Quote Originally Posted by Euphoric
wow that is a thought provoking question. i'd have to say yes, theres got to be a direct connection between theologies that encourage exploitation of natural resources and the real life effect we see in the form of animal cruelty, pollution and deforestation. "theyre only here for us to consume or use however we like, it says it in the bible"

and yea the christian US seems to be successful in manipulating the whole world (for example their drug policies..christian based)
americas' drug policies are not christian based, that just goes to show me how ignorant you are on the topic of christianity...

there are plenty references in the bible to the strong wine of the old testament portraying it in a good manner! there are a few that encourage you not to become drunks and let it fill your lives, but those verses are just for your won good!

even the herb that has broughten us all together is mentioned in the bible and god calls it holy! if you read exodus you will see that god commands moses to make a "holy" annointing oil made with cassia, myrh, cinnamin, cannabis (9 pounds of the flowering tops!), and olive oil a hin...

he tells moses to annoint all the kings and qeens and priests with it along with arron and his sons, he said that it is for the generations to come, in fact it is well documented that the use of the holy annointing oil had a large up rising during the time christ walked the earth...

there are other references of cannabis (known as kaneh, kannebos, or kaneh-bosm in the original hebrew texts) where god was furious when no "kaneh" was brought to his temple and then he filled the tents with smoke!

rastafarianism is based off of christianity and they smoke ganja 24/7:rasta: