Is it wrong for a Christian to Smoke Weed.

[Apocalypze83]

Hey everybody im 18 and have been smoking for a little less than a year. I was just wondering do you guys think that its wrong to smoke weed and be a christian. I grew up around the whole religious stuff, private school, chruch ect. and did not like it at all so many fake people and boringness. But at this point in my life i truly believe that there is a God just not sure what to believe or even know if we can know anything about this being. But so far from things ive reasearched and experienced i think the Christian God makes the most sense to me. I read this http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/565840 and though it had some good points but idk didnt convince me at all that its completley wrong. 1. Does it glorify him not really but does it really disapoint God too. Does sitting watching tv glorify god no but it doesnt hurt anything either 2. Yes when your on cannibis your a little less in control but as long as your doing cannibis in consideration and not doing before work school and interfering with your responsibilities then your still practicing good self control i think. 3. Cannibis has never made me do anything i really didnt want to do (unlike alcohol) i can pretty much control myself only think i cant is control laughing my euphoria and sometimes the muchies but even then i can control those now. So again i dont think its a problem. 4 Question 4 brings me back to the same point its not neccisarily glorifying but doest not glorify i think. As for the damage to your body yes it is hurting your lungs but isnt eating fatty foods hurting us too why is it not a prioity to completley stop eating all body harming foods I think because its a pleasure in life that God wants us to enjoy but he still wants us to practice self control so basically dont do it all the time. If your not abusing it and not pushing others to smoke then why should it hurt others. Others may be influenced to do it by seeing you and maybe they dont have the self control to handle it but thats when you should step in and tell them cannibis isnt for them. And for the last question well yes i could live without it...but i could live without alot of things i could go live on the bare minimum not have t.v guitars so many useless things but i think again that God placed some pleasures to enjoy (within reason of corase) on this earth and that there is nothing wrong with that. So any Christians on RIU who can help me. Basically im asking this because I truly believe that there is a God and am trying to figure out how to fill this emptiness in my life. Post anything please, it doesnt matter to me im probably wrong anyway and i apologize for any spelling grammatic and many other errors sorry (Oh but dont post any hater shit have a point and some logic behind your statement please ty)

 

[PeachOibleBoiblePeach#1]

No I don't think it's bad for you to smoke weed and still be a christian. Your young and you have been raised to belive or trained to belive that it is bad. I'm not going to trash you at all, although I quit religion in my elementary years cause I felt it was BS, well I have done a lot of stuff and I do belive in god and Jesus, after my judgement day, which took place on a puddle of acid and 2 Hits of the god's of Love and destruction! I had a major insight and took the appropriate steps to better myself. It worked! Weed is like anything else it can help you or destroy you,,,Only cause it's illegal,To me weed is illegal cause it helps you see the Truth behind all the lies, That is something They don't want you to see, Less power for them If that makes any sence at all? I don't belive in organized Religon it's a scam to me but do what you wan't and feel right about, Don't let them tell you different. We are all individuals and have our own morals. Just know right from wrong, To me that's good and evil, Weed is not evil. Hope that helps if not Good luck to you.

 

[Boneman]

No .... drive on brother

 

[Tizzle312]

yes it is wrong! a christian should never EVER smoke weed because it is evil and u will go to hell for it

 

[PeachOibleBoiblePeach#1]

yes it is wrong! a christian should never EVER smoke weed because it is evil and u will go to hell for it

Hey man, Dont't be like that, No Haters, What's your experience for that reply? I know your just being a wise ass, but if you read what he said explain yourself.

 

[hom36rown]

Yup its wrong, just like wearing a condom.

 

[Tizzle312]

Hey man, Dont't be like that, No Haters, What's your experience for that reply? I know your just being a wise ass, but if you read what he said explain yourself.

your right i apologize for being a wise ass that was uncalled for
but i couldnt resist my self i mean he asked "is it wrong for a Christian to smoke weed?"
anyone with common sense knows that no one can answer that question but your self and ur personal beliefs
its like the same thing as a jewish person asking you "is it wrong that i believe in jesus?"

 

[PeachOibleBoiblePeach#1]

your right i apologize for being a wise ass that was uncalled for
but i couldnt resist my self i mean he asked "is it wrong for a Christian to smoke weed?"
anyone with common sense knows that no one can answer that question but your self and ur personal beliefs
its like the same thing as a jewish person asking you "is it wrong that i believe in jesus?"

