I Need A Crutch

[276 words] “On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners’” (Mark 2:17). Karl Marx is credited with the statement that “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” Freud’s view of religion is well known: “Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.” Atheists are quick to ridicule religious people like me as psychologically weak and unable to cope with the stark realities of life and need religion as a crutch. Mocking, as they do, they believe puts me on the defensive to justify my faith in a personal God who loves me. I surrender. I admit it; I want a crutch. There are two questions to ask concerning the need for a crutch: What is the problem, and is the remedy the correct one for the problem? I openly acknowledge…