Smoking and the Spiritual Life

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I keep meaning to order from them, my friend LOVES their coffee.
It’s still on my queue. I get most of my coffee from Wawa, especially when they have “dollar any size cup” or “Free Coffee Tuesday” specials going on. A 24 oz cup can last me 3 days. I usually only drink 1 cup a day, if that.
McD’s is another good place for a serviceable black coffee and you can usually get it for a dollar with coupon, or get something else free with it like this month they have free cinnaomon rolls and apple fritters.
 
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Tis_Bearself…I only drink one cup a day but am on their monthly club with MM…if you PM me I would love to send you an early Christmas present.
I have several unopened bags to the point I am skipping this month.
I also got their picture of Mary and had it matted and framed and I am going to get it blessed and it will be my mothers Christmas present this year.
Their coffee “Vault” is great also…
If interested, just send a PM…I have way more than I need…

Ok, back to thread and why things are bad for you, even though no-one is guaranteed a tomorrow.
 

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Pass the doughnuts🤫
 
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I don’t smoke but I can’t resist telling that joke:

At a theological conference, a Franciscan rushes out during the break. He needs a cigarette so badly. But first, he has to pray the office - so he finds a quiet corner, opens his breviary, and prays as quickly as he can.

When he at last can get outside and light his cigarette, he finds a Jesuit comfortably sitting on the entrance stairs, his breviary on his knees, a pipe in his hand.

“You’re so lucky to be praying and smoking at the same time!” he says. “How did you get your superior to allow that? Mine forbids it.”

The Jesuit inquires: “so what did you ask your superior?”

“I asked him if it was allowed to smoke while praying, and he said no”, the Franciscan answers.

“Ah”, says the Jesuit, “that was the wrong question. I asked my superior if it was allowed to pray while smoking, and he said yes.”
 
I vape as a hobby. I have asked the Lord if it’s sinful to vape, but He hasn’t answered me yet. Vaping is somewhat similar to smoking, but it’s less harmful. I believe that it’s OK to vape or to smoke once in a while, as long as you are not addicted to it. St. Paul said "I will not be mastered by anything", so we should keep ourselves away from smoking/vaping as a compulsion.
 
I gave top smoking about 42 years ago. I started reading this thread because somewhere, deep down, I was hoping for a justification for starting again, even if it meant becoming a theist!
 
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I vape as a hobby. I have asked the Lord if it’s sinful to vape, but He hasn’t answered me yet. Vaping is somewhat similar to smoking, but it’s less harmful. I believe that it’s OK to vape or to smoke once in a while, as long as you are not addicted to it. St. Paul said "I will not be mastered by anything", so we should keep ourselves away from smoking/vaping as a compulsion.
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Pretty sure vaping can also be quite harmful. Because you don’t know what chemicals are in there.

 
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But, I do want to ask the question of what the proper place of smoking is in one’s life. I suppose that tobacco should only be used virtuously for the glory of God. In this case, should it only be a communal thing, such as a cigar while having a good conversation with a friend? Or myself, I like to relax, smoke a cigar, and do my spiritual reading once a week. I do not feel as if its right to smoke, for the sake of smoking. I feel as if it has to help facilitate or lead to some good. Agree? Disagree?
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Smoking has no proper place in life. The use of tobacco is only sinful if used in excess but I cannot see how anyone could argue that smoking is or can be virtuous. To me that is nonsense.
 
Now know why I quite all those years ago. Yeeck!!

Now I need to eat some fudge brownies or cinnamon rolls to get that taste out of my mouth.
 
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