And we can't legalize pot -- just think, it might lead to Tom Petty songs playing at teen "masses"!

 :bob-marley:

Now you got the "free falling" song in my head...thaks Matthew.... :shocked:

The Bible says it is OK-- if you will read the passage, it says  that God places a high value on the green herbs. He makes no mention of the brown herbs.

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And we can't legalize pot -- just think, it might lead to Tom Petty songs playing at teen "masses"!

 :bob-marley:

Now you got the "free falling" song in my head...thaks Matthew.... :shocked:

I was thinking "You don't know how it feels" -- the one with the lyric:

"Let's get...to the point... let's roll... another joint"

Another song of his is "Last dance with Mary Jane"

It seems like his songs are either about pot, or they mention pot.

One song I kind of like -- for the melody and beat -- is "crawling back to you". It doesn't mention pot, but the lyrics don't exactly make a ton of sense, so it was probably composed under the influence.

I think Vlad needs to read the Bible verse again. I am not sure if he is quoting me or the Bible but the latter cleary states the plaural herbs. There is no green herb that can be condenmned acc to the Roman Catholic Bible.

We all know what the Brown herb is Eliz but nice try.

There are of course exceptions to every rule and today there are some case where I suspect MK in notorious potheads like Woody Harrelsom. But for the most part MJ was strictly prohibited to slaves.

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with smoking marijuana if it can be used properly.

I've seen people who let it control their and all they want to do is smoke all day and be lazy. That is why I despise the so-called "stoner culture".

But, smoking marijuana to relieve stress and using it moderately with self-control is perfectly fine, in my opinion. It's actually less harmful than alcohol from what I've read.

I realize that my experience growing up has colored my perspective irretrievably.  As I said, both of my parents, and their friends, and many of my friends and relatives on both sides of the family have or are continuing to smoke pot.  No, most of them didn't go the way my parent's did.  There's more to it than that.  For me, the substance is always going to be associated with really negative aspects relating to basically being a poorly functioning, self-absorbed, infantile member of society.  I haven't seen any indication that it does anything positive for anyone.

There are millions of things a person can do to relax without imbibing a mood-altering substance.  And I also say this admittedly, being married to someone who is addicted to his nightly beer and daily cigarettes.  

The main thing I keep coming back to ... is that we're supposed to be turning to Jesus for everything.  The good and the bad. We're not supposed to be zoning out as a way of escaping and dealing with stress.

We all have stress and troubles .. no one is free from it .. but when you read the lives of the saints what you learn is that they were completely devoted to prayer and accepting everything as Divine Providence.  

We're supposed to learn not to be dependent on anything or anyone but Christ.