As a Bible believing Christian, what is the reasoning you follow to justify smoking marijuana in a country that it is illegal to do so? This is in light of the Bible clearly stating that to disobey the law of the land is to disobey him.
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As a Bible believing Christian, what is the reasoning you follow to justify smoking marijuana in a country that it is illegal to do so? This is in light of the Bible clearly stating that to disobey the law of the land is to disobey him.
im not a bible thumping christian, buuuuuuuuuut, jesus said "it is not what goes into the mouth of the man that defileth the man, but what comes out of the mouth of the man that defileth him.".......or something like that, and he was refering to cannabis eaters
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. And friend.... Pot is not Caesars
What kind of god would make pot and then tell you not to smoke it?
None that I know of. I never read "Though shall burnith in hell for puffing thy Jay."
Besides, church is waaaay better high. IMO.
A story in Exodus tells of how the egyptian ruler commanded the death of all males born (a law of that time) the midwives did not listen to their gov, and knew that it was wrong to kill even though that was their orders. God noticed this action and rewarded the women for doing right in His eye and not the laws.
God given laws are not the same as man made laws.
If all the rulers of the world set laws for evil intentions, would that make it right to sin?
What if they outlawed believing in Christ as your Lord and Savior. What about Daniel; who went against the law of the land by praying to God instead of the king or whatever. Surely there are exceptions; and cannabis smoking is definetally one of them. As it is through cannabis we are called Christian's (annointed ones) directly refering to the Holy Annointing Oil of Israel in wich every Christ, Messiah, High Priest, and King was required to be annointed with; along with the Aaronic priest hood. This oil was to be poured into the incense alters wich filled the tents with smoke; and this oil contained 6-9 pounds of cannabis known as "kaneh-bosm" in the original Arhamaic bibles and then the Hebrew but was mistranslated as "calamus" wich is a poison in Greek.:rasta:Quote:
Originally Posted by hazetwostep
didnt jesus use hash oils?
jesus was the first hippie, he smoked weed.
(again this is specifically for "Bible believing" people)
so are you all saying you don't think god cares that you are breaking the law? or you are saying that law is no longer applicable in this day? it was not clear from the posts...
from all i have read the bible is very clear, all throughout, not just one verse, about obeying authority. what would make this law an exception to that?
as for the question about if your government is asking you to sin... well that is another topic completely as they are asking you to not smoke, not asking you to do something wrong.
(please don't take this as being antagonistic... i believe in the wisdom of the bible completely, and just find this a challenging issue to ignore as smoking is a regular part of my life and is illegal where i live)
also, some people are confusing the angle. the angle is NOT asking if the act of smoking weed is immoral. i don't believe the bible says anything about it being immoral and i bet jesus did smoke weed. i don't think he was as boring and religious as most people portray him.
the angle is coming from the fact that it is illegal to do so and that violates core biblical issues of authority, obedience, rebellion, etc.