Deep Thoughts: The needle and the damage done

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The needle and the damage done

How many of you have known a heroin addict? I’ve known a few. The drug is insidious. There are worse drugs, but few rival it for its long-term hooks. Users cannot get away from it. People who sell it, well lets just say, I have no respect for them. If a pastor were to sell heroin, that would be evil.

Robert Lee McQueen, a pastor at the Burning Bush Missionary Church and the owner of McQ Bail Bonds, was convicted Thursday after a four-day trial.

McQueen was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, three counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin, and two counts of distribution of heroin. He was also found guilty of possession of a firearm.

Think about it. The ideal of a Christian pastor contrasted with the imperfection of a convicted drug dealer. How does one get from serving people to preying on them? It blows this non-believer’s mind.

Heroin is evil. I know. Neal Young says it best.

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tonjia · 772 weeks ago

Thanks for the song. My little sister is a recovering heroin addict with six months clean and sober. She's an amazing human being. :)

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Mojoey 107p · 772 weeks ago

I hope she makes it.

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Buffy 83p · 772 weeks ago

To be quite honest, whether he was selling heroin or just being a preacher he was preying on people, IMO.

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Jack 119p · 772 weeks ago

I agree completely!

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mikespeir 65p · 772 weeks ago

So, when the Holy Spirit doesn't get the job done go for the heroin?

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stuffed 77p · 772 weeks ago

Yeahp i think that is the gist.

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stuffed 77p · 772 weeks ago

If you can convince the victim that the blissful high is gods doing then you get both jobs done. Oh yeah I just got this new stuff off God you shuld try it he's a real good fella if you open your mind to him I'm sure he'll get you some more of it. Scary world we live in.

Its the same deal with cults using acid as a means of keeping members.

Scary world.

"Was that jesus on the dinosaur there daddy?" "Heavens yes"

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Barbara · 772 weeks ago

Hi MoeJoey, a friend directed me to your blog. Yes, I know a heroin addict, my beautiful 19 year old son. I had a blog about my journey as his parent and called it "The Needle and the Damage Done". I changed the name of it to "Recovery Happens" because he was making good progress at staying clean (thanks mostly to jail and being on probation). But you are SO RIGHT about it, its insidious. It becomes like a lover, a best friend you can't live without. After 9 months of not using, he used. Luckily he is not using daily but he tells me once his probation is over (another year) he can't wait to start up again. How many drug users think that way? Not many unless we're talking opiates. Sigh.

If you would like to read that blog please let me know and I will send you an invite.

I'm a former Christian turned atheist ...but that's another story!

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Iva 81p · 771 weeks ago

This story makes me cry. :(

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Iva 81p · 771 weeks ago

(A couple of errors in this post, just in case you do fix them like I do.)

This makes me cry. For the last six and half years of my life, I've had intense platonic feelings that I cannot describe in a way other than "they're not sick, naughty or dirty" for a notorious ex-addict from, well, your neighbourhod, and I struggle to understand why ex-addicts go for religion and open-source concepts similar to religion (the second actually scares me more than "genuine" religion, as I believe a person can be manipulated into it, turned upside down and destroyed...a paranoia that I have about every single person I know who mentions something too abstract to me). And then, there's the comment above mine...no words. :( :( :(

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