Drugs and the Bible

AliceInProzacLand · #1 2003-08-26, 02:39

What does the Christian religion say about drug use? I need to know what the Bible says about it, but so far I haven't found anything good or bad about it, so I need some assistance.

WeEdAnDBoOzE · #2 2003-08-26, 06:04

just do em anyways.

Metal_Demon · #3 2003-08-26, 07:03

Jesus Drank wine, I think. Alcohol is a drug.

So, I assume that if Jesus did it, drug use should be OK, since Jesus was pure throughout his life, which would suggest that the partaking of alcohol was not a sin, which would suggest that drugs are OK under the eyes of god. Or, it would suggest that Alcohol is ok under the eyes of god.

Anyways, who cares. Life is too short to make decisions based on a book that was written thousands of years ago.

Like the guy above said, just do it.

-MD

Kikey_Kikeowitz · #4 2003-08-26, 08:01

Don't do it if you don't want to.

Sorry, just felt that that needed to be said.

LwaysTired · #5 2003-08-26, 12:59

But Jesus didn't stumble around all drunk. Use but don't abuse. Actually you're not supposed to do anything that defile's your body.

AliceInProzacLand · #6 2003-08-26, 17:13

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quote:Originally posted by LwaysTired:

But Jesus didn't stumble around all drunk. Use but don't abuse. Actually you're not supposed to do anything that defile's your body.

Okay, but does that include marijuana? I need to know if the Bible says it's OKAY OR NOT.

Fuck · #7 2003-08-26, 19:38

haha one time I read this long web page about how they used cannabis in some oil that they anointed Jesus with when he was a kid.

*shrug*

Who cares, do what you want. Tomorrow is the first day of school and I plan on going in high as a kite, just so that the day goes by fast and so that I dont care about the teachers/kids/anything...

JayMark · #8 2003-08-27, 01:04

Well, look, to discern what is good and bad regarding the Bible, just read the 10 commandments (dunno how it's called in english). Those 10 rules are the only you have to follow to be (according to the Bible) correct. They don't talk about any drugs/mind-altering substances so you can do as much as you want even before going to church as long as you respect the commandments. Taking drugs will only harm your health... you are though responsible of your acts and while on certain drugs, you will most likely do things you wouldn't do in a sober state of mind so be carefull.

IMO, God dosen't mind if you take drugs (well, he do worry about your health though). If you do bad things while under the influence of the said drug, well it's your fault and not the drug's (it is you who took it, nobody forced you to).

This is only my oppinion.

zorro420 · #9 2003-08-27, 01:18

Pot should be just fine. It's not defiling your body, since it's not harmful

Well, the smoke is, but you can always use a vaporizer. No negative health effects whatsoever, that way

For those who don't know what a vaporizer is, it's a device that heats the plant material hot enough to vaporize the THC (the active chemical), but not hot enough to make the plant burn; then you breathe the vapor in. THC isn't a harmful chemical at all, so absorbing it through your lungs doesn't do any sort of lung damage, and there's no smoke at all, so you're all good.

Alcohol is harmful, but not in small quantities. That's probably why Jesus drank a little.

JayMark · #10 2003-08-27, 03:08

Pot is just fine IMO too. The smoke is bad but it is in any circumstances so basicly, even if you smoke fruits (witch are good for you) you could get cancer and lung problems. TCH itself is not that bad. Negative effects of the THC (THC only, not smoke) on heavy regular smokers are psychological and not physical. For occasional smokers, THC is eliminated in some days so afterward, the body works just as fina as before. For heavy smokers, THC is always present in larger quantities in the body and since the THC receptors are located on the top of the brain, it is logical to think that it affects you mentally as long as it is in your body. Fortunately, it is somehow rare that someone will have serious psychological problems due to THC like frequent and unusual memory lost (you forgot important things you wouldn't), very slow reaction times, not beeing able to concentrate properly and beeing very paranoid all the time. For occasional smokers like me, effects on the brain are almost inexistant as I can barely find any (even my parents that have smoked weed before don't actually know I smoke and have been for years).

It's all about dosage. If you don't smoke like a fireplace you shoud be fine.