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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: What's the purpose of smoking marijuana for Recreation?
« Reply #270 on: December 01, 2022, 09:31:52 AM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on December 01, 2022, 09:10:09 AM
    At Medjugorje (if it is to be believed), it was the youths smoking cigarettes, not Our Lady.

    It's a hard thing to imagine, but if smoking a single cigarette (as opposed to yielding to temptation to habit which could be dangerous to one's health, and often is) is no sin, then if they had existed in Palestine in the first century, then I can't exclude the possibility that she might have done it to help with digestion (and it does), similar to how one might have a cup of coffee.  Tobacco is an herb of the earth that can have medicinal uses, again, digestion, calming of nerves, and so on.  I am forced to eschew tobacco (at least until my Medicare kicks in three years from now) to remain in compliance with my health insurance (they impose a $200/month surcharge for smokers), but I can't condemn occasional usage of it as a sin.

    When I was working, the surcharge was $50/month, which I was willing to pay, but not $200.  I received my first Social Security payment last month, and even with that, my pension, and my 401(k), money is tight and I wouldn't even be able to afford the $50, let alone the $200. 

    Good, I don’t believe it’s necessarily sinful either. I thought that you were suggesting that Our Lady would’ve engaged in such a practice as a habit. I’m happy to see that you weren’t alluding to that.
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    Offline BernardoGui

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    Re: What's the purpose of smoking marijuana for Recreation?
    « Reply #271 on: December 01, 2022, 10:06:52 AM »
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    • something that's rarely spoken about or considered regarding marijuana or other mind altering substances
    are the vast criminal enterprises that make these habits possible. Although marijuana has been legalized in many
    states within the last couple years most users still obtain it through illegal means because it is cheaper. 
    By purchasing drugs one becomes the reason why cartels and gangs exist. Imagine all the violence and misery 
    that's involved to get those substances in your body. Literally entire countries have been taken over by incredibly brutal drug syndicates. 
    I recall watching a docuмentary about El Salvador and how nearly every male over the age of 10 is an MS13 member. It was insane. All because of the insatiable appetites Americans have for drugs. 


    On another note, nobody who is a meth, fentanyl, or heroin addict isn't also a cigarette and marijuana smoker. 
    You don't just jump into heroin or meth without starting with the other two.
    So, I believe indulging in all these things is clearly a sin. St. Paul says that no drunkard shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven
    for the simple reason that when your life revolves around a particular vice it becomes your god. You can't serve two masters. 
    You are also contributing to the destruction of society because drugs fund so much wickedness. 
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    Offline Mithrandylan

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    Re: What's the purpose of smoking marijuana for Recreation?
    « Reply #272 on: December 01, 2022, 11:11:17 AM »
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    • Pius X was a smoker. And God himself appeared to St Paul whilst he was on the way to murder some more Christians. Seems like a profoundly ignorant and superstitious thing to maintain, that smokers are ineligible for apparitions.

    ETA: Medjugorgie is bunk, but the seers being smokers has nothing at all to do with it being bunk. 
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    Re: What's the purpose of smoking marijuana for Recreation?
    « Reply #273 on: December 01, 2022, 11:56:34 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mithrandylan on December 01, 2022, 11:11:17 AM
    Pius X was a smoker. And God himself appeared to St Paul whilst he was on the way to murder some more Christians. Seems like a profoundly ignorant and superstitious thing to maintain, that smokers are ineligible for apparitions.

    ETA: Medjugorgie is bunk, but the seers being smokers has nothing at all to do with it being bunk.

    Yeah, so this reminds me of that one lady seer +Fellay was into, that she was "exposed" because two priests went to her apartment unannounced and found her in jeans, smoking, and watching TV.  IMO, if you're home alone, I don't see a problem with jeans (what if she were running around in her pajamas), nor a huge problem with smoking, and the TV would depend on what she was watching I guess.  There are bigger reasons to reject her "revelations" as bunk.
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