I strongly recommend the books listed at the end of this article. Unhealthy Faith Unhealthy faith is a destructive, dangerous relationship that allows the religion, the church, the beliefs or the group, not the relationship with God, to control the person s life. It is a defective faith and has an incomplete or contaminated view of God. It is abusive and manipulative. Family and friends become insignificant compared to the need to uphold the beliefs.
Unhealthy faith is used to avoid reality and responsibility.
It has nothing to do with God, and everything to do with men and women who concoct a god or faith that serves them rather than honouring God. Harmful faith is an excuse to put off dealing with lifes pain, to wait on God for direction rather than getting on with life or to abuse one s wife because she must submit to him as if he were God. It provides a distraction through religious ritual and realigaholicism. Faith becomes unhealthy when individuals use God or religion for profit, power, pleasure or prestige. These four ambitions are the foundation of any dependency.