God & Addiction

religion is the belief in symbolism, an example for this is "dou'aa" in its simplest form, it is the act of emmitting sound waves through vocal cords in a specific pattern (basically talking) for a higher entitiy to comprehend and take into account to maybe use ? well not instantly. if i pray you become a millionaire, that is considered a prayer but that omnipotent all knowing (debatable) entity won't make it happen this instant. humans like to have beliefs to fall back on, something to put trust in and indirectly blame for the cruelty of the world. "god intended it that way" they say. when it's put in such a mundane manner it seems absurd, and the first argument i get is "it's more than that" it's always more than what a human can put into words, we can never explain everything and we live with that, but why are we so sure of the existence of a higher being, the existence of an entity that contradicts itself. if the presence of evil (wars cancer handicaps etc.) is crucial for the value of pure and good, then god uses other humans' suffering as an example for the rest of us, which is neither pure nor good. where does addiction fall in all of this ? people treat it the same way they do with religion, something to fall back on if in any doubt. addiction exist in each one of us, and it is very provable, you just have to change your look towards addiction. it doesn't have to be harmful to your body or mind to be an addiction. since i've mentioned religion already, i'll take sheikhs as an example. don't they seem like the purest of humans, just simple people that dedicated their entires lives to guiding people and praying and doing religious stuff... oh aint that the very concept of addiciton, having your life depend on something, whether it be nicotine or the assurance you get from following a set of rules made by people hundreds of years ago. the same way i pull out a cigarette to feel better, a religious person pulls out the prayer rug or their respective religion's holy text. our brains love addiction, the feel-good chemicals that get realease by our brains are what guides us to do most things. without dopamine and such, we wouldnt procreate, but you wont be having sex everytime your brain craves some yummy serotonin, so we rewire our brains reward systems through addiction. i can go on for longer but it's eepy time.