How do you feel about drugs ??? purgatory????

Question

seriously.. i don't want any joke answers.. how do you peopel really feel about drugs ???? do you feel it is right or wrong ??? reasons??? have you ever tried drugs or been tempted too ???

What about purgatory ???? do you have any thoughts or feelings??? r u afriad or no ??? reasons ??


xoxo
Lollie

ps remeber i don't want any crappy joke answers.. i want insight


what are other issues that frighten you?

Answer 1

I think marijuana should be legalized immediately. As for other harder drugs, I'm not one to make a decision on it. I think if all drugs were legal, or at least The United States would stop the "War on Drugs," we wouldn't have people in jail spending tax dollars for smoking a joint.

I've always been confused on purgatory. I think Catholics are the only ones who really believe in it. I suppose it could exist, but I don't think it is a "place." Maybe it's spirits? You know, like the ghosts and spirits that are said to roam the earth. Maybe that is their purgatory? Really, I don't buy into it, but who am I to judge what someone else believes? Either way, I'm not afraid of it.

My debt frightens me. Also the War on Terror is frightening. It's scary to see how many tax dollars (and imaginary funds) are spent over absolutely nothing at all. I wonder what it is like to have trillions of dollars to blow? If someone would just pass me $30 grand, I'd be out of debt from college and wouldn't have to worry for a while.

Answer 2

I assume that you are referring to _recreational_ drugs, not antibiotics and the like.

A certain fraction of the population will destroy their lives with drugs (which includes alcohol). That fraction, though, changes little - or not at all - regardless of whether or not the drugs are legal or illegal. Consider that for centuries opium, marijuana, peyote, psilocybin, coca, and many other drugs were legal. A certain fraction of society destroyed their lives with them, the rest - the great majority - didn't.

Nothing has changed. Jailing people for recreational drug use only fills our prisons and forces the release of more dangerous inmates.

Probably the most dangerous recreational drug of all is alcohol and the least dangerous is marijuana. The drug with the greatest toxicological safety factor (lethal dose relative to active dose) is - believe it or not - LSD (source: the Merck Index). Psilocybin is also high on the physical toxicity safety ladder as well.

I feel that our resources would be far better spent working with those who have drug problems rather than punishing those who don't. Also, the quickest way to get organized crime out of the drug business is to take away the profit. We saw what prohibition did for organized crime.

Legalize and regulate.



Uh... purgatory, huh? I was never a Catholic, so when I was young purgatory was a funny, made up thing that other people believed in for reasons that made no sense to me.

Since that time I have also come to believe that there is neither heaven nor hell as well. I believe that when our time here is done, we return to the creator. Hitler was received just as openly as you or I will be.

For love, there simply is no other option.

Answer 3

"ps remeber[sic] i[sic] don't want any crappy joke answers.. i[sic] want insight"
Please REMEMBER - spellchecker is your friend.

"what are other issues that frighten you?"
I am scared of no man and very few women.
Gods and Ghosties, Hells, Heavens and Purgatories don't exist so they don't scare me.

ALL Drugs should be legalised and Controlled and Taxed by government like Alcohol and Tobacco.
It would wipe out the cartels, halve prison populations, halve police forces, halve insurance premiums, halve corruption at ALL levels, halve the wasted money on an un-winnable war, etc, etc.

Sure there'll be some collateral damage but there would have been in any case.
I wouldn't be running off to stick a pick in my arm, or snort a line from my coffee table.

Just think - the druggies are winning the war on drugs.
This just proves the druggies are smarter than DEA.

The money saved could be spent in Education and Rehabilitation.
By education I don’t mean “say no”, I mean teaching children about self-esteem and how to have a good one – that takes more than one lesson and it should entail a lesson a day or at least an hour a week for all children from 5 > 18.
AND no god stuff – that only breeds FEAR and guilt.
No one can grow through FEAR and guilt.

Mmm. This sounds very unattractive - better to keep all the hypocrisy and corruption going - it's much healthier for our society, isn't it?
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Answer 4

wow sounds like you're trying to think of the big picture. rather then what realigon has feed you.

The truth is even if there is a god odds are he wants you to be happy and be kind to others. if you deep down feel that experimenting with drugs, which is not a bad thing at all, wil amke you happy you should.

hears a few easy tips that will set you on the right path.

always know you're limit. just like eating to much food, saying the right thing at the right time and in genral knowing when enoughs enough. other wise your life will be compulsion not control.

never ever do any off these drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine, or any drug related to them. they are mental chemical **** ups. they are not natural to your body and so mess up brain chemistry turning you physically and mentaly ,100% of the time, in a bad kind of way.

marijuana is actually better for you then, caffiane, alchool, cigerettes, and any gum that contains aspertame.
because your brain actually has the CB1 cannibinoid receptor in your brain that naturally excepts THC(what gets you high) and does not mess with any other part of you brain like the other drugs i mentioned. caffine and alchool actually mess with dopamine in your brain which can be dmaged permently among othe things in your brain. dopamine regulates happieness, motor function and cognition.
marijuana also has almost no side effects other then temporary short term memory lossif done hibittually.
remember control not compulsion.

mushrooms are actually a drug people have been taking ever since history began some of the oldest cave paintings in the world have mushrooms drawn on them. they also helped greek philosophers invent democracy. they will open your mind to all spectums of thought. IT's really deep stuff so make sure you read everything you can about them erowid.org is a good place to go.

