Post by A on Oct 7, 2017 21:17:40 GMT -7
I started reading a book one of the elders at my church gave me titled "The Heart of Addition: A Biblical Perspective" by Mark E. Shaw. While reading this evening something occurred to me: the disease concept of "addiction" really undermines free will.
It undermines free will because you have a "disease" making decisions for you regarding taking a drink or using a drug. That's the first step in AA, that you're powerless over the first drink. This is distinct from a biblical view of free will, which says we are in bondage to sin, yet still free to choose what we want (the problem of course being that what we want is sin). The AA view however has a disease making a decision to drink for you, against your will, and then supposedly hijacking your brain and more or less forcing you to carry it out.
What are your thoughts? Am I on track with this or did I miss something?
It undermines free will because you have a "disease" making decisions for you regarding taking a drink or using a drug. That's the first step in AA, that you're powerless over the first drink. This is distinct from a biblical view of free will, which says we are in bondage to sin, yet still free to choose what we want (the problem of course being that what we want is sin). The AA view however has a disease making a decision to drink for you, against your will, and then supposedly hijacking your brain and more or less forcing you to carry it out.
What are your thoughts? Am I on track with this or did I miss something?
