Marijuana And Morals

Please, this is a long read, but I encourage you to truck through this so we can all have a strong discussion about this because it's very controversial.

As the bold states, this thread is about Marijuana and morals. These morals are pertaining to those of religious background.

I got in a very heated argument with some good college friends tonight about the legalization and recreational usage of marijuana. Mind you, I was capable of educating and convincing them of the vast medicinal advantages of medical marijuana prescriptions for those with true medical complications.

What our main argument was about consisted of trying to discuss recreational use of Cannabis and whether it is or isn't "immoral".

---Here are some of my main points advocating the argument against immoral recreational use:---

â?˘If consumed correctly, it has no health risks
â?˘It is a natural plant given to us from God himself
â?˘To our knowledge, there is no word of God against the use of marijuana
â?˘It is not a gateway drug
â?˘Like a video game, it engages your mind to experience an alternate perspective to reality (Let me elaborate)

When someone plays a game, like Call Of Duty 4 for example, the video game provides a person the ability to experience reality through a different perspective. This alternate perspective changes the feeling of extreme guilt, trauma, and responsibility of killing someone in reality to a feeling of joy and accomplishment. In this sense, Marijuana's mental effects can be related to playing video games in that all it does is provide a person with the ability to experience their reality through a different perspective.

---Their points that argued that recreational use of cannabis is immoral are as follows:---

â?˘Even though it is a natural plant, it is possible that (because we are given free will) God may be testing our temptation
â?˘It is stated in the bible that everything should be done through God in that one should rely on God to provide knowledge of alternate perspectives through faith and prayer. They shouldn't require any specific substance to grant them access to outside perspectives
â?˘It is advised in the bible that one should follow the guidelines of their government, which means that recreational use is illegal in every state, even though medical usage is permitted scarcely
â?˘It says in the bible to not taint ones self with drunkenness, lust, and jealousy. Since alcohol is a natural substance that changes ones mental state, isn't that the same as the effect from cannabis

---Now, My counter-arguments to these points are as follows:---

â?˘As far as God testing our temptation, in the story of the "Adam and Eve apple issue" God specifically told them not to eat that fruit. Where in the bible does it specifically state that humans are not to consume cannabis?
â?˘In response to doing everything through God, if cannabis is a seed bearing plant given as a gift from God, wouldn't partaking of this gift be an act through God himself to open one's perspective to grow closer to him?
â?˘For the order to follow the rules and regulations of one's government...Are we as humans expected to follow our government even if it's rules and regulations are twisted and corrupted?
â?˘Lastly, in response to the tainting of one's body...Alcohol and cannabis have two extremely different effects. Alcohol hinders one's control of their physical and emotional reactions which results in an alteration of one's perspective. Similar to the perspective alteration caused through the usage of cannabis. HOWEVER, apart from the effects of cannabis, it changes one's normal style of judgment and can cause complete loss of consciousness whereas cannabis merely changes the perspective that one uses their normally permanent style of judgment and conscious physical reactions.

So, I'd like to hear your thoughts and points as to whether the recreational use of cannabis is moral or immoral according to the teachings of the Christian Bible.

I'm still searching for raw facts, stories, or commandments pertaining to the usage of hemp/cannabis in the bible

Thanks for taking the time to read this guys, I really want to have a hardcore in depth discussion about this with any learned individuals on this site!

Happy Posting, and any arguments are welcome, just keep it clean

SunnyD
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