Where do you think weed fits into Christianity?

Mosaic law forbade many natural things, like pork. God gave the government the command to prohibit cannabis because it's unsafe. I'm just playing devil's advocate here (no pun intended). I don't care if you smoke pot either way. lol

These are the verses I had seen before that caused me to wonder this initially. This is just to satisfy my curiosity. So if you don't wish to continue, no pressure.

I Peter 2:13-14
13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Romans 13:1-7 Submission to the Authorities

13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Originally Posted by kpmarine

Mosaic law forbade many natural things, like pork. God gave the government the command to prohibit cannabis because it's unsafe. I'm just playing devil's advocate here (no pun intended). I don't care if you smoke pot either way. lol

These are the verses I had seen before that caused me to wonder this initially. This is just to satisfy my curiosity. So if you don't wish to continue, no pressure.

I Peter 2:13-14
13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Romans 13:1-7 Submission to the Authorities

13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Sure, I can continue for a bit, but I will be leaving later.

Today, some Christians live in freedom while others live under repressive governments. All are commanded to cooperate with the rulers as far as conscience will allow. We are to do this "for the Lord", so that his good news and his people will be respected. If we are to be persecuted, it should be for obeying God.

You have probably also heard that christians are suppose to "treat their bodies as a temple"(1 Corinthians 3:16).

Two years ago I had a very serious hand operation and lost some of the feeling in my hand due to nerve damage, as well as other damage caused by my accident. After the operation I was given percocet and took it whenever the pain would flare up or if I had trouble sleeping with the pain. Probably without saying, the drug became very damaging to my body after continued use, frequent headaches, constipation and a "shitty feeling" when I wasnt on it. Flash forward a year later, one of my friends introduces me to pot, told me the "real" facts about pot, which I later researched, and then gave weed a chance. It helps and I have been off percocet since. Not only for pain, I use it when I get headaches or when I dont want to drink and I am stressed, or to be honest I use it sometimes to make me "feel better".

So, what do I do in this situation? Do I think God disproves? To be honest, I don't truly know, but I think this is right.

Side note, other topics that most Christians disagree with that I don't: Gay marriage, swearing(without using the Lord's name of course), getting drunk on the odd occasion, sex and marriage in general(we wait 2-3years, bible times 2-3 days sometimes), and some more stuff I wont get into right now.

Originally Posted by VILEPLUME

Sure, I can continue for a bit, but I will be leaving later.

Today, some Christians live in freedom while others live under repressive governments. All are commanded to cooperate with the rulers as far as conscience will allow. We are to do this "for the Lord", so that his good news and his people will be respected. If we are to be persecuted, it should be for obeying God.

You have probably also heard that christians are suppose to "treat their bodies as a temple"(1 Corinthians 3:16).

Two years ago I had a very serious hand operation and lost some of the feeling in my hand due to nerve damage, as well as other damage caused by my accident. After the operation I was given percocet and took it whenever the pain would flare up or if I had trouble sleeping with the pain. Probably without saying, the drug became very damaging to my body after continued use, frequent headaches, constipation and a "shitty feeling" when I wasnt on it. Flash forward a year later, one of my friends introduces me to pot, told me the "real" facts about pot, which I later researched, and then gave weed a chance. It helps and I have been off percocet since. Not only for pain, I use it when I get headaches or when I dont want to drink and I am stressed, or to be honest I use it sometimes to make me "feel better".

So, what do I do in this situation? Do I think God disproves? To be honest, I don't truly know, but I think this is right.

Side note, other topics that most Christians disagree with that I don't: Gay marriage, swearing(without using the Lord's name of course), getting drunk on the odd occasion, sex and marriage in general(we wait 2-3years, bible times 2-3 days sometimes), and some more stuff I wont get into right now.

That pretty much covered all my questions. You're much less hostile than most of the christians here. lol

Originally Posted by ThE sAtIvA hIgH

just another example of how stupid christians, twist and manipulate the bible to suit there own needs and agender .
nowhere in the bible is the word cannabis .
rapist murderers child abusers all do it , they take some line out of the bible and twist it to mean something else , that makes them feel like they have done nothing wrong .
guilty feeling pot smokers , who start to wonder if there imaginary god feels the same way about there pot smoking habbit as most of society does , then desperately try to find a passage in the bible to twist into saying that god approves of there habbit lol

Dude, I love alot of your views, but damn, you sure as hell know how to insult people lol.

Does the bible mention cannabis at all? Does it say anything negative about mind altering substances?

If not, then it's all good. The bible doesn't mention football as one of the rules you're not supposed to break, so people don't question whether it's good or bad according to the bible. So if the bible doesn't say that smoking pot is bad, go for it.



EDIT: Just read strifes proof up above.. I guess you christians are not in the green zone..

Originally Posted by Hepheastus420

Does the bible mention cannabis at all? Does it say anything negative about mind altering substances?

If not, then it's all good. The bible doesn't mention football as one of the rules you're not supposed to break, so people don't question whether it's good or bad according to the bible. So if the bible doesn't say that smoking pot is bad, go for it.



EDIT: Just read strifes proof up above.. I guess you christians are not in the green zone..

Like everything else in religion, it's pretty open to interpretation.

Originally Posted by kpmarine

That pretty much covered all my questions. You're much less hostile than most of the christians here. lol

Thanks.

Yeah I haven't come to this section in a long time because I found it to be the worst for trolling/arguing/disrespect etc, but then again some of the other forums can be that way too.

Originally Posted by VILEPLUME

Thanks.

Yeah I haven't come to this section in a long time because I found it to be the worst for trolling/arguing/disrespect etc, but then again some of the other forums can be that way too.

It's pretty much everywhere. There are some times when religious discussions can get rather heated.