is smoking weed bad i mean like sometimes i felt that i am losing my religion?
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no way.  I didn't become interested in my own sprituality until I started smokeing pot.  \n\nI mean if your just sitting around watching cheech and chong movies I guess... but if you smoke a bit to open up your mind a bit I think its a great way to explore your spritual side.
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weed in general is not heavy on hallucinations, I have only hallucinated a handful of times and i have smoked since 15 I'm 33 and just quit . when you first smoke it you experience euphoria , strange thoughts or ideas that can sometimes throw you into states of uncontrollable laughter . things that you other wise would not find amusing amuse you . after awhile your eyelids begin to feel heavy because the marijuana has decreased the pressure in within your eyes, and this is no joke, your eyeballs have decreased in size a little, this is why people who are high look squinty eyed and tired , this effect is also why pot is good for glaucoma a condition where there is too much pressure , a pot high can last anywhere from 2-4 hours average depending on potency personally myself i think the "high" last less because the other part of the high your really not high but feel lazy and groggy and end up eating bunches of food and then falling a sleep. since i have quit i am i can also validate the fact that marijuana affect motivation and energy levels as since i have quit those have increased .
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i think it was george carlin who said "when you smoke enough dope it starts to suggest its own disuse". \n\ntheres a list of different things out there, but you're mostly going to get answers from pot heads who wont admit that smoking can become harmful to your health, and super stuck up types, who are going to tell you its just as bad as heroin or something. \n\nit does cause impaired judgement, and memory loss (not necessarily loss, but cloudiness and forgetfulness).\n\ni dont smoke/drink/drug at all, and i never have. its a personal decision because i know that its in my genes to become a train wreck if i do. theres a lot of ppl in my family that have gone through all kinds of stuff, and even a few ppl that have had some big problems just caused by pot.
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I have definetly felt the pressence of GOD. Right before Christmas in 2004, our first ond onlt child, a son, passed away. This was a very hard time for my husband and I, and we stopped going to church. We didn't celebrate Christams that year, and my husband started to smoke cigarettes again. I quit my job to stay home, because being around people was so ahrd. I tried to convince myself that everything was okay.\n\nAbout a month after he passed away, i was going through some of his old belongings and looking at his phot album. I broke down, and it felt good. I dont know what it was for sure, but i felt like someone was hugging me; i felt warm, happy, and that everything was going to be okay. I like to think that our son is our gaurdian angel. \n\nGod has recently blessed us with a new baby boy. I think our first son saw how sad we are, and told GOD to give us another baby....
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If you are a Catholic, then YES.\nSmoking is a suicide, and that is a sin in your religion.
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orrnancy and WT&WJ have it right.  Religion can be detrimental to a person.  In "religion" one can get so caught up in trying to "do all the right things" and such that they get burned out.  Religion was not what we were intended to have.  We were intended to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, not to think that we have to serve people all the time.\n\nDon't get me wrong - serving is a great thing, but if that's all you focus on, then you're going to be hurt one of these days.  It's the same with anything else that you feel you are required to do to get into heaven.  All that's required of you is to accept Jesus as your Savior, and the rest of the things in "relgion" are simply perks that you can do to show the rest of the world how much they need Jesus.
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Wow..looky looky another pothead loser that feels held down by the man. I guess you never thought about the fact that alot of violent crimes are linked with drugs.......but you never would have thought about that because you probably have 1/2 a brain cell left. So go ahead and keep smoking your marijuana no one really cares about you anyways. You and Pete have fun........queers
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Hi,just to let you know YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE!WE all go through the rough times in life "belief me".I have been through it all I have also felt the same way.I have felt as if "why me""not again"BUT through it all I have to honestly say it has made me a stronger person.I guess that's why they say that life is like a roller coaster...you have your ups & downs.I know right now it might seem as if everything is caving in on you...STOP,BREATH,TAKE CONTROL,How? by saying well 1st IM ALIVE 2nd LOOK AROUND NOTICE ALL THAT YOU HAVE AND HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME 3rd START BEEN THANKFULL FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING & NEVER FORGET THAT A PRAYER WILL GO A LONG WAY.this is something I look @ every so often it says...Have FAITH in yourself and always do your BEST.Watch your THOUGHTS;they become your WORDS.Watch your WORDS;they become your ACTIONS.Watch your ACTIONS;they become your HABITS.Watch your HABITS;they become your CHARACTER.Watch your CHARACTER;it becomes your DESTINY...I pray this will help a little.I WISH YOU WELL!!!
