Quote:
Originally Posted by Finny61
hey photon, if an alcoholic has a problem, goes to an AA meeting to help himself, the result can go both ways that he has a relapse or is ultimately cured through due diligence and effort to conquer the problem, church can act the same way, it is a support system, for some it works for others it just doesn't.
|
Isn't that what I just said?
You didn't respond to the replies to your post about animals killing... what point were you trying to make with that post, and how has learning that it happens in nature changed your viewpoint?
As an aside, AA is a religious organization aren't they, or at least they have a very religious slant to their program.
I think the reason AA and churches succeed in a small number of cases is the addict basically transfers their addiction from whatever to religion. So the addiction hasn't gone away, it's just been replaced with something more socially acceptable. Being addicted to religion can still be harmful though.
And the success rate of AA is suspiciously similar to the spontaneous remission rate of addicts, so the actual success rate of AA might be pretty much zero.