American parents are well aware of the many dangerous addictions to which their children are prone. From cigarette advertisements tempting them to light up for lung cancer to Internet porn sites where the first week's free, there are many ways for a young person to be coerced into strange habits, which cost immense amounts of time and money, and threaten both mental and physical health. Parents have memorizedthe lists of addiction symptoms -- kindly provided by various expert psychologists -- for everything from Air Hockey to Zoop! (a Tetris-like game, which probably ought to be listed among the controlled substances).
However, there is one addiction that parents may not have considered, one that they probably suffer from themselves without even knowing it. Tragically, like many addictions, it passes from parent to child quite effectively, and thus there may be little hope. But if we can screen for this dangerous habit among adults, there is hope that they will be able to wean their newborns off of this dependency. I speak, my friends, of that most sinister of all addictions: Religion.
Yes, many of you probably know a religion addict, and don't even realize it. If you care about your friends, your loved ones, yourself; open your eyes! It's not too late! Take a look at this questionnaire, devised by a crack-team of amateur psychologists consisting of me, with the assistance of real psychological questionnaires for gambling addiction and Internet addiction devised by people with actual degrees in psychology.