Christian Pot Smoking Minister

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Originally Posted by Kid Dynamite
Yeah i dont understand that either. Maybe you say smoking throuigh christianity is morally legal, but that wont sytand up in court when you get charged with posession. Explain...


Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


----> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

That means in your religion if anything is held in belief as a part of your religion, that as for example believe God gave you, and this is a part of your religion, then the Bill of Rights protects your ---> "Freedom of Religion" to exercise that right, and therefore cannot be charged against it.

So believing that God gave you cannabis as part of your religion, and use it to exercise that right by this Bill gives you freedom and protection, therefore the law cannot touch you.

All I can say is ONE you better have real conviction in your faith and proof to show this, and know it's true to stand by it and believe it, and the Lord does show this for Christians:

Genesis 1:29

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Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
Enrolled Bill (Sent to the President)

H.R.1308

One Hundred Third Congress of the United States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three An Act

TITLE: To protect the free exercise of religion.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the 'Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993'.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.

(a) Findings: The Congress finds that--

(1) the framers of the Constitution, recognizing free exercise of religion as an unalienable right, secured its protection in the First Amendment to the Constitution;

(2) laws 'neutral' toward religion may burden religious exercise as surely as laws intended to interfere with religious exercise;

(3) governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification;

(4) in Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) the Supreme Court virtually eliminated the requirement that the government justify burdens on religious exercise imposed by laws neutral toward religion; and

(5) the compelling interest test as set forth in prior Federal court rulings is a workable test for striking sensible balances between religious liberty and competing prior governmental interests.

(b) Purposes: The purposes of this Act are--

(1) to restore the compelling interest test as set forth in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) and Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) and to guarantee its application in all cases where free exercise of religion is substantially burdened; and

(2) to provide a claim or defense to persons whose religious exercise is substantially burdened by government.

SEC. 3. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION PROTECTED.

(a) In General: Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).

(b) Exception: Government may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person--

(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and

(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

(c) Judicial Relief: A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing under article III of the Constitution.

SEC. 4. ATTORNEYS FEES.

(a) Judicial Proceedings: Section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1988) is amended by inserting 'the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993,' before 'or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964'.

(b) Administrative Proceedings: Section 504(b)(1)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking 'and' at the end of clause (ii);

(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ', and'; and

(3) by inserting '(iv) the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993;' after clause (iii).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act --

(1) the term 'government' includes a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, and official (or other person acting under color of law) of the United States, a State, or a subdivision of a State;

(2) the term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory and possession of the United States;

(3) the term 'demonstrates' means meets the burdens of going forward with the evidence and of persuasion; and

(4) the term 'exercise of religion' means the exercise of religion under the First Amendment to the Constitution.

SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY.

(a) In General.--This Act applies to all Federal and State law, and the implementation of that law, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after the enactment of this Act .

(b) Rule of Construction.--Federal statutory law adopted after the date of the enactment of this Act is subject to this Act unless such law explicitly excludes such application by reference to this Act .

(c) Religious Belief Unaffected.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any government to burden any religious belief.

SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE UNAFFECTED.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, interpret, or in any way address that portion of the First Amendment prohibiting laws respecting the establishment of religion (referred to in this section as the 'Establishment Clause'). Granting government funding, benefits, or exemptions, to the extent permissible under the Establishment Clause, shall not constitute a violation of this Act . As used in this section, the term 'granting', used with respect to government funding, benefits, or exemptions, does not include the denial of government funding, benefits, or exemptions.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

ohh
well i'm not 18, but i still might get into christianity. It sounds interesting, and maybe one day i can be a THC minister.

OzzyOz-

One day soon, I'm 26 and I've learnt that time flys the older you get. Enjoy your age cause what ever age you are it's better then being in the adult world where Bills come first. It sucks sometimes but it does have it's purks like not being carded for beer. Or in my case not being chased out the store because your under age and running with a few six packs. About the Christianity if you have any questions feel free to ask one of us here. We Christians get a bad wrap because of our fanatics but for the most part we are tolerant because that is what Jesus teaches us. A few great books to read out of the Bible are:

In my favorite order:

Proverbs
James
Colossians
Hebrews
Galatians

And if you don't have a Bible then just click here:

www.biblegateway.com

Best of Luck to you on your qwest for knowledge. God Bless.

