Musing from a contemplative mind....

Editors Note: This was orginally a reply to someone, but I thought it was worthy of review (admittedly in my own estimation), so since its my blog I can make up my own rules -so there.

Religion becomes adictive because you are always running a religious treadmill. I am constantly exerting myself, but I am not making any actual headway. But people think that (using the 'ole tredmill analogy) if they sweat they have made progress and this makes them feel good about themselves. This is how in some religious sects people feel the need to hurt themselves or otherwise unnaturally deprive themselves. It quickly turns to a swirlling eddy of self-righteousness as people inevitably start comparing themselves to someone else. It moves from look what God did, to look what I have done for God. Religion at the core is really man centered God activities. does that make any sense? and thus I can see why it would be addictive as addictions are activities which satisfy on a temporary basis.

True Christianty is completely based in Grace, which is an amazing, mind-blowing concept which many Christians don't completely grasp (not the I completly get it here, but I think I get the sketch anyway). Grace is a true distictive of faith in Jesus. No other system of belief (haphazardly charecterized as religion by the uniformed) has that concept as the benchmark of its faith. We do nothing, God does it all. We get the benefit, God gets the glory.