- Feb 9, 2001
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Aqil, it's interesting that you shared this today. Just yesterday I responded to a thread titled, "Legalizing Marijuana" (I believe that was the title) and I asked several questions.
For example, I asked what would the benefits be for legalizing marijuana and who would stand to gain and who would stand to lose if it was? I also asked, what is the difference between alcohol and tobacco and marijuana? Why is the consumption of alcohol and tobacco permitted and not marijuana?
I had no idea that marijuana use could not only be found in the Bible, but condoned by Jesus. Interestingly, and I had forgotten this, other ancient cultures in Africa and Asia, and in America among Native Americans (what was America called before it was allegedly "discovered" by Europeans?) did use herbs in spiritual rituals and for medicinal purposes, but not for recreation. Or did they? The Aborigines did also during spiritual rituals did they not?
So I'm really curious now. Why and when did using marijuana become illegal? Members of the medical field and the FDA are releasing reports all the time about the dangerous affects of using marijuana. Is that all a scam to keep it from being legalized so that only certain people can benefit by controlling the supply and the price? What about wine? I know that's in the Bible but what does it say about wine? Was wine drinking condoned by Jesus?
If the use of marijuana can be traced back to so many ancient cultures AND even be found in the Bible, with so many nations of people claiming to be "religious", what happened to turn them or their governments away from scripture and cultural rituals? So now that we're so-called "civilized" it's okay to drink and possibly kill people when you drive, and smoke, possibly killing yourself and others exposed to it second-hand?
Maybe my questions don't belong here at this forum. They can be moved elsewhere to a more appropriate place if that's the case.
For example, I asked what would the benefits be for legalizing marijuana and who would stand to gain and who would stand to lose if it was? I also asked, what is the difference between alcohol and tobacco and marijuana? Why is the consumption of alcohol and tobacco permitted and not marijuana?
I had no idea that marijuana use could not only be found in the Bible, but condoned by Jesus. Interestingly, and I had forgotten this, other ancient cultures in Africa and Asia, and in America among Native Americans (what was America called before it was allegedly "discovered" by Europeans?) did use herbs in spiritual rituals and for medicinal purposes, but not for recreation. Or did they? The Aborigines did also during spiritual rituals did they not?
So I'm really curious now. Why and when did using marijuana become illegal? Members of the medical field and the FDA are releasing reports all the time about the dangerous affects of using marijuana. Is that all a scam to keep it from being legalized so that only certain people can benefit by controlling the supply and the price? What about wine? I know that's in the Bible but what does it say about wine? Was wine drinking condoned by Jesus?
If the use of marijuana can be traced back to so many ancient cultures AND even be found in the Bible, with so many nations of people claiming to be "religious", what happened to turn them or their governments away from scripture and cultural rituals? So now that we're so-called "civilized" it's okay to drink and possibly kill people when you drive, and smoke, possibly killing yourself and others exposed to it second-hand?
Maybe my questions don't belong here at this forum. They can be moved elsewhere to a more appropriate place if that's the case.