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| I am a catholic. I smoke marijuana. Should I feel ashamed? Is my religion really against it? I'll bet it is because our bodies are sacred and all that, but am I deliberately disobeying my faith by smoking marijuana? How about other major religions?
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| Your faith is your own. Don't let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn't believe. If you feel ashamed for smoking, find out why and resolve the issue. If you don't, then just keep on lighting up. Your beliefs are personal, let it stay that way. But to answer your question, I don't think christianity or catholicism has anything against marijuana. Indeed, I've heard that there are positive biblical reference to it. |
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| Is it possible to get a fair answer to the question "is smoking marijuana against my religion"? It is illegal, therefore it will be taboo within most religions just because of the illegality of it. I think the question would be a more honest one for religions if it were legal. If it were legal, churches would have no excuses for it being 'against' a religion. I don't know much about the reasons for religions making marijuana taboo, I'm just assuming it all stems from the fact that it is illegal. I think the only time a person should feel shame is when they have caused harm in any way to another being.
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| Major religions... That is an interesting concept. I have to agree with poTCat on this one, your beliefs are your own, they spring from within. You can't just believe the things that others tell you, you have to know for yourself. If you feel that it is wrong as Mama pointed out, then it is wrong, but she beggs you to ask the question, why do you feel it is wrong? Does your consience tell you that it is wrong, and for what reason, because it is pleasurable, and that surely must be sin, or because it is illegal (as SueTaz pointed out), and in your belief system, all laws stem from God's will? Your inner feelings are able to guide you through this dilema better than any dogma from any religious standpoint. God created marijuana, from a biblical standpoint it is as perfect as the rest of creation. My opinion, it has brought me to understand the spirit of the Christ, so I consider it sacrement, and the laws against it I consider to be of evil nature. Take that for what it is worth, it is merely my opinion...
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| The matter of Medical Marijuana use has been discussed often in my religion, I am a Jew. One outcome is that not only is it acceptable, if it is required to save a life and to ease pain and suffering. This of course is not the law of the land, and we are told by our sages, since we are strangers in a strange land, to respect the law of the land we find ourselves in -- but as a question of Faith, the use of Med MJ is clear. Hugz, Mama Budz | |
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| from what i understand it's more of the aspect that the majority of catholic people are against it and not the actual religion. don't let any set of rules get in the way of your feelings and morals about things. you are what you are and just because you devote yourself to a religion (which don't get me wrong, i think is a good thing) you shouldn't adopt those exact laws and fit them into your lifestyle. just do what you do to make you happy, and if something's not making you happy, then don't do it. just do what you feel is right. |
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| I talked to my priest yesterday, and he said that since there is no law in the bible, nor in catholicism it is not a sin. cool huh? |
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| Most major religions have nothing against weed, actually. The only reason it seems like they do is because alot of religious people are really conservative, for one reason or another, and alot of conservatives have something against anything that's fun. Anyway...why would god really care? As long as you're still a good person, why does it matter?
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