The Don’t Believe Solution*

I am very open to people who don’t believe in a god, except when they offer it as the reason that they cannot stop some addiction or bad behavior.  My question is, “Has your non-belief helped in any way to get you out of your addiction?”  Or, “Has your non-belief helped you to keep your spouse from walking out on you, your boss from firing you, your home from leaving you?”  If it looks like you are on the way to losing everything you think is important and valuable, then why keep a closed mind?  It is better to lose the closed mind and attain some freedom from your messy life.  My suggestion is that such people keep an open mind or find one, and let go of the closed mind that has done them no good in their downward spiral.  Desperation can give us a more open mind, and a willingness to learn.  What we “know” up to now lacks enough power to bring about any transformation.