Is smoking marijuana a sin? (creation, heaven, devil, judgement)

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Fundamentalist

I was gonna give my life to the Lord before I got high

I was gonna surrender and put all my trust in Him but then I got high

Now I'm burning in hell and I know why...I know why...because I got high..because I got high...because I got high

Sorry I just couldn't resist.

Cute

[JS1]

Originally Posted by Howest2008

If You Have A Medical Condiction Or Injuries Or Disease and need Pain
Relief , you are not going to be going out and engaging into activity that
you normally wouldn't engage in....you are going to be incapacitated to
a certain degree. Now on the other hand , if you are getting (DRUNK) just
to Loosen Yourself (UP) and do some things that you would under no
circumstances do (SOMBER) that's totally different now isn't it.

does laughing count?

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

God hates idols.

God tells us to stay away from idols.

We all generally understand and agree that idols are 'bad'.

Idols are 'bad' under all circumstances.

God never tells anyone to worship an idol.

Why? Because idols are bad and God is consistent.

If God said that alcohol was 'bad' [which God never does], then God would never tell anyone, under any circumstances, to drink.

God never commands you to sin.

If alcohol were 'bad' than it would be 'bad' under all circumstances.





An interesting theory. It is not supported by Archeology, and it is not supported by any Bible passage.



Read John chapter 2. Jesus' first public performance of a miracle was when he brought the booze to a week-long party.

And there were complaints because it was the good stuff. God only provides the good stuff.



Acts 2:13 explains that even the 'new wine' was alcoholic.

Wine was not called wine unless it was wine. Even when it was called 'new wine', it was not labeled 'wine' until after it had been fermented.

There was no 'new wine' that would have been alcohol-free.





And God tells us not to be drunkards yes.

Your point?



Drunkenness is forbidden. To become a drunkard is forbidden, however drinking is not forbidden.

Enjoying wine and even hard drink is encouraged at times by God.



"Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
:3 Who ...
:13 He ...
:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart."

This is a Express Answer.....You say that GOD Always Does The Same Thing The Same Way.....Well what about when GOD Told King Saul to
kill innocent women and children of a Nation That They Were Victorious
Over.....And Under A Different Circumstance GOD Demands That We Do
No Murder Or Killing....GOD Said No Drinking Hard Liquor and you can
drink a little Wine for your Health , but don't get DRUNK ON WINE...

[MI-IRISH]

Originally Posted by newtoneer

I believe it to be a sin to smoke anything. however the ingesting of such things is not. natural and not synthetic or altered by refinement.

WoW man,hey didn't Jesus get "stoned" at the gates of Jerusalem,

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Howest2008

This is a Express Answer ..... You say that GOD Always Does The Same Thing The Same Way ..... Well what about when GOD Told King Saul to kill innocent women and children of a Nation That They Were Victorious Over ..... And Under A Different Circumstance GOD Demands That We Do No Murder Or Killing .... GOD Said No Drinking Hard Liquor and you can
drink a little Wine for your Health , but don't get DRUNK ON WINE ...

Where did God say no drinking of hard liquor?



Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

[firstborn888]

Originally Posted by MI-IRISH

WoW man,hey didn't Jesus get "stoned" at the gates of Jerusalem,

lol

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by firstborn888

lol

No JESUS wasn't "getting" stoned at the "Gates Of Jersalem" he was getting HUNG ON A OLD WOODEN CROSS For The Sins Of The World...
......Have A Blessed Day

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Howest2008

No JESUS wasn't "getting" stoned at the "Gates Of Jersalem" he was getting HUNG ON A OLD WOODEN CROSS For The Sins Of The World...
......Have A Blessed Day

Correct



Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

[forest beekeeper]

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry, ...

[rubber_factory]

Originally Posted by JS1

The Bible says homosexuality is a sin. The same Bible also says that women should not teach or preach.

So if we are to interpret the Bible literally, since the Bible says nothing about smoking pot, am I correct in assuming that smoking pot is OK?

Correct. Cannabis was created by God, and he commands that we should enjoy what he has given us.

"Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops"

There is even evidence that God himself smokes pot:

"And blessed be God Most High"