Is it wrong for a Christian to smoke weed?

[jamie26301]

You said you've tried it once and maybe you didn't smoke enough of it but it didn't do much except you felt a bit relaxed.

Thank you. I appreciate that you accurately repeated my words this time. That was really honest of you.

Trying it once, having a toke or two or three does not put you in a position of understanding of it's effects. You are still ignorant and talking from second hand information.

You are right that only doing it once doesn't give you a full view of what it can do to YOUR body. As we use a substance more and more, we feel different things.

What I mean is that hearing other people tell their experiences is not second-hand information. I'm am getting first-hand information on what the experience is like from people who have done it. Here:

firsthand
adjective \ˈfərst-ˈhand\ : coming directly from actually experiencing or seeing something

And the people who have smoked it are first-hand sources, because they directly experienced it. I'M not a first-hand source, no. But just because I haven't done something doesn't mean I can't talk to people who have, and to see the varying effects.

 

[breno785au]

I'm pretty sure my original reply to you was in mind that you had tried it once; I just looked back and saw where you may have thought I didn't recognise that. I said '...since have never smoked it as a lifestyle...' I didn't mean for it to seem I twisted your words.
I suggest you try it as a lifestyle choice and then perhaps you may have a different opinion because it is something you have to experience and feel the effects for yourself, it's not something you learn from others. You can gain some understanding, but the effects on the brain I believe it effects everyone the same. Some people may try to act and speak as if their sober but you can always see it in their eyes, even if they have applied eye drops

 

[jamie26301]

I'm pretty sure my original reply to you was in mind that you had tried it once; I just looked back and saw where you may have thought I didn't recognise that. I said '...since have never smoked it as a lifestyle...' I didn't mean for it to seem I twisted your words.

Oh I'm sorry. It appears I didn't comprehend YOUR words correctly. Please forgive me.

I suggest you try it as a lifestyle choice and then perhaps you may have a different opinion because it is something you have to experience and feel the effects for yourself, it's not something you learn from others. You can gain some understanding, but the effects on the brain I believe it effects everyone the same. Some people may try to act and speak as if their sober but you can always see it in their eyes, even if they have applied eye drops

You know, that's not really a bad idea, but it's not worth risking prison time to me. You're right that it would give me some more understanding, and who knows, maybe then I would be dead set against it.

I watched a educational program on people with bipolar. I have that. And there was this one guy, who was hospitalized FOUR times in one year for mania - and he had smoked pot immediately prior to each episode. One of the doctors said it was poison to someone who has manic-depression. But I once friended a bipolar page on Facebook, and there's a number of people with bipolar that weed actually helps them with their mood. So yeah - not the same for everyone.

Look, I am not denying that it can totally ruin lives. But just like alcohol, I believe it depends on the person - I COULD be wrong, I'm willing to admit that... but I don't THINK I am. Not everyone who drinks alcohol gets flat drunk, vomiting the next morning. It doesn't ruin everyone's lives. Some people have control, and some don't. I drink sometimes. Though while I was on Lutuda, because of the prescription warnings, I didn't drink one drop (unless you count the occasional Communion.) I have that restraint, that control. I don't NEED alcohol, because I never drank it often enough and in high enough amounts for my body to become dependent on it. I believe the same principal applies to weed. You don't build a dependency on it if you don't smoke it enough.

You mention about the effects being the same on everyone. You know, a high fat meal has the same effects on EVERYONE biologically, in the body's response to it (if I'm remembering correctly). But not everyone will have the same long-term effects of that meal, because other factors come into play: activity level, heredity, overall diet, environmental stresses, etc. So yeah, maybe weed does the same thing to everyone, but I don't think that means everyone will suffer the same effects.

Have a good day.