Originally Posted by teroblacknight

sin is a hard concept to grasp when it comes to weed. In my opinion, the government has kept weed illegal unfairly. However, I can imagine most Christians you will talk to would believe, under the pretext of the duty to local authority, that smoking weed is a sin. This then becomes a tough moral issue because the illegality of weed seems to be an unjust law. So as Christians should we break that law, or should we just blindly obey it? It's a toughie. Personally, I feel the need to educate, and correct Christians who have biased or unclear knowledge on the subject based on propaganda or other mediums. It's interesting to wonder how Christians would feel about weed if it were legalized...would it be ok then? And is that what holds most Christians back? Disregarding local law, I think a few arguments can be made for and against marijuana from a Christian standpoint.

Against marijuana of course is the idea of "asocialism," meaning the slacker effect. If you're stoned, chances are you're contented through it and don't need to look elsewhere for fulfillment. The danger in this is that Jesus is supposed to be our fulfillment...so when weed becomes the focus of one's life, and one is content just toking all day, then it can be a dark thing for a lot of people. However, in opposition to this would be an argument similar to that of beer. It is a substance that makes a person happy, mellows them out, and relaxes them. In this argument, if cannabis is used and not abused, it is alright for a Christian to partake in it.

A third, and separate issue is the idea of medical marijuana. First off, the DEA and the FDA are not God. They do not have divine authority to tell me what is and isn't medicine or moral. In several states, we can even bypass the argument against local government because MM is legal. In my personal opinion, medical marijuana should be treated as any other medicine when it comes to interpreting it from a Christian viewpoint. It's helpful, but like any other medicine, it can be over abused as well. Naturally there are some maladies that require a lot of it, I don't think that's a bad thing, it's just the way it is. On a side note, MM is cheaper and more effective than FDA approved marinol, a drug that uses synthesized THC to relieve pain (at over 700 bucks a bottle)...and if you can grow it yourself, a good indica might give you better results regardless. It seems more immoral to me to develop a drug to make money rather than approve the same naturally growing substance for the simple reason it can't be patented. God made cannabis for a reason.

Originally Posted by misshestermoffitt

They always leave out Adams first woman Lillith too. I guess the very first man got a divorce, so this married forever no matter what idea has been shot to shit.

I love to tease Christians, pointing out the holes in their bible that are big enough for a pregnant whore to ride a donkey through.

Originally Posted by DontBogart

Christ is a name we use for the universal mind... which we are all a part of. The man Jesus was someone who became completely identified with this mind (basically, he realized what his and our true identity is). True forgivness is the path to this understanding.. this union with everyone and everything. " True" forgivness! Not what just about everyone thinks forgivness is.

Originally Posted by DontBogart

Christ is a name we use for the universal mind... which we are all a part of. The man Jesus was someone who became completely identified with this mind (basically, he realized what his and our true identity is). True forgivness is the path to this understanding.. this union with everyone and everything. " True" forgivness! Not what just about everyone thinks forgivness is.

Originally Posted by misshestermoffitt

Weed isn't a sin. The bible says we shall eat of the plants of the earth. If this imaginary god didn't want people smoking pot, I guess the dumbass should have planned ahead and not invented pot. Doh..........