How about wine? Tobacco? Marijuana? Viagra?
2006-08-15 07:41:38 · 29 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
chocolate is good, give some to your dog!
2006-08-15 07:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by admyr75 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Chocolate is bad for dogs - don't give him any. All right then, moving right along - the cocaine is not natural by itself, only the leaves of the plant it is made from. Marijuana and tobacco are both natural substances, so I don't think there would be anything wrong in God's eyes with those. Viagra is a synthetic drug so it does not qualify as being given by God, either. Only tobacco and marijuana.
2006-08-15 14:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Okkieneko 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wine people learned to make from grapes...tobacco and marijuana Nature provided, and Viagra was researched and developed by humans for humans...
No gods needed...which is kewl, since it's VERY likely that none exist...and if there were any kind of higher power/entity, there's no reason they should be the slightest bit interested in the doings of humans...that would be like us spending a lot of time studying ants...
2006-08-15 14:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mmmmkay, you're missing the point a bit. Coca is natural. Chewing coca leaves doesn't have nearly the abuse potential as using cocaine, a manmade derivative of a natural plant. As far as Viagra, it was a diabetes medicine with unexpected benefits. Use with caution.
Wine is an old standby--use it in moderation, and it's not too bad (though it makes me sick with my acid reflux and susceptibility to migraines, so I almost never drink that sh!t.) Tobacco has been developed to be strong, yet mild in flavor, so you can smoke and smoke and smoke...and take in a blumillion additives that come in your cigs (and there are even some in loose tobacco, and don't forget agricultural chemicals.) Pot...I don't use it. I don't want to. It can be helpful, but should be used in moderation for its palliative effects and avoided by stoners who just want to get high. People who use these substances don't automatically have self-control, so "good"/"bad" isn't as important as controlling your self-destructive tendencies and making sure the benefits of these substances don't get outweighed by their possible horrible side effects.
2006-08-15 14:53:10 · answer #4 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cocaine was fine until it was made into a powder, tobacco is fine when smoked naturally before the companies and government get their hands on it, and there really isn't anything wrong with marijuana.
2006-08-15 14:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by evillyn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God didn't give us cocaine; he gave us the coca plant. He didn't give us any of the things we manufactured for ourselves, though he did allow us to discover those things. That includes medicines and all types of drugs.
It's not the object that's sinful, it's what we do with it.
And wine can't be evil if Jesus turned water into wine, now can it.
2006-08-15 14:49:55 · answer #6 · answered by Lawn Jockey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He said that all was good when He created the earth. Anything can be abused. I think chocolate is great but if I eat too much of it I will gain a lot of weight. I think sex is great but rapists distort it and make it ugly.
Even Jesus drank wine. It's what there was to drink back then.
2006-08-15 14:48:43 · answer #7 · answered by Seeking answers in Him 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
god didn't give us cocaine, cocaine was manufactured by us the humans. The only thing the bible talks about is wine. which yes it is good. Viagra is man made. all the plant substances were manufactured by us.
2006-08-15 14:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by th1gurl23 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Meats for the belly and the belly for meats. Are you just trying to stir up trouble? God gave us free will and wisdom. We are ever learning, but not coming to a knowledge of truth. We can choose to walk after the flesh or after the spirit. Your arms are too short to box with God. Most atheists are just pouting about a conflict they had that caused them to lose faith. This often begins in childhood with some type of loss or maybe even an abuse by someone in the church. These people (like you) remain stagnant and don't mature spritually. They stay immersed in their pain because they don't know enough to know that God is a healer. So they bluster and try to get believers all riled up.
Shakespear said the fault lies not within the stars, but within ourselves. Ditto for non believers. The fault lies not with God, but within yourself. He is loving merciful and faultless. You're salty with God. Still, in his mercy every day he allows you to live is another chance for reconciliation. Try it. Just talk to him. He is not impressed by your disrespect and neither am I.
2006-08-15 14:54:12 · answer #9 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the coca plant is great it actually kills hunger, I think you are thinking it is the same as tobacco or marijuana when in reality it is very different, you need to actually produce it using not only the plant as a base but many non natural chemicals.
2006-08-15 14:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by malisimo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Coca plant is Native to South America.
It was there long before Christians got to South America.
So, a better question is, "When the Gods gave us cocaine, did they say that it was good?"
And the answer would be... yes.
Though, I'm not a druggie.
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-08-15 14:46:33 · answer #11 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