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You can't really lose your faith you can drop it and turn away but you can not lose it. there are times were it feels like he is not there and so you think you have lost your faith but there are ecplamations for this you could just be so used to him being there or you could be pushing him away just keep praying, reading your Bible and growing stronger in God.
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I definitely support medicinal marijuana use  for medicinal purposes. 100%. It is an amazing drug for people that need it, and should be made more available to them.\n\nI'm sure that almost every Christian will tell you that yes, its sinful because you are getting 'high'. BUT, I don't see it as that much different than alcohol. And Many Christians drink, so all the Christians that tell you that "pot changes your state of mind..." Well so does wine...and Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana. I think there is a time and a place of one would decide to do it.\n\nIf your doing it to relax or your doing it once in a while drinking it in a tea, I don't see much harm in it. I think everything bad in excess.\nGod did create the herbs for our benefit.\n\n"Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so."\n(Genesis 1:30 )\n\n "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."(Proverbs 15:17)\n\nWhat it all comes down to, is YOU and God. If you have a question, pray about it!
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It is the only thing that feels true. When I said that I was a Christian I felt like I was living a lie and I do not want to say that I totally rule out the possibility of a god (Atheism). I have always been a big one for the middle ground. OK that is not exactly the middle ground but it works for me.
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I am free of organized religion.\nI get the feeling of euphoria when I go to the wilderness. \nNature, it's so good.
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#1 No.\n#2 Dumb luck.\n\nQuick, while you are of sound mind, take a good hard look at the idea of god and see it for what it is. I say quick because who knows when the next lucky break will come your way and all will be hunkey dory with god again. Use the time you have wisely and perhaps yiou will break free of the superstition and see that "god helps those that helps themselves"  (meaning you help yourself, and god takes the credit)  Time to roll up the shirtsleeves and do god's work (help yourself that is.)
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You can be spiritual w/o attending church. If you feel uncomfortable there but wish to worship God in the way you see fit, then explore different faiths. Do research, visit different holy places, churches, temples, synagoges.(sp?) etc.\n\nIt is likely that you will find comfort, faith and belief somewhere at some point. Do what you feel is right and dont allow anyone else to ever steer you wrong.\n\nJust because you are still "finding yourself" doesn't mean God will shun you now. Pray at home and pray to the Father to guide you in the right direction. Eventually...you will end up exactly where you're supposed to be my friend.
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It's time for the "heavy smoker" to look for a new job. If you're smoking heavily then you have problems you need to deal with. You're hiding from something. My brother n law was so into smoking weed that he didn't feel "normal" until he was stoned. He'd lost touch with reality. I know you don't want to hear the bs about not doing drugs. Everyone has to learn the hard way. Good luck!\n.
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Religion is all about controlling people.\nIf you have reached the stage where you have realised that religion is retricting you, then its time to drop religion, and become an independent spiritual person. Then you make your own rules. There is no need to be a sheep all your life.
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It all comes down to faith. No, you didn't see those things happen, and you can't see God, although you can see His creation. However, you can't see the wind, either, yet you know or have faith, that it's there when you feel it, right? Or if you are inside, and cannot feel it, but you see the trees waving back and forth, you know, or believe, or have faith, that it's there, because you see the effects of it, right? Or how about if you go to sit down on the couch; you don't question it, or it's ability to hold you, you just plunk your butt down on it, right? Well, that is faith. You have faith it will hold you. This is why Christians believe the Bible. we have faith. And I think it must just be in circles you hang in (which makes sense, if you're not a believer) that religion (I'm assuming you mean belief in God by that) is dying out, becuase from what I can see, young people are hungrier than ever for relationship with God.