foskers said:

Ahhh...nothing better to stir up controversy and anger than a religious post on a board full of "I don't give a fucks"...
Me being one of them...
I have no time for religion or god. Ever since the age of 8 I've been FORCED to go to church due to some bullshit scripture stating "As for me and my house, we will serve the lord."
Yet the reason god gives us the choice between heaven and hell is because he loves us and wants us to have that freedom. WHY exactly isn't that same thought applied to my having to go to church? You tell me.
I got no problems with religion and church and god and shit...but when people try to force it on me...I get pissed. Lol...
DO NOT think that that last sentence was aimed at you because I know it was my own choice to view this thread...I just wanted to put forth my ideas and beliefs the same as you.
Besides...the bible teaches that you should obey gods law first...then the law of the land. Smoking marijuana is illegal. Your breaking a law of the land. And in doing so...breaking gods law. Therefore you are sinning...excuse?
I understand how you feel foskers. When I was a kid my dad tried to force me to go to church too. I felt the people at his church didn't have real love and were fake. And I was right. When I got older I just wouldn't go and my Dad would lock the house and not let me back inside. I think it just pushes people farther away from God, I think God wants people to come to him on his own. It's not wrong to ask your child to come to church, but if they really really don't want to go they should just let them be and let them receive the consequences of their actions good or bad. But that doesn't mean a parent must stop raising them or teaching them what's right or wrong. And it doesn't mean a child doesn't have to listen or obey the rules of the household. I'm sorry that happened to you, and as I know that most professing Christians are fake and don't have the real love of Jesus that just makes it more confusing and heart wrenching and frustrating.

I hope that you recognize that the God of the bible isn't fake and he's got true and pure love.

As for my using cannabis, please refer to my response in the macro evolution thread # 44.

http://boards.cannabis.com/spiritual...xamples-2.html