Rev. Michael T
Soldier for Christ and Cannabis

:) I'm from Barcelona, Spain, and I smoke cannabis from....ups, I don't remember. The only thing I know is that it make me see the thrue of anything. Someone is controlling us, but I don't know who is he, or what is it... Do you think, that all the people who smoke cannabis are together, have something together??? It's like only the people who smokes, understand the people who smokes... Idon't know if you understand my "special english". Bye... (in Barcelona we say "adeu")

NubeLiLa-

I understand what your saying. People that smoke cannabis are united with a common ground unlike the rest of the world. We that smoke can almost hang around any other person that smokes because we have that bond or intrest in each other. We all share different stories of the smoke we've had and we all share stories of the people that we thought loved us not understand us. In most cases people that don't smoke just don't care for you after they find out you smoke. At least it's happened to me. People that have known me my whole life and liked me my whole life, when they find out that I smoke the idea that they have built around me, thinking they know mw comes crubbling down because I smoke. I've had friends stop talking to me just because I smoke. Cannabis gives me the clarity that I need to see people for what they are. I am tolerant of others because so many have not been tolerant of me. All the propaganda has caused families, friends, loved ones to disown us cannabis users. While gowing up I was taught that I should feel guilty for smoking. It took me any years to realize there is nothing to feel guilty about. Nothing changed about me when I smoked I am still making all the decisions. People think that when you smoke you see cartoons, want to rape and kill poeple, etc. All Bull. I try to explain it to them that first off it's a plant, second the idea of a drug dealer lacing cannabis is just bad bussiness cause it waste more money for the dealer and money is what they are after, third it does nothing that the US gov't says it does. Cannabis users are forever linked together because we will always have to explain cannabis, it's affects, and it's benifets. The best thing for a cannabis user to do is be an example of a good pot smoker and not the warning that people relate cannabis with. You know LAZY, GIGGLY, NOT BRIGHT, SLOW, ETC. God Bless.

Rev. Michael T
Soldier for Christ and Cannabis

Q: ) What kind of free will is it when we supposedly have 2 choices where one is deemed "good" and the other "bad"? Well thats fine until we are judged by the almighty whom we are to serve and worship.

-Be well-

Could it be that I have found someone who understands?

Excellent outline of marijuana and its use.

I have not much time to write now, but I would like to add to your post to help build upon it.

Jesus said that if we do not eat his flesh and drink His blood, we cannot enter into The Kingdom of Heaven.

His flesh and His blood would then be what?

The same as the requirements for the Passover of course. So much for the person that said marijuana was irrelevant.

Bitter Herbs (Canna), and lamb.

So which is His flesh and which is His blood?

The word vineyard comes up as Canna also.

So this must be the wine. The new wine.

So not only then would marijunana be good and right for us to use,
IT IS A REQUIREMENT for us and our sons as prescribed in the Bible.

An eternal requirement.

So when we eat bitter herbs, we are having Communion as Jesus did with His Disciples. Though He said He wouldn't eat it again until we eat it with Him in our Fathers Kingdom, we are to eat of it in rememberance of Him and the only we could go wrong in doing this is if we eat it in an improper manner.

This scripture describes The Passover best.

"Better to eat herbs where there is love, than to eat meat where there is hate."

Now to go even further, Paul The Apostle warns against those who judge us for doing what God prescribed to us to do by saying,
"Let not those who do not eat bitter herbs judge those who do, for God hath chosen them."

Those who are "Christians" that judge by the flesh do not know they are actually anti-christian because they oppose the Word of God.

For when God made the herbs he said they were for our use, of course, but he also said that they were VERY GOOD and only a fool would call evil what God has called good.


PEACE BE WITH YOU

Also the bis at the end of canna stands for twofold so as to say,
"The plant of plants, the herb of herbs, the meal of meals."

Also, look at its number as its trademark

I think the most important questions we need to ask are...
Why is it illegal and called evil if it heals the sick and gives sight to the blind.
Anti-Christ is the answer.
Fallen Angels were ordered to serve us but they wouldn't. So instead they try to get us to worship them instead of God by making laws contrary to His so that we will obey and serve God or we will obey and serve them, seeing we cannot do both.
In America you can have an abortion but you cannot have a green plant?
Anti-Christ.
And people want to come here?
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
We were set free from the law of sin and death so that we could have the freedom to obey God and His laws which are for our lives so that we may live.