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1 | Why is marijuana use prohibited? | Heb 13:17 | jini | 68121 | ||
Pris- To be honest with you, there is no place in the Bible that prohibits the use of cannabis. We are warned against drunkenness, but to drink in moderation is not prohibited. In fact, many would say, as a seed bearing plant, cannabis was created on the third day and given to man for use on the sixth. Unfortunately, in reference to cannabis or marijuana as you refer to it here, the church is filled with apathy and ignorance, quoting scripture that simply does not apply in support of ideology that can not be justified biblically. While it is true that we are told to obey our leaders, it is also said in Isaiah "Woe to those who make unjust laws and issue oppressive decrees". Christians do not realize that we bear responsiblity for these laws being in existence and share in those woes. They do not see that making laws that criminalize something that God does not condemn is actually plotting harm against our neighbor, which we are explicitly told not to do. I confess, I have no clue as to how the body of Christ has been deceived into getting on the war on drugs bandwagon. On every other issue we have viewed government information and motivation with a critical eye. Not this one. Jesus told us to visit people in prison, not to put them there. Paul told us that the rules of "hold not, taste not and touch not" were destined to perish with use because they were based on human teachings and only had the appearance of wisdom. Yet we have charged on, not even bothering to see if our position is scripturally valid or is something we can say we are doing in the name of Jesus. There are a number of denominations that are recognizing that the laws that prohibit and criminalize cannabis use and other illicit substances, really does cause more harm than good. And this is only by earthly accounts. The active and unanimous Christian support of these laws have have caused more eternal harm than can be believed. love and peace, -jini |
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2 | Why is marijuana use prohibited? | Heb 13:17 | Hank | 68206 | ||
Jini: This topic has been addressed in much detail before. There is no cogent reason to take it up again. The reasoning you use is far from new and it is flawed. You may as well argue that the Bible does not condemn the use of rope to choke someone. If the proscription against the use of pot cannot be justified biblically (but I think it very well can be argued that the Bible condemns the misuse or perverted use of a number of things), then it is also certain that your conclusions cannot be justified either biblically or by the use of reason. The Bible does not specificlly prohibit drinking hemlock tea or eating certain poisonous plants of the nightshade family -- all of them plants as natural as cannabis -- or inviting termites in to eat your house down, or ripping off down the road at 100 miles an hour in a snowstorm. But God did endow us with common sense and a certain amount of human wisdom and discernment; and the Bible does teach that Chrisitians are bought with a price, are not their own, and that the body is the temple of the indwelling Spirit of God. If it is your wish to attempt to justify the use of mind-altering drugs for yourself or for others, that is your business, but this web site, which is dedicated to the study of the Bible, is decidedly not the place to attempt it. --Hank | ||||||