[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

Re: Marijuana is God's Gift to Christianity!

whats wrong with you guys it clearly says in the bible to be nice to everyone even ones enemy, be nice guys lol why so much hate, we need to unite not drive each other away.

Where does the Bible say to be nice? It says to love your enemies as well as your friends in Matthew 5

43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Does love include tolerating sin? Of course not. Look at what Jesus is quoting.
Leviticus 19:17-18 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Love includes telling people when they are doing wrong things like drugs.

[Tom Bob]

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Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

It says it right there, be nice to one another and quit tryin to judge for we are all sinners, peace and love brothers and sisters

[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

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Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

To whom is Paul writing in the Epistle to the Ephesians?
That would be fellow believers, hippie.

Jesus says essentially the same thing while speaking with His disciples in John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Sure we are to be sweet and kind to one another, but at the same time we are to forcefully preach the Word as Brother Jedediah pointed out with 2 Timothy.

[Tom Bob]

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exactly if not better than what i was trying to say, but on most of the stuff i wasn't regarding scripture, i was regarding your guys responses. And calling my hippie and cheech and a bunch of names has nothing to do with scripture does it either? no it doesn't its just your guys immaturity.

[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

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exactly if not better than what i was trying to say, but on most of the stuff i wasn't regarding scripture, i was regarding your guys responses. And calling my hippie and cheech and a bunch of names has nothing to do with scripture does it either? no it doesn't its just your guys immaturity.

No, it's you walking into a thread about the maryjane and suddenly caring about it, while claiming you don't use it.

No one is buying your story, cheech.

[Jedediah]

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Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

It says it right there, be nice to one another and quit tryin to judge for we are all sinners, peace and love brothers and sisters

In these verses, we are beseeched by Paul to be kind, forgiving, and tenderhearted toward one another - not to unsaved trash - that is, toward our Brothers and Sisters in Christ. This is so as not to sow discord among Christian brethren, in accordance with Proverbs 6 (particularly verses 14 and 19).

But are we brothers with those who reject Christ's kind offer of Redemption? No. The Holy Bible tells us that True Christians™ are children of God (John 1:12, I John 3:2, Romans 8:14, etc.) while unsaved trash are children of the devil (John 8:44, I John 3:8, etc.). Can the children of God be considered to be brethren of the children of satan?

Further, your vain assertions that we are all sinners and that it is not our place to judge righteous judgment flies in the face of the verses of Scripture I have posted for your edification previously. Would you like for me to repeat myself, or can you be bothered to re-read the Spirit-guided knowledge I have already posted for you this evening?

[Tom Bob]

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no its supporting the facts, you can argue facts all day long but beliefs is a different ballpark, and you still wont address the fact that your immature and cant hold a argument to save your life lol but its fine it doesnt really matter, what matters is that we can all live in peace

[Jedediah]

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no its supporting the facts, you can argue facts all day long but beliefs is a different ballpark, and you still wont address the fact that your immature and cant hold a argument to save your life lol but its fine it doesnt really matter, what matters is that we can all live in peace

Son, the marihuana is clearly affecting your motor skills. I hope you do not plan on operating any heavy machinery in the next 24 hours. If I knew where you lived, I would be notifying the authorities to be on high alert for impaired motorists throughout the night.

I can hardly decipher any meaning from your unpunctuated string of words. When you sober up, please try again. I would like to know what semblance of a point you are trying to make.

We're here to help, son. If you need to check yourself into rehab, we have some good Christian organizations that can help you out.

[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

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no its supporting the facts, you can argue facts all day long but beliefs is a different ballpark, and you still wont address the fact that your immature and cant hold a argument to save your life lol but its fine it doesnt really matter, what matters is that we can all live in peace

Sure, go puff your cheeb and leave here thinking that Jesus is all peace and rainbows.

You won't even address the scriptures that Brother Jedediah so meticulously gathered for you. You just want to stomp your feet, plug your ears and scream, "LALALALALALALALA Jesus Loves the Little Children..."

I have news for you, pal. Jesus is going to return and He is going to kill a lot of people! I pray you and your dope smoking pals aren't on the tracks when the Locomotive Jesus comes through.

Ezekiel 9:2-7 2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7And he said unto them, Defile the house (alternately temple), and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

[Tom Bob]

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And another thing is you have no idea who i am, so calling someone unsaved trash over the internet is not only low but hilarious lol

[Jedediah]

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And another thing is you have no idea who i am, so calling someone unsaved trash over the internet is not only low but hilarious lol

We don't know you personally, but your depraved words tell us all that we need to know about you and your narcotics abuse.

Luke 6:43-45
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

[Tom Bob]

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well i did tell you now for the 5th time that i dont smoke marijuana weather you want to accept the truth, which btw you guys dont like doing, or not is up to you

Apparently im the only grown up on this site so im just gonna leave. Have fun with being a supposed true Christan lol

[Jedediah]

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well i did tell you now for the 5th time that i dont smoke marijuana weather you want to accept the truth, which btw you guys dont like doing, or not is up to you

You're right, son. We don't like abusing God's temple with dangerous narcotics. I also note that you are unable to back up any of the vain assertions you have made with regard to God's Word. Perhaps when you sober up, you can review the Scripture I have provided for your edification.

If you decide that you do indeed care about the welfare of your eternal soul, please come back and tell us about your plan to overcome the demons of narcotics abuse. We know counselors in almost every state and can refer you to someone to help you in your time of need.

My family and I will be praying for you.

[Capt. Aaron Portway]

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You're right, son. We don't like abusing God's temple with dangerous narcotics. I also note that you are unable to back up any of the vain assertions you have made with regard to God's Word. Perhaps when you sober up, you can review the Scripture I have provided for your edification.

If you decide that you do indeed care about the welfare of your eternal soul, please come back and tell us about your plan to overcome the demons of narcotics abuse. We know counselors in almost every state and can refer you to someone to help you in your time of need.

My family and I will be praying for you.

It's pointless trying to talk sense into drug addicts like this one Brother, their brains are like lumps of rotten cheese. Sad really, I doubt if even God himself could make Tom Bob see the errors of his drug addled ways. I'm kind of surprised Jesus bothered to lead him to us, being that he was so far gone and all. The mercy and love our sweet Lord has for the dregs of society never ceases to amaze me! Glory!

[Absurdist]

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Two years ago I was smoking cannabis almost all day, every day. Then one day I had what is called an 'acute psychotic episode' and had to be hospitalised. (I say one day but the whole thing lasted more than a month.)
Basically what this means is that I lost touch with reality. I started hearing and seeing things that weren't real, believing that people were out to get me and that I had to protect myself, and talking in an almost incomprehensible way to the people around me. I also acted in a very irrational way.
The doctors said that this was almost definitely caused by my drug abuse. Thanks to the doctors' help and the fact that I haven't smoked since, the damage to my brain has been repaired.
I have come to understand the chemistry and biology behind what happened to me but I would also be interested in a biblical interpretation, if anyone here has one.
i.e. Did I allow the devil to harm me or was god punishing me for my sinful behaviour? or something else?