Religion Has Done More Bad Than Good

Brazko

Brazko

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So Art Thou Wiser? Please Share...:-P, Or Wait a Minute does that Mean You will be Professing Ur Wisdom, making You da' Fool, Or Iz One A fool Who DAres Not Profess their Wisdom, Or Wisdom is A Fools Tool, Or Should A Fool Never Be Taken 4 WisDom Or, Fools Are No longer, Once Wisdom has Shown, OR is Wisdom Shown No Longer 2 the Fool, Or , FooL tis Is Wisdom. R :lol:

:peace:


smokeitalldaylong said:
sup wit tis

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Brazko

Brazko

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See, You going About it All Wrong, That's Not Supposed to B Science,. that My friend is the REal Deal.. 100%Weird Science, Come On Man!!! You Gotta think, OutSide the Box, Looking From Inside the Box, Without REalizing that You Are the Box...:roll: :lol:
 
CrackerJax

CrackerJax

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Heh... okay,... my bad. I just can't tell anymore which nutty stuff ppl take seriously anymore...

booga boogedy boo...
 
Brazko

Brazko

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Hey, 2 catch You UP, I was replying to a Drive By POster, I believe it was Two of them, Officer Sir, and I sware I don't Know which way they Went..., Promise :roll:

I thought there Might B Some Confusion its all Good..., The Spirituality, Philosophy, SexYTime Forum is getting Creepy :-?, I'm going to Hang Out in Newbie Central :mrgreen:
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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doobnVA said:
The "drug war" isn't really a war, but the motivation behind it IS money. And ironically, the majority of "Christians" support the drug war.
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That's probably true of most uninformed people, but there are religious leaders leading the fight to pass medical marijuana law in Illinois.

Thanks God we have religious freedom in this country, and there's nothing the communists and the progressives can do about it.

Medical marijuana: Religious leaders ask Illinois lawmakers to allow medical marijuana use: 'Medical marijuana is an issue of mercy and compassion,' one religious leader said
Chicago Tribune - April 29, 2009
[SIZE=+1]Manya A. Brachear, Tribune reporter[/SIZE]

More than 60 religious leaders in Illinois are calling on state senators this week to pass a bill that would allow patients to use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation and without criminal consequences.

"Medical marijuana is an issue of mercy and compassion," said Rev. Bill Pyatt of the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. "We pray that the Illinois legislature will have the compassion to stop this war on patients."
Many religious leaders also hope the discussion about easing restrictions on marijuana use will widen the conversation about treating illegal drug use as a public health issue instead of a crime.
Religious proponents of the Senate bill, which is expected to be decided before Thursday, say although medical marijuana use and decriminalization of drug use are related, they are separate issues.
Several studies suggest that marijuana can mitigate nausea, pain and anxiety for patients with illnesses such as HIV, cancer, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. Theological arguments are based on these findings.
"Jesus lived his life healing those where he could," said Rev. Al Sharp, executive director of Chicago-based Protestants for the Common Good. "This is entirely consistent with that."
Denominations that officially support medical marijuana include the United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), Union for Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalist Association, Episcopal Church, and United Church of Christ.
If passed, the legislation would create a three-year pilot program allowing the state Department of Public Health to give registry identification cards to people with doctors' recommendations for cannabis. Eligible patients would be entitled to seven dried cannabis plants and 2 ounces of dried usable cannabis.
Illinois State Police oppose the bill, saying there is no way to measure impairment for enforcement of DUI laws, and calling marijuana a gateway drug.
For decades, the "holy war on drugs" has focused less on law enforcement and more on providing havens and recovery.
"There are a lot of folks who are looking at re-entry of folks coming out of prison," Sharp said. "We need to look at it from the front end called 'no entry.' It is very repressive drug laws putting people in prison who should have other alternatives."
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It's the liberals who are trying to block the bill. Please inform yourself before speaking next time, please.
 
doobnVA

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Green Cross said:
It's the liberals who are trying to block the bill. Please inform yourself before speaking next time, please.
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I think you can take your own advice, there.

The bill (sponsored by democrats) was passed by committee (with a democratic majority).
 
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Green Cross said:
It's the liberals who are trying to block the bill. Please inform yourself before speaking next time, please.
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Sir, the little man operating your brain must have vacated the premisis LONG AGO!

It is conservatives who started the disinformation campaign in the beginning, you'd think someone on a Marijuana forum would know that by this point, especially someone with as many posts as you have. Remember, the whole hemp industry taking over the paper industry thing...

It's conservatives who keep it illegal through further disinformation because the majority of the population is afraid of the projected consequences of legalizing a ''drug'' no more harmful and much less addicting than alcohol. Did I mention weed's never killed anyone?

Reagan was a conservative. Drug war?

Bush sr. was a conservative.

...funny how drugs weren't much of an issue when Clinton... a liberal, was president..

Bush jr. was a conservative.


I have yet to see you give good advice or correctly respond to anything at RIU GC.

You just wait till I get elite, you're gonna be earnin' those rep points buddy. :twisted:
 
CrackerJax

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Well to be fair, weed has been outlawed for a long time now and every party in the end treats it the same.... a tool of division which garnishes lots of votes. A political foil used by both parties, sometimes bordering on shameful parody with the sheer lack of evidence of exactly why it remains illegal.

It's a vote getter and until we can make it a vote loser, nothing will change. Not on the Federal level.

We need a tipping point.

I propose to adopt the "Al Queda/Hamas approach (know thine enemies :wink:)

Every now and again on this forum, some babe in the woods finally decides to take his plant outside and show everybody. See??!! It won't hurt you!! it's harmless, it's just a plant!! See??!! It's all quite funny, and these ppl are never heard from again. :lol:

But fear not my green bud friends... I have a plan. Let's develop a thread to attract just those types of people.... oh let's just call them naive.... liberal... take ur pick (I couldn't resist :mrgreen:).

Let's attract them, wind them up and send them out there with a plant in their hands and bud filled pockets..... one of them is bound to get the attention... some will fall, but in the end a cascade effect will overwhelm the populace, and finally the politicians will recognize that anti-weed is a vote loser.

The martyrs will be freed, the ppl will dance.....
 
Mauihund

Mauihund

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I think religion has done a lot of bad and good. How can anyone quantify that question? How should someone measure good or bad?
 
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PadawanBater

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Mauihund said:
I think religion has done a lot of bad and good. How can anyone quantify that question? How should someone measure good or bad?
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Look at it subjectively.

Do you think we would be more advanced and better off without the existence of religion, or do you think without religion the world would go to hell and chaos?
 
Mauihund

Mauihund

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PadawanBater said:
Look at it subjectively.

Do you think we would be more advanced and better off without the existence of religion, or do you think without religion the world would go to hell and chaos?
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There should be more options. We aren't taking about a black and white issue. "Better off" meaning.......what? You don't really know that life would be better off without religion, because you've never experienced it. Almost everyone you meet has some sort of religious conviction, and tries to live by a higher standard. Even criminals live by a very defined set of rules within their own community.

I am thoroughly backed tonight. Good night, ya'all.
 
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