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Old 05-20-2008, 08:32 PM
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While I agree that we should be careful in our condemnation of anyone with a "addiction" problem - I see the problem as a "weakness in a person's character - not a "Disease". And as far as Christians that are "bedeviled" by this problem are concerned, they must look to the Lord and trust in Him to "overcome" this weakness.

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

IS DRUG ADDICTION A DISEASE?

1. If it is a disease, it is the only “disease” that is contracted by an act of will.

2. It is the only “disease” that is addictive or habit forming.

3. It is the only “disease” that is illegal to sell or propagate.

4. It is the only “disease” that is manufactured and sold.

5.It is the only “disease” that requires “pushers to spread it.

6. It is the only “disease” that produces revenue for its “dealers” .

7. It is the only “disease” that is spread by word of mouth.

8. It is the only “disease” for which people are fined or imprisoned for contracting.

9. It is the only “disease” that destroys marriages and families.

10. It is the only “disease” that provokes violence and crime.

11. It is the only “disease” that brings death on the highways.

12. It is the only “disease” without a germ or virus cause, and for which there is no preventive or corrective medicine.