Addiction as Idolatry
When I was in Thailand, I saw idols. They were outside bakeries and 7-11s. They would be sitting on shelves behind the cash register at restaurants. Cab drivers glued them to their dashboards and placed pieces of their lunch in front of them. I even saw them outside of brothels when a group of us did a prayer walk through the Red Light district in Bangkok. I watched as women offered food to these small statues surrounded by incense before…