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there was a show on TV about desires/ lust about a year ago... they asked five scientists, doctors, psychiatrists and similar what drug they would legalize if they had to pick one, and if they would ban nay existinh legal one
ALL of them said they would ban alcohol
one said she would legalize benzodiazepins (uhm, pharmacy drugs like Vival) the others said they would legalize cannabis
ALL of them said they would ban alcohol
one said she would legalize benzodiazepins (uhm, pharmacy drugs like Vival) the others said they would legalize cannabis
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No, I don't think it should be legalized. If it were, I wouldn't use it either even if I were in excruciating pain or suffering. I rarely drink alcohol - only the occasional bit during a social meet (dinner party, etc.). Boy, I'm sounding old... dinner parties... lol
I think whether it is alcohol or marijuana or other drugs, your inhibitions are lowered and judgment is also muddled to an extent. That opens us up for attack by Satan or his minions. For alcohol, if I even feel a bit of a buzz, I stop but I usually don't get to that point. I don't even like the taste of alcohol.
I think whether it is alcohol or marijuana or other drugs, your inhibitions are lowered and judgment is also muddled to an extent. That opens us up for attack by Satan or his minions. For alcohol, if I even feel a bit of a buzz, I stop but I usually don't get to that point. I don't even like the taste of alcohol.
We are supposed to imitate Christs morals, service, and love for each other. That doesn't mean that we walk everywhere we go, wear sandals, never cut our hair, and lay on our sides when we eat. Those things are unimportant. It's the spirituality that we are striving for. But who's to say that smoking one marijuana joint twice a month while relaxing in the living room is any worse than watching a football game on sunday when we could be in church, or out evangelizing? Or having 6 pairs of new shoes in the closet, when our neighbor has none? Or offering only words of encouragement and advice to a family member who really needs our financial help? Or having our heart filled with hatred for someone who has wronged us? Or being filled with anger when someone cuts us off on the freeway? Christ said, "He who is without sin, be the first to throw a stone".
As I have stated before, I do not believe that a spiritually mature Christian should smoke. However, that is a decision that each individual has to make for themselves. But the drug war in this country is hideous. The cure is much worse than the disease.
As I have stated before, I do not believe that a spiritually mature Christian should smoke. However, that is a decision that each individual has to make for themselves. But the drug war in this country is hideous. The cure is much worse than the disease.
I think he is referring to distillation Greatkraw, which wasn't discovered until around 1500. The distillation process does enhance the alcohol content. However, the fermentation process produces enough alcohol to get drunk. In fact, the lower acohol levels for them would have been the same as our higher levels are for us. Let me explain.
Our bodies produce an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, (AD), which detoxifies the alcohol we consume. It is the amounts of AD in our body, along with how much we have had to eat, that determines our vulnerability to getting drunk. Our size has nothing to do with it, that is a myth. Food in our stomach to dilute the alcohol is important because alcohol is one of just a few things that are absorbed directly from the stomach into our blood, most foods waiting till the intestines for absorbtion. The point is that the body responds to alcohol by producing AD. In the beginning, there is little to none, that why we get so drunk the first time we drink. Through time, our bodies slowly increases it's ability to produce AD. That is why people who have been drinking for years can drink more without getting drunk. The reduced amounts of AD in those people of Jesus' time (because it's production would not be stimulated as greatly), would mean that they would be just as able to get drunk on the lesser amounts of alcohol content, as we are. It is all relative!
Our bodies produce an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, (AD), which detoxifies the alcohol we consume. It is the amounts of AD in our body, along with how much we have had to eat, that determines our vulnerability to getting drunk. Our size has nothing to do with it, that is a myth. Food in our stomach to dilute the alcohol is important because alcohol is one of just a few things that are absorbed directly from the stomach into our blood, most foods waiting till the intestines for absorbtion. The point is that the body responds to alcohol by producing AD. In the beginning, there is little to none, that why we get so drunk the first time we drink. Through time, our bodies slowly increases it's ability to produce AD. That is why people who have been drinking for years can drink more without getting drunk. The reduced amounts of AD in those people of Jesus' time (because it's production would not be stimulated as greatly), would mean that they would be just as able to get drunk on the lesser amounts of alcohol content, as we are. It is all relative!
Here is another Bible verse to ponder. Jesus is speaking:
Luke 7: 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." '
There is no way any honest person can interpret this passage without seeing that Jesus admits to drinking fermented wine. If He did it, there is no way that it is a sin!!
Luke 7: 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." '
There is no way any honest person can interpret this passage without seeing that Jesus admits to drinking fermented wine. If He did it, there is no way that it is a sin!!