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NASB | Genesis 1:12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:12 The earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it. |
Subject: question to smoke pot or not |
Bible Note: I agree that our policies regarding the dispensation of illegal drug users should balance justice and love. I agree that we can and should disable the lucrative economic forces that drive illicit drug production and distribution. I agree that we are not to judge others. I agree that the marijuana plant has many legitimate uses, including legitimate medical treatment supervised by a doctor. I agree that tobacco and alcohol can be equally problematic. I agree that there has been and still is much misunderstanding concerning marijuana, yet there is also now well established scientific evidence that marijuana is exceedingly harmful when smoked. Not just because of the active drug THC, which affects brain chemistry via modification of chemical receptors in the neural synapse, but also because of the plethora of other partially combusted and highly reactive toxic substances in the smoke. Perhaps more significantly, smoke comprises sub-micron particulates that are delivered into the smallest alveoli of the lungs and cannot be easily elimated through expectoration, causing chronic inflammation at the blood-gas interface, thus creating a persistent demand on the local immune system. I agree that eating the plant or drinking the tea is probably less harmful than smoking, but the significant impact of THC on brain chemistry remains, as evidenced by the high achieved via these routes of ingestion. Your commentaries are not without merit, but to be honest, it seems you are trying to find a biblical way to justify marijuana use, or at least that the bible does not prohibit it. Is this a case of the ends justifying the means? Finally, I agree that chocolate, like anything, can become an object of idolatry. If this is true for chocolate, how much more true is it for marijuana? Peace and Clarity, Parable |