I hear ya Man, I undrestand but the way I'm thinking if you can get the people that don't think like the radicals on BOTH sides to come up with the right conclusions your doing the right thing, smoking killer weed is worth the fight, Even convincing one can convince others in his situation which may benifit us all in the long run I'm going to smoke and Jam on my guitar now I don't even know if this makes any sence

 

[FebreezeIt]

Absolutely not. I have asked Jesus to guide me in my life and have accepted him. Cannabis is his creation, satan cannot create he can only destroy. Now when you smoke you should allow yourself to be overcome with the scope and power of his love and creation. I've asked this question myself many times. Drugs as a whole Jesus doesn't approve of, but cannabis is obviously different. It says in the bible, "To you I have given every herb bearing seed of its kind" and many others suggest his true view of the magnificent plant. He is all knowing and he knows the wonders his creation can do for the people of this world. I believe he intended us to use it and to give glory to him in the process. For example, when you watch your plant grow you must understand the process in which it was created. Many people never care to look and learn how plants are living beings. I believe when you learn this and experience growing it yourself you are giving glory to God. He almost assuredly never intended it to be a stumbling block between a relationship with him, this much I'm convinced. If you listen to pastors and preachers, the message can get distorted kinda like playing telephone. I don't believe jesus smoked pot but he probably wore clothes made out of it. The nets his disiples used to fish were most likely made out of it. My friend you can smoke cannabis and love jesus at the same time. If you are going to be a disiple of christ you need to show others how christians are logical, rational people. If people see christians as trying to condemm a plant in accordance with ignorant political policy, then that person will have difficulty coming to know Jesus. Stoners for Christ UNITE!!!

 

[DownOnWax]

God made Dirt and Dirt Don't hurt.

Actually it helps my pot plants grow

 

[CrackerJax]

Well, certainly the founding fathers of christianity were TRIPPIN'...so yes fire one up.

out.

 

[trapper]

i think it is in romans 13 were jesus says that the laws of the government are laws to be followed,something about it is god who chooses the rulers,and he says another time about give to ceaser what is ceasers,i cant explain it right now because im in a lot of pain.when i was on the trapline one winter for got to bring anything to read,so i read the bible about 3 times.some parts 10 times.but only you know because religion i cant figure out.

 

[Bookworm]

Yup its wrong, just like wearing a condom.

I lawled.

+rep

 

[stonerman]

It wasnt god who made marijuana illegal, if god was the creator of man kind, that means he also created marijuana plants lol, happy toking

 

[Cannabolic]

Hey everybody im 18 and have been smoking for a little less than a year. I was just wondering do you guys think that its wrong to smoke weed and be a christian. I grew up around the whole religious stuff, private school, chruch ect. and did not like it at all so many fake people and boringness. But at this point in my life i truly believe that there is a God just not sure what to believe or even know if we can know anything about this being. But so far from things ive reasearched and experienced i think the Christian God makes the most sense to me. I read this http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/565840 and though it had some good points but idk didnt convince me at all that its completley wrong. 1. Does it glorify him not really but does it really disapoint God too. Does sitting watching tv glorify god no but it doesnt hurt anything either 2. Yes when your on cannibis your a little less in control but as long as your doing cannibis in consideration and not doing before work school and interfering with your responsibilities then your still practicing good self control i think. 3. Cannibis has never made me do anything i really didnt want to do (unlike alcohol) i can pretty much control myself only think i cant is control laughing my euphoria and sometimes the muchies but even then i can control those now. So again i dont think its a problem. 4 Question 4 brings me back to the same point its not neccisarily glorifying but doest not glorify i think. As for the damage to your body yes it is hurting your lungs but isnt eating fatty foods hurting us too why is it not a prioity to completley stop eating all body harming foods I think because its a pleasure in life that God wants us to enjoy but he still wants us to practice self control so basically dont do it all the time. If your not abusing it and not pushing others to smoke then why should it hurt others. Others may be influenced to do it by seeing you and maybe they dont have the self control to handle it but thats when you should step in and tell them cannibis isnt for them. And for the last question well yes i could live without it...but i could live without alot of things i could go live on the bare minimum not have t.v guitars so many useless things but i think again that God placed some pleasures to enjoy (within reason of corase) on this earth and that there is nothing wrong with that. So any Christians on RIU who can help me. Basically im asking this because I truly believe that there is a God and am trying to figure out how to fill this emptiness in my life. Post anything please, it doesnt matter to me im probably wrong anyway and i apologize for any spelling grammatic and many other errors sorry (Oh but dont post any hater shit have a point and some logic behind your statement please ty)

hey, im glad you asked, and actually most Christians who start smokin' ask this question. i have a thread that i made a while ago. I'll put it on this reply so u could see.

wuddup all its cannabolic. alot of ppl fight over the issue that marijuana and and/or alcohol is against God, The Bible, and the teachings of Jesus Christ. I have argued this for the past 2 years. I have argued with preists,biblical researchers, college students who are studying to become pastors. and i've come up with my own strong arguement and belief in hopes to enlighten. my argument is this: that in christianity, whe are allowed touse alcohol and marijuana and other earthly herbs, but not abusing our right to do so. Please I ask everyone in our cannabis community and give me as much feedback as possible. thank you.

