did you know marijuana was used in biblical times?
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Marijuana has been used for centuries in many religious practices, it is only in modern times it has been outlawed. I think Rastafarians are still allowed to use it for religious purposes though.
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I was in my mid 20's when Jesus delivered me from a life of drugs, booze, cigs, etc.\n\nA christian man asked if he could pray for me, and when he did, within minutes, I was a totally changed person because God answered that man's prayers.  The Lord totally delivered me from those drugs, booze, cigarettes, etc, along with the desire and their affects.  Of course, I DID have to say "Yes" to the Lord, but He did all the rest.
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God made marijuana. It existed before man...and before man wrote the bible. It is a herb.
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It is a slang term for marijuana.
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A letter to the religious right involved in Reagan's war on marijuana \nI am not a Christian nor am I a pothead, however, after speculating over the role of the Christian right in the criminalization of marijuana usage and possession, I found it necessary to make an argument using Christian methods against it.  I feel that it is necessary to add that I was raised christian so I do not intend to use bible verses that I know nothing about.  I know the bible just as well and better than many Christians.  I am also a psychology student in college and the psychological information I will use in my argument came directly from textbooks and lectures on the subject.  I have two arguments to discuss, the first using strictly biblical elements and the second with human physiological elements to enhance and accelerate the original.  \n\nThe arguments involved are sophomorically simple.\n\nGenesis 1:9-13 Says this:    9And God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place so dry ground may appear." And so it was. 10God named the dry ground "land" and the water "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, "Let the land burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant. And let there be trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And so it was. 12The land was filled with seed-bearing plants and trees, and their seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good. 13This all happened on the third day.\n\n27-31:     27\n    So God created people in his own image;\n       God patterned them after himself;\n       male and female he created them.\n    28God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." 29And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. 31Then God looked over all he had made and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.\n\nThese two excerpts tell us two things:  God created the plethora of plants that we have on Earth and gave them to humans and animals for their consumption.  We are ignoring the Christian argument that marijuana is a seed-bearing plant and is for birds for the sake of my second argument.  Marijuana and tobacco are the only drugs that grow naturally and do not have to be processed and synthesized before consumption.  Alcohol has to be processed and it is legal.  Marijuana is not.  The devil, serpent, satan, whatever you want to call the spirit of darkness has never and will never have the authority to change the godly composition of Gods creations.  The devil did not put the active ingredients in the marijuana plant and it would be impossible for him to cause the second part of my argument involving the physiology of humans nervous systems.  The only power he has is to deceive and deception cannot change the fact that God made plants and people the way we are physiologically.\n\nThe active ingredients in marijuana pass through the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system where they bind to three different receptor sites on the neurons.  These receptors are called Delta 9 THC, 2-AG, and Anamine receptors.  These receptor sites are activated only by cannabinoids from the marijuana plant and nothing else.  Nicotine works in much the same way though there is only one receptor.  All other drugs work by manipulating natural receptors in the brain that neurotransmitters use normally.  For example, PCP works as a glutamate antagonist, blocking the natural processes of glutamate which works in opposition to the neurotransmitter dopamine.  When glutamate is blocked, dopamine takes over and too much dopamine i
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I am pretty sure the bible does not tell you that it is alright to smoke pot.
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I think Jesus was the drug dealer of his day and he had that good sh^t that had everyone thinking he was the Son of God because he had some good drugs.  It sounds like they were all high at times but they did have some philosophical ideas.
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Oh my god totally. Can you pick me up though cause I pawned my ride for more meth? Please I will totally share with you? We can use this old Bible I found for rolling papers for our weed. It works great!
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I cannot believe how unbelievably ignorant all the so-called christians are in this world. Look, I'm a Buddhist, and I know more about their religions origins than they do. Thats just sad. The reason I bring this up is because I know for a fact that Jesus Christ himself used the marijuana plant and all of these "nope to dope" christians have no idea!\n\nChrist was not Jesus' name as some people believe. The title Christ comes from the greek word meaning "Messiah" or "Anointed One". What happened back in those days, the Hebrew people used a special oil to anoint their Priests and Kings. You could not use the title of Messiah unless you had been anointed in this oil. The oil was made from many herbs and spices including over nine pounds of flowering cannabis tops (cannabis is the technical name of the marijuana plant in case you didnt know). When Jesus was anointed by John the Baptist, he had a hallucination, or what he called a "vision" due to the effects of the oil. From that point on, Jesus considered himself enlightened, and used the oil and the herb freely in iniation and healing rites. \n\nThis is all written in the Bible and in ancient Hebrew texts. I'm not making it up. Jesus would probably encourage most people to use pot. Its completely harmless and if you believe what Jesus believed, it will help you get closer to God. And yes, its only about money. Youre right. No-one cares about truth anymore. But yes, it should be legalized. \n\n\nPeace
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No, and ill tell you why. Long ago when drugs were actually legal and many of our forefathers used them everyone started using them. This was the time when slavery had just been abolished. They started outlawing drugs using the excuse that black men were using drugs and raping all the white women. I think that they still use stupid excuses these days, like it supports terrorism, etc. Give me a break. sorry, sometimes the things in politics really confuse me.
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I'm so glad that someone asked this question!  I have been wondering it myself.  I am a christian and I drink.  I don't all the time, and I have gotten drunk, very few times, but I have (and I know thats wrong, and can understand people having problems with that) However, my family and I have serious disagreements on this subject.  I don't think that there is anything wrong biblically speeking with having a social drink, some of my family disagrees but can't back it up.  I'm 21, legal and responsible with it.  I think its ok considering wine was pretty much the beverage of choise back in biblical times.  As far as marijuana, I think its wrong becuase the whole purpose of it is to get high and alter the mind and I don;t think thats godly.
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I don't think it's ever been proven.  It certainly has some negative effects on the brain though.  I know a lot of potheads that can't remember what they did yesterday. I heard the sperm count thing is a fact.  I think it depends on if a person a light user or heavy user.  Who knows though.  One thing that is absolutely known is that marijuana takes a toll on a person's lungs just like cigarettes do.
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About 1500 BCE at Mount Sinai in Arabia (Jabal Al-Lawz). Read Exodus 20.
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God never said that. There's no such thing as God. Someone wrote that while most likely high on weed and thought it would be a good laugh.. 'ha ha, that'll scare the crap out of them, fools' ... Unfortunately, he didn't realise at the time people would take the fairy story book so literally so the jokes actually on him.
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i believe that it is a crime everywhere (federal law, and upheld by the supreme court) to have anything dealing with a marijuana plant in your possession, and also paraphanalia.  interestingly enough, in most places, it isnt illegal to actually smoke it, except if you are driving.
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a type of marijuana-it's illegal!
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My grandmother didnt smoke or drink etc etc and she had her last child when she was 57 years old (she had 15 kids, one every year and so many months, no miscarries, no damages etc) and as far as the bible remark, just fyi, their "year" was not our year as in 365 days. :)