Marijuana and christianity?

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Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Abuse of any kind is a direct insult to God and the body he gave you.
 
Alot depends on context.

Church condemns use of drugs outside strictly therapeutic use. Some argue marijuana does not meet the same criteria that other drugs do with regard to their infliction of grave damage on human health and life, and therefore suggest that this condemnation does not include marijuana.

I personally find even casual, infrequent use of marijuana to be incompatible with the Christian faith life. But that’s me. It’s probably because of the overall negative connotation marijuana has in our society, it’s lack of legalization, etc.
 
If Marijuana is legal where you are then I would treat it the same as alcohol: not to be abused. If it is not legal then it is not to be used.
 
roothless said:
Just wondering what people’s thoughts were on this issue.
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Isn’t it fascinating that attention is chiefly focused on one aspect of cannabis. Marijuana was demonized along with alcohol for one reason: together or apart they were too much competition for oil companies as both could be used for manufacturing cheap fuel on farms and even in cities independently of big oil. As usual, follow the money. And marijuana is classed with heroin and other such despite it being a major and very useful part of the pharmacopoeia until it was outlawed. It is still outlawed today because hemp can and has been be mutated to yield enormous amounts of oil and seed useful in the manufacture of fuel and plastic. The rest of the plant can be used in everything from clothing to construction materials, so it has the cotton and forestry businesses against it as well. That is the reason it is so illegal, not its psychotropic qualities which are clearly less harmful than alcohol. Go figure. So if “Chrisrtianity” is interested in efficiency and the economic well being of the public, it needs to get behind the re-legalization of it for economic, health, and industrial reasons. Remember, there was a rime when the Federal Government could conscript your land to grow hemp. What do you think happened and why and who did it? Follow the money, lol! 🙂
 
triumphguy said:
If Marijuana is legal where you are then I would treat it the same as alcohol: not to be abused. If it is not legal then it is not to be used.
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I find it interesting that a lot of people feel this way. I agree that it is generally a bad idea to do things that are against the law, but marijuana is illegal for pretty ridiculous reasons (which is a completely separate argument).
 
SteveGC said:
Alot depends on context.

Church condemns use of drugs outside strictly therapeutic use. Some argue marijuana does not meet the same criteria that other drugs do with regard to their infliction of grave damage on human health and life, and therefore suggest that this condemnation does not include marijuana.

I personally find even casual, infrequent use of marijuana to be incompatible with the Christian faith life. But that’s me. It’s probably because of the overall negative connotation marijuana has in our society, it’s lack of legalization, etc…/QUOTE]

I think marijuana can actually be a beneficial thing in moderation and depending on the person. I agree that marijuana does get a bad wrap. If it was legal people would view it in a very different way.
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roothless said:
I find it interesting that a lot of people feel this way. I agree that it is generally a bad idea to do things that are against the law, but marijuana is illegal for pretty ridiculous reasons (which is a completely separate argument).
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Well in England they drive on the left and over here they drive on the right for pretty ridiculous reasons, but I still wouldn’t drive on the left over here:p
 
triumphguy said:
Well in England they drive on the left and over here they drive on the right for pretty ridiculous reasons, but I still wouldn’t drive on the left over here:p
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Ha, well that doesn’t really relate to this discussion. I mean by driving on the other side of the street you will most likely die in a head on collision. It’s not like if you take a puff of weed in Amsterdam you will be fine but if you take a puff in the U.S. your head will explode.
 
Our bodies are the Temples of the Holy Spirit. Sickness and pain from certain diseases such as cancer and AIDS can benefit from cannabis…I had an older friend…she was 85…diagnosed with cancer…the chemo made her deathly ill…the Marrnol prescribed did little to curb the nausea…she had a “nebulizer” she smoked her “medicine” from as well as an assorted host of eats made with cannabis.

I am not against it for medicinal use.
 
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Our bodies are the Temples of the Holy Spirit. Sickness and pain from certain diseases such as cancer and AIDS can benefit from cannabis…I had an older friend…she was 85…diagnosed with cancer…the chemo made her deathly ill…the Marrnol prescribed did little to curb the nausea…she had a “nebulizer” she smoked her “medicine” from as well as an assorted host of eats made with cannabis.

I am not against it for medicinal use.
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I find that most people can agree that terminally ill patients should be able to take whatever they need to feel better.

I’m more interested in what people have to say on using marijuana in moderation as a recreational drug, like any normal person having a couple beers with some friends.
 
roothless said:
I I’m more interested in what people have to say on using marijuana in moderation as a recreational drug, like any normal person having a couple beers with some friends.
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if you use it recreationally where it is illegal you are material and actively cooperating, abetting and approving the drug related violence that is prevalent on our borders, and that says the catechism is a grave moral wrong.
 
puzzleannie said:
if you use it recreationally where it is illegal you are material and actively cooperating, abetting and approving the drug related violence that is prevalent on our borders, and that says the catechism is a grave moral wrong.
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I know people who grow their own for that reason. And why would you have to rely on a catechism to see that violence as a grave moral wrong?
 
puzzleannie said:
if you use it recreationally where it is illegal you are material and actively cooperating, abetting and approving the drug related violence that is prevalent on our borders, and that says the catechism is a grave moral wrong.
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I agree to some extent. This isn’t necessarily true for me since I live in Minnesota and I have never bought weed imported from Mexico. It’s just not the same quality as the stuff they grow here, which in turn means less violence. I’m with you 100% on say cocaine and heroin which both contribute to a lot of violence specifically on the mexico/u.s. border.
 
Whadyamean said:
I know people who grow their own for that reason. And why would you have to rely on a catechism to see that violence as a grave moral wrong?
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I think this argument is more evidence that legalization could fix a lot of problems in the U.S.
 
roothless said:
I think this argument is more evidence that legalization could fix a lot of problems in the U.S.
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I think it’ll just create different ones. I’m not really against it for strictly medicinal use. I’m also not against using it as say, fabric. I play guitar and a company that makes speakers uses hemp to make the cone. But when I ever I talk to people who do it, it’s all about getting away with it. I don’t like what it does to people and I think it doesn’t do anything to society, even if you did follow the money or legalize it I’d only be fore it if they taxed the living hell out of it so that kids who get it would go broke and realize that it was a complete waste of life. I know there some highly intelligent people who use it and are engineers, but still. I believe it’s a gateway drug and it’s not physically addictive but it’s mentally addictive. When you ask those who do it if it’s not addictive they should be able to quit anytime. I get every excuse under the sun why they don’t want to.It’s just a smokescreen, and I think people just look for the immediate benefits and future then long term. So from here I’ll just let the Pope answer that question. Also I like the phrase “well God made the plant”, yeah well God also made trees and bushes but we aren’t smoking those are we.
 
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