I hope my information helps you make educated discions in your life! PEACE

Answer 5

I believe that everyone should try something at least once...I'm not saying you should go out doing everything you've never done in one night...But you shouldn't say somethings bad if you've never done it.Drugs aren't the best thing in the world,but you shouldn't look down on someone for using them.So I don't think drugs are bad...And I can't be tempted if I know I don't want to do something...
I believe you believe what ever you want too...Purgatory for many people is something made up...I myself don't have a religion and choose not to choose one until I'm older and can understand things better...But in truth I believe in Purgatory...And why be afraid of something like that...

Answer 6

I think drugs are foolish, most of the time. That doesn't mean that I haven't been tempted to try them, but the fact that they can do so much harm is all the reason I need to refrain from doing so. I don't believe that drugs (or most other things) have an inherent moral quality; I believe that, like most things, they can be helpful or harmful. I do believe that marijuana should be legalized for personal use, just as alcohol is; however, I definitely believe that laws regarding DUI/DWI should be stringently enforced, and that anybody who violates those laws poses a huge threat to others.

I don't believe in purgatory, so I have no comment on the subject.

Answer 7

Purgatory is simply the place where already saved souls are cleansed of the temporal effects of sin before they are allowed to see the holy face of Almighty God. Revelation 21:27 tells us that "...nothing unclean will enter [Heaven]."

That there are temporal effects of sin is obvious when one considers that even those who have been baptized, who have a deep and intimate relationshp with Jesus, who are the "elect" or "the saved/being saved," or what have you, are subject to pain, work, death and sickness.


Purgatory is His way of ensuring that Revelation 21:27 is true and that nothing unclean will see Heaven. It is only through Christ's sacrifice that we are shown this mercy! It is Christ and Christ alone Who allows us access to the Father.


It's isn't in the Bible, but neither are the words "Trinity," "abortion," "lesbianism," and "cloning" (or "Rapture," for that matter), and it doesn't matter whether you call the process of purgation "purgatory" or the "Final Theosis": the concept of a "final cleansing" or "purgation" for those who require it is very evident in the Bible, in the writings of the early Church Fathers, and in the Old Testament religion whence Christianity sprang.

Daniel 12:2, Matthew 12:32, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 12:14, Hebrews 12:22-23, 1 Peter 4:6 and Revelation 21:10, 27 all speak of Purgatory in their telling of the need for purification, prayers for the dead, Christ's preaching to the dead, or how nothing unclean will see God.


Archaeology also indicates the antiquity of the Christian belief in Purgatory/the Final Theosis: the tombs of the ancient Christians were inscribed with words of petition for peace and for rest, and at the anniversaries of deaths, the faithful gathered at the graves of the departed to make intercession for those who'd gone before.

Orthodox Jewish practices, which branched off from the Old Testament religion, to this day reflect belief in this "place" of final purification which they call Gehenom: when an Orthodox Jewish person dies, a ritual called the taharah is performed by the "Chevra kaddisha -- gmilat khessed shel emet," the "Holy Society" or "Burial Society" of Jews knowledgeable in these traditional duties. They cleanse and prepare the physical body and recite the required prayers (Chevra Kadisha) which ask God for forgiveness for any sins the departed may have committed, and beg Him to guard and grant eternal peace to the departed. For eleven months after the death of a loved one certain members of the family pray a prayer called the Mourner's Qaddish (or Kaddish) for their loved one's purification.

Jews, Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox have always proclaimed the reality of the final purification for those who need it. It was not until the Protestant Reformers came in the 1500s that any Christians denied the idea of a final purgation before seeing the face of God.

Answer 8

Drugs kill brain cells and you don't get to choose which ones die. Unfortunately, the ones that die are the ones that are most used. Humans only use about 8% of their brain. The dying cells come out of the 8% not the 92%.

Purgatory is a ski resort in south west Colorado. That's the only one that exists.

If the Catholic purgatory existed, then it would take away from what Jesus did on the cross. Remember, the last thing He said, "It is finished."

2 Tim 1:7
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Answer 9

I feel that SOME drugs can be fine if used judiciously. Inasmuch as ALL drugs can become addicting (including alcohol) they must be used with abstemious caution.

Purgatory ought to have a question all its own, but since you coupled them here together, I don't believe it exists, but then I don't believe heaven or hell exist either.

Answer 10

Dear Lollie, I think that you must mean drug abuse. Drugs in themselves are very useful in helping one to overcome an illness or pain. To misuse drugs could have a terrifying or fatal outcome, so stay away.
Purgatory, in my opinion is an old fashioned way of frightening gullible people into leading a good life.
Relax and enjoy your life, find good friends to share it with.
Best wishes, John