christian opinion on Marijuana

i just want to know if you guys think its a sin to toke. thats all

 

Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

 

Everything is a sin. Sitting in front of the screen instead of praying also. Amen.

 

It's the same thing as drunkeness to most. I though favor legalization. People become mentally addicted to Marijuana and we put them in jail. I just think as loving caring people it's not fair. Coke, PCP, Smack, Meth etc. different ballgames. They are scary drugs that I've seen literally turn good people into monsters. While I don't think these drugs should be legal I do think there's a better way to help addicts than the route we've been taking.

 

Cannabis switches on the brain in a unique way, and makes people more able to think for themselves. It should come as no surprise therefore that most christians disapprove. They generally prefer the saviour's favourite, good old alcohol, which switches off the brain, degrades thinking, and props up the whole sin/repentance cycle common among alcoholics. In the Uk, catholic priests have one of the highest incidences of alcoholism of all the proffessions - only doctors and lawyers top them in the figures.


Some people claim that cannabis has led to spiritual experiences, which is another good reason for christians to frown on it - they like to keep their pretended monopoly on that sort of thing alive.

 

good thread
buncha years ago there was a hemp rally here..and i was handing out these panthlets that said '10 things every parent teacher and child should know about marijuana' wich was a very non-biosed look at the issue from all sides
well i hand 1 to 1 guy who reads the title outloud..when he got tothe word marijuana his eyes get real huge hes practicaly yelling and foamming at the mouth..he screams 'jesus man..i'm a born again christian!!!'
and seemmingly out of mid air a shower of those your going to hell type panthlets just appears..must have kept them in his sleeves or something..all i knowwas duddenly they were everywhere..and he ran off scared like someone just tried to kill him.. it was hilarius how upset he got over 1 word on a panthlet

 

i love smoking mother natures herb "as as been said above "it opens more doors to the mind "soul" spirit and makes us think and see outside the box so to speak .

 

pass the peace pipe around

 

In my own experience, the herb invites you to renew your thoughts and perceptions about the everyday. It makes you look again at those things about which you believe you know everything there is to know. That is the definition of respect. To look again: re (again), spect (to look). To respect a person, thing or idea means you accept that there may be more to see than what you think you know.

While we're at this, let's rethink (literally) the meaning of the word "repent." These days it is usually disregarded as a crusty, old, meaningless religious term howled by long-dead, crazed prophets and think-by-numbers televangelists. But it literally means to re (again) pent (think). It is a very creative idea that is also one of the essential reasons wise people smoke the herb.

When you look again and think again about those everyday things that you don't even notice anymore, you often find a new, deeper meaning. The same old same old becomes new again. The herb helps with this.

A musician, for example, who rethinks of the basic ideas about melody, harmony, rhythm, tempo, timbre and so on, can create whole new forms of music and join the ranks of the truly creative, like Louis Armstrong, Monk, Miles, 'Trane and Bird, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Michael Hedges, Stravinsky, Bach and Beethoven.

Man, That's good stuff. And if that doesn't earn, for the herb, another look and a change of mind from the Literalists and Fundamentalists, then "They know not what they're doing."

Peace and Love

 

Personally, from smoking marijuana...relaxed, euphoric, silly, hungry, sometimes paranoid: yes. Spiritually perceptive experiences or awareness change: no.

In most states here in the US now, possession of small amounts of marijuana is a minor offense, but I consider it ridiculous that it's an offense at all.

I don't think fundamentalists, etc., necessarily want to keep marijuana and other hallucinogens illegal because they might open the doors to any kind of spiritual alternative to Christianity. In the US, recreational drugs of any kind have been successfully demonized as "dope" by those in elective office and those seeking office by playing on the public's fears of mental illness, addiction, and violent criminal behavior.

 

I forgot to answer the question.

I believe it is not a sin to enjoy the herb.

I am quite sure hemp is a gift from God, as long as you remain mindful of who gave it to you and remember always to transcend your experiences.

Peace and Love

 

so varuna and spook 13 dont smoke the peace pipe eh ?

 

I don't know about Varuna, but it's been many years for me.

 

and it should be many more

 

but hang on i carnt say i wanna smoke the peace pipe with paulfreespirit coz for one .......aint he a christian ? i fucken hate christians .......2 it aint politicaly correct to do so ...............hypocrits

 

and right now folks ..................stairway to heaven .........led zep ........and it makes me wonder ................

 

thanks friend ..........may you have have a happy fullfilling and prosperous life "that comes from no bible "that comes from my soul .........pass that pipe man

 

crown of creation yeah man

 

I gave up cigarettes, drinking, and drugs years ago...after age 45 or so, they get to you.

I don't hate Christians.

Smoking weed not politically correct? That's a new one on me.

 

who said its not politcally correct smoking weed ?thats a new one on me .......maybe you should tune into what i meant "obviously you did"nt " maybe you want me to spell it out for you ?.