I have a hard time taking seriously an article that says potato chips are harder to quit that cocaine and heroin.

You make "not even on the list" sound so dramatic. This epically long list of 7.

You ever tried to eat just one potato chip? Every see a severely obese person try to eat just one potato chip?

In any case, the answer still stands. Unless religions can demonstrate a remission rate greater than either 5% spontaneous remission or that of secular treatment, the results are insignificant, regardless of how inspiring you find an individual case to be.

Testimony is a very poor source of evidence.

with god, all things are possible...except music that doesnt suck

not me. another personal testimoy of some one who had a messed up life, believed a pleasant lie, and changed their life. i heard dozens of these while i was a believer, and dozens more while no longer a believer.

the most interesting thing about them is the way they, somehow, validate other people who share the same deception.

Thank God!!!
Jesus saves another life, and i hope that this sinner turned good is an example to u all.

I have read his book, pretty interesting read.

TD;DR - Pretty much self-explenationary book, where he talks about time with the band and all the stupid things he had done, about his ex-wife, how she aborted child, then another child came, at the time he was on heavy drug use and at the time at one point he was in totaly down into ''deep sh*t'', he was seeing that his Christian friends was living a pretty decent life, as he would have wanted it to live, he ''reached'' for God, seen hallucinations and found faith in him.

I'm an Atheist and I'm actually pretty happy for him.

There is none. None believers in those things should kill themselves with their addiction. Though that would be change so maybe not.

What's wrong with Stryper?

When you've led a life of being an *******, finding Jesus is the easy way to become a decent human being. It really is the Atkins diet of ethics.

Somehow we also think of this as more impressive than actually being a decent human being your entire life (regardless if you're religious or not), which is is silly. It's like when we award peace-prizes to former aggressors who suddenly decided to amend their ways. Give the bloody peace prize to mr. Roberts down the street who lived his life trying to be nice to people, and be impressed by aunt Mary who has never been an alcoholic at all.

For these others, those who decide to become more decent - good for them. But really... it's about frickin' time.