catholic..kind of...im changing to a non denominational church like my parents.
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catholic..kind of...im changing to a non denominational church like my parents.
I'm a Christian though I cant say my religious beliefs all fit under Christianity... Ive drawn important principles from other religions (and some modern physics) too....but am a Christian at the core.
I am a practicing christian. I like to smoke before church as it does help me with focusing on the word and also feeling the spirit when it prompts me.
Bogart, I like to smoke to pray and stuff too. I've always been too nervous to go into church stoned.. (Pretty conservative church)
I would say I am a Christian. I would say I am most like the early church, meeting in houses, very free-form you might say. I read the bible and thats what I believe, and I won't let what someones opinion behind a microphone affect my faith, but rather review it in my own time to see if I share the view with what I have found in my bible. Marijuana has brought me a lot of happiness in hard times and has encouraged a more active pray life in my situation... not to mention it relieves a lot of pain from my body that for the most part chemical medicine compounds don't seem to help.
It is different living in a world where doctrines have overridden the word, but thats what I try and stick to... the word! As xbeadsx said, its what you do while your high that determines whether you should be doing it or not (imo) read Romans 13:14 for a good example of certain things being harmful to some and uplifting to others.
my way of life would be like this.. .only i believe in karma, no supreme being, just a a force beyond explination of equalness...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hardcore Newbie
you only think it does cause your stoined, lets be honest.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogart
I am absolutely a Christian. It is my opinion that using the truths we experience when stoned (universal love, importance in art and music etc), we can further explore our faith. Plus, I read Daniel when high and it completely changed my perspective on how the Bible was written. As sorgens said, it's about what's uplifting to others. If I am being a stumbling block for someone by smoking around them or being high near them, then that is wrong. Also, though, I think it is absurd to assume that weed is a bad thing. As Ben Harper (a Christian) said: "before you knock it, try it first." Also also, in the first freaking CHAPTER of the bible, it basically promotes the use of any green plants on this earth: "3 Every moving thing can be food for you, as I gave you the green plants, I give them to you."
Hello,
I am a Christian. I havn't been a Christian for many years, and I'm not really that old, I'm 22.
There is a lot I can say, and when someone asks me about my beliefs I am sometimes tempted to start typing a many paged discourse on my beliefs, but everything in it's proper place and time.
I am a Christian, and while I don't go to church I would love to have a family of believers to go to find fellowship and worship together. I havn't found anyone who I have found is compatible enough with what i believe to call a friend. How can two walk together, except they agree.
I'm not sure how everyone views fundamentalism or how they personally see it or define it, but I suppose I would be extremely fundamental except for my smoking marijauna.
I used to be a total pothead rocker and one of the biggest "potheads" in my neighborhood, but now I have a much different view. I see it now as a medicinal herb to be used in moderadtion, not something that by nature has anything to do with a spirit of rebellion or counterculture.
I like being sober much more, but I find that the suffering I go through emotionally, spiritually and physically can be so harsh sometimes that marijauna does a great deal to help me overcome these daily challanges and I see that as a gift of God and give him thanks. I wish I had a vaporizer really, because i see the act of smoking anything into my lungs as harmful. I know in moderation though, the harmful effects are practically nothing, and I hope to find a better way of ingestion soon. I also see the act of smoking as a form of ritual as something that I believe to be spiritually inatractive to say the least . Notwithstanding, incense is a different matter.
As was noted above the 1st Chapter of Genesis does iclude marijauna in God's delcaration that plants were originally given to us for food.
29Then God said, "Behold, (AK)I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
30and (AL)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.
While marijauna is not smoked for food, it is defenitely consumed, and furthermore when eaten it's medical effects can indeed be felt as well. In fact it's first use as a medicine was through ingestion, and smoking marijauna only gained popular within the past few centuries as tobacco use became widespread.
The core of my faith is abiding in God's love and Him abiding in me by keeping his righteousness and commandments (john 15), most importantly loving God with all my heart mind soul and strength and loving my neighbor as I would want to be loved. I trust and obey my Father and Lord Jesus Christ. I work to be perfect, even as the Father is perfect (Matthew 5:47-48), and allowing his grace and power to work in me leading me into all truth, perfecting me in righteousness, and comforming me to the image of his beloved son.
I have a rare faith (not that being special is important to me), and I enjoy talking to others about my faith.
I've recently become a spiritual person. It has all made sense to me. I wear a sterling silver cross around my neck. I say the 'Our Father' Prayer when i wake up and before i go to sleep. I praise Jah before i smoke cannabis. I recently went to church with my grandparents while i was away for a few days, out of choice, and thouroughly enjoyed it. For Rastas, the body is the temple, however i feel i will still go to a christian church aswell. At the moment in my life, I live in London, England. Ganja is not legal, it is tolerated more then most places though, However, after this last year i shall move to Amsterdam. In my job at the moment i am not allowed to have a beard... They said they prefer short hair and my girl says the same. As soon as i move to dam i am growing my dreads and beard in dedication to Jah and i will be able to freely express my faith in the highest possible way. My beliefs and philosophy may confuse some people but i am content and am completely clear. Praise Jah and may peace be with you.