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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 47
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I quit smoking... It didn't happen from any divine intervention, it didn't happen because Atheists have power. It happened because I love my wife more then I loved smoking. End of story.
I'm gonna have to say that overall the statistics stand as this: People who quit drugs from the power of Christ - Zero People who quit drugs from the power of Atheism - Zero Let me give you some credible sources on how people quit something: Peer pressure, will power, death, self-preservence, lack of funds, probably more Christ falls under "will power" |
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#202 |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 1,375
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Several years ago, we were looking into possible treatment for our son, who we feared had a drinking problem (still not completely sure he doesn't, but he seems to be doing okay). We wanted something secular and non-12-step. I found this group, Secular Organizations for Sobriety:
http://www.sossobriety.org/ For every person that uses religion to save themselves from addition, who knows how many use other methods that have nothing to do with religion, ranging from simple self-help to medical treatment. Religion doesn't save anyone, it just provides the means that the person needs to do it themselves. |
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My moral compass was within myself, not in the pages of a sacred book. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
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#203 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 22,755
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#204 |
veretic
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 8,716
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The power of atheism solved my addition
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