GENESIS THEORY

i will start with the beginning. in the book of Genesis. it talks of god creating the earth and everything that is put on the earth is in his image.crazy enough they talk about herbs in the first couple of pages of the bible. for thoes who don't kno or remember ill resite chapters1:11-12 and 29

"and god said, ""let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed in itself,, upon the earth and it was so."(GENESIS 1:11) here god summons the grass, herbs and fruits and veggies as an image of himself.

"and the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw it was GOOD ."(GENESIS !:12)the earth grows the grass,and herbs and likes what he sees

and God said, Behold, I have given you EVERY herb bearing seed,which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed:to you it shall be for meat."(GENESIS 1:29) god says he has given the herbs and fruits as nurishment.

that being said everyone knows marijuana is an herb right? so why would god place things on earth as our (meat) if it was intended to harm us? secondly he said after he created the grass and the herbs and the fruit that IT WAS GOOD.
the biggest part of the Genesis Theory is that some ppl say that the garden of Eden's tree of knowledge of good and evil is related to the herb that we smoke today.BUT! how could that be if creating the earth and the grass and the herbs came prior to the creation of the garden of eden?.

"and the lord god commanded the man, saying of EVERY tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat." (GENESIS 2:16-17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" basicly adam could eat freely except the tree of knowledge. and no one has ever died from smokin bud so therefor weed can't be the tree of knowledge that the bible is talking about.

as far as drugs goes, the only drug ever mentioned in the bible is liquor.

"Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more." (Prov 31:6-7)

meaning its ok to drink. and forget your troubles. but no to the point were you are abusing it. Also, reguardless. wine is an alcohol, which is a drug. yet jesus shares it amongst his friends durring the last supper. hmmmmm.

aparently there is a gray area in the bible when it comes to drinking and/or smoking. in fact it dossent seem that in the biblical times they had a problem with marijuana at all. Jesus actually even associated in bud smokers

"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man." (Matt 15:11)
meaning its not what you do that makes you trash, its what you say that defines who you are
infact NO ONE has had a problem with marijuana up until Oct 2, 1937 marijuana tax stamp act.
which is in my still living grandmonther's lifetime.

I'm not going to go into the history of the marijuana prohibition. but i will say that its part of the reason why religion and state are in a twine. for a little over 80 years ppl have been saying marijuana is bad and people tend to try to relate the law to the bible. which is commonly tangled because the standard laws of the bible, are the same laws that are in our law books. so people figure they are simular, so they must be the same.


I have read the bible through and through and i can't find anything saying reefa is bad. although the only slight attack towards bud is "the body is his temple thing. but like always i have a case for that aswell.


(1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Do you not know that

you are the temple of God and that the

Spirit of God dwells in you? {17} If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy

him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are​

obveously talking drugs and abusing your body is a no-no. however its not just that its, over eating, sleeping around, anything harmful to your body. but if they ment to exclude ALL drugs then they wouldn't of ever drank wine.
also smoking or drinking where it controls your everyday life is also bad.
that being said its all about how you use your herb or booze. if your habbit is starting to take over your life and its doing harm to yourself, friends family etc, then its against the bible, and the teachings of jesus christ. but as long as you treat your body with respect and not hurting anyone, then your not going against the rules. SMOKING AND DRINKING IS OK PPL!!! and i hope i cleared it up for alot of ppl because i know it was bothering me my whole life. thanks again for reading and plz i need all the comments i can get. thanks again​

 

[Sedition]

Depends. Is smoking cannabis legal where you live? If not, you are breaking the law. Pretty sure that's frowned upon by Christians, i.e sinning.

 

[CanadianCoyote]

I don't think so! I'm not a Christian, but I know plenty of Christians who smoke and are okay with it. It's more a governmental/societal taboo than it is a religious issue... and in this case, Christians should be grateful for the separation of church and state. Smoke on, lil' buddy!!

 

[Mcgician]

Interesting topic. It's a great question, and should generate a cornucopia of reactions.

Obviously, I can't speak for God, and I'm a Christian, but IMO, I don't believe that the actual act of smoking it is in itself a sin. What might more be frowned on as "sinful" or "disappointing" are things like not living up to one's potential, or just being lazy as a result of it.

I've had so many different scenarios in smoking it, it'd be hard for me to pinpoint the good and bad times for doing so, in that each situation is/was always different.

The introspection, the altered state of mind, relaxing feeling, and the different view of reality it gives can sometimes be really enlightening, and other times, a complete waste of time. IMO, it's all what you do with it, not the act itself. I feel that so long as you remain focused on your goals and give them your best effort, there is nothing wrong with it. He put it here, and so many good things are products of its creation/use, I'd have a hard time arguing that it was an unglorified act all by itself.

 

[airman]

Maybe it's wrong for Catholics, but not your everyday Christian Folk. That's just my opinion though.

 

[Mcgician]

Maybe it's wrong for Catholics, but not your everyday Christian Folk. That's just my opinion though.

Care to explain why? Opinions are welcome and abundant here, but it'd be nice to hear the logic behind the statement.