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View Poll Results: Is it wrong for Christians to use Marijuana if it is legal where they live?
YES 13 23.64%
NO 42 76.36%
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Old 03-23-2018, 11:42 AM
 
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What does MJ have to do with Christianity ?
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Old 03-23-2018, 11:51 AM
 
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What does MJ have to do with Christianity ?
Really nothing. There are petty people though who have nothing else to do but stir up trouble and create "issues". Busybodies. We can never shake them off.
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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Really nothing. There are petty people though who have nothing else to do but stir up trouble and create "issues". Busybodies. We can never shake them off.
The kind that like to make up rules about those petty things. Gotta respect Finn just "advising" against marijuana use.
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:07 PM
 
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The kind that like to make up rules about those petty things. Gotta respect Finn just "advising" against marijuana use.
None of those familiar with pot started up this thread. I don't buy Finn's "ads" for the majority of the population. That it might apply to a tiny segment of the population adds very little weight to the argument. If you want to believe and respect those less familiar with a subject, go ahead. You'll probably believe anything with that approach.
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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None of those familiar with pot started up this thread. I don't buy Finn's "ads" for the majority of the population. That it might apply to a tiny segment of the population adds very little weight to the argument. If you want to believe and respect those less familiar with a subject, go ahead. You'll probably believe anything with that approach.
The point remains that it is an individual choice and we should be aware of the possibility of deleterious effects, the rationale for decisions and the need to recognize signs that it would be better to refrain on a person al level. When I started smoking, I didn't know I was going to become an addict to the point that harm would far outweigh the good. "I can quit anytime I want to, I've done it a THOUSAND times."
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:29 PM
 
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Rev 9:21

And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

the word translated here as witchcraft or
sorceries

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φαρμακεία
pharmakeia
Pronounce Greek root for G5331 φαρμακεία
and

the word
immorality

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πορνεία
porneia

these two sins along almost solely define all of our society.. as seen nby the pole at least 2 /3 of it anyway.

just consider that you have been warned.. just know that He forgives the repentant. all who come out of their darkness and live in the light .. and yes it hurts like heck.. but after the pain there are healings and freedom ..
but this is why these same people here want you all TO not have or to read the wWord..
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:40 PM
 
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I think someone just tried to convince us that our elders were more righteous than we are today! and because they got high as a freakin kite, that it means it is ok for him.. ... hahahaha!!

and that is why all their societies all ended in death and war , skining each other alive.. ... a bunch of paranoid schizophrenics terrorizing each other . and why God seems wanted to wipe out all humanity just like that , and did it over and over.
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Old 03-23-2018, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Florida
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For most, the quote was ridiculous. For the few who have issues, they're not worth considering. People who have no personal experience with it have zero credibility (look in the mirror). You're not convincing anyone of your points except yourself.
You have no idea where I grew up. Practically everyone smoked pot, and EVERYONE was familiar with the paranoia etc side effects. The fact that you'd try to deny something everyone knows about only shows the lack of credibility in your posts. Did everyone experience them all time? No, but pretty much everyone experienced them some time or the other, and some experienced them so often, they stopped using it, and opted for booze, and some unfortunately harder drugs. Not everyone made it to their 20th birthday.

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Old 03-23-2018, 12:53 PM
 
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Yep. Adding to the list now for MJ is witchcraft, immorality, and theft (kudos Xupia). How about child-killing and genocide? Surely we can blame it for those as well. Soon we'll hear that MJ will destroy the universe, and maybe even God too.
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Old 03-23-2018, 04:10 PM
 
Location: New England
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What does MJ have to do with Christianity ?
God is high and lifted up. Isaiah 57:15
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