idolatry. My mind is not in entire agreement.

Posted by: lillie on 2010-01-09, 15:43:30

An idol is an image, a representation of anything, or a symbol that is an object of passionate devotion, whether material or imagined. Generally speaking, idolatry is the veneration, love, worship, or adoration of an idol. It is usually practiced toward a real or supposed higher power, whether such power is believed to have animate existence (as a human, an animal, or an organization) or is inanimate (as a force or lifeless object of nature). Idolatry generally involves some form, ceremony, or ritual. Drug addiction is just that - an addiction

Posted by: Peachfuzz on 2010-01-09, 08:37:30

No. You are not consciously worshiping the drugs. it is just a physical addiction-nothing more.

Posted by: Mo' Ham, Ed! on 2010-01-09, 08:37:41

If you worship marijuana you will go to hell.

Posted by: oldsouldier on 2010-01-09, 08:38:07

A drug is a spirit you hang out with. not a good thing, but hey, welcome to the world right?

Posted by: TattoomomKC on 2010-01-09, 08:38:21

Yes it is, IF you worship the drug more than anything else, including God.

Posted by: Shellybean7 on 2010-01-09, 08:38:31

Anything in your life that you hold higher than God is idolatry. So it could be drugs, porn, your husband, your kids, your wife, etc...

Posted by: OKIM IM on 2010-01-09, 08:38:33

Drug is not forbidden in the Bible. The British sold it to the Chinese. Now the American and British controlled Afghanistan is the chief producer of opium.

Posted by: Dom on 2010-01-09, 08:39:05

Addiction in general is idolatry. Anything that you 'need' on a regular basis besides what is necessary to live is putting something before God.

Posted by: Tapestry6 on 2010-01-09, 08:40:07

Its not idolotary its partly gluttony since you take something into your body that will do it no good. It's like overeating which is also no good for your body. You could also add its partly despair since you have no hope of happiness unless you put this drug into your body.

Posted by: Old Man from Scene 24 on 2010-01-09, 08:40:47

A god by definition is something supernatural. Since drugs do not violate anything we know about physics, they don't seem to qualify as a god. If you try to determine whether drugs are okay only by whether it would make your god jealous, you are in for trouble most likely.

Posted by: Sweet on 2010-01-09, 08:41:43

In a way it is idolatry because you become dependent on the drugs instead of your Savior. having a drug addiction is having an evil spirit. you are no longer who you were. you aren't dealing with a person anymore, but an evil spirit. it messes up your way of thinking and your judgement. anything you look to...sex, drugs, alcohol, even just little simple things...to try and find what God already has for you is idolatry. He is all you need. you don't need the drugs

Posted by: kooties_2000 on 2010-01-09, 13:48:58

It's not idolatry. It's an "addiction. " Be it physical or mental.