TerryP
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If that's how you choose to view the service, it's not for you. God same, "come as you are." Not, come to this place because it's ordained with a lot of gold and other stuff. Which, is how I view a lot of different churches.
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TerryP
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The byline of the first article; "for some users..."Another in-depth article (along with a companion personal experiences article) on the dangers of today's marijuana, this time from the New York Times. Free links below.
As America’s Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms
The drug, legal in much of the country, is widely seen as nonaddictive and safe. For some users, these assumptions are dangerously wrong.www.nytimes.com
‘It Took Over Everything’: Stories of Marijuana’s Little-Known Risks
A growing number of marijuana users in the U.S. are experiencing severe health problems like these.
No doubt. This is true. I don't have any problems admitting I smoke; in moderation. And by that, I mean "two or three hits and I'm done...as is anyone."
The first paragraph of that article talks of kids being treated because they are smoking all day, every day. Moderation for one...but again, I don't believe a kid needs to be smoking just like they don't need to be drinking.
In the second article they start with 10's of millions smoke and don't have issues. Then, there's this subsection that has problems. NO SHIT! That happens with EVERYTHING!
Again. I know I'm breaking the law. And again, I know I'm helping cancer and Parkinson's patients by sharing...while having a little fun.
I do not sell. I don't share with kids. I don't share with most adults; unless they are sick.
There are other ways these articles could have been framed. IE: A couple of times a week I'll sit with a friend, smoke a bowl, and we'll play chess for a few hours. OR, I'll smoke a little and devour a book. I LOVE getting high and reading!
But then again, I may be an exception to the rule. My retention is still really high and you'd think it would be the opposite.
TerryP
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I don't know if this is a joke, or not.After yesterday, I wish I could participate in the Noble weed to chill some
One of the largest labs/dispensary's in MS is Noble Labs.
Then we have B Noble (Bernard Noble) and his story...
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XXL TideFan
No sir, it’s not for me.
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XXL TideFan
I will admit that it helped greatly with nausea, pain, depression during my 8 months of chemo. I judge it to have medicinal properties and do not care what bug eyed teetotalers think or say. I confess it when it’s time for my confession. I’m at peace with my decisions and my understanding of God’s laws. From a religious standpoint it could be considered sinful only because of the illegality of it but that can be argued that man is interfering for political purposes. It’s a wash.
This is my first hand experience and I’m right, for me. Should you be helping a sick person then you are doing God’s work regardless of the bullshit war on drugs.
TerryP
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I understand. I have a hard time attending a church with piano and organ music singing hymns. I could go through a list of things about churches that's "not for me."
There's a reason there's more than one church. The way you approach God, and the way I do, doesn't have to be the same.
24and7
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It was a joke.. but when I retire no more drug testing threats
…some friends say its great for autoimmune pain..
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XXL TideFan
We are a musical instrument free zone.
TerryP
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Which could be argued as anti-Biblical.We are a musical instrument free zone.
TerryP
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I've seen that.It was a joke.. but when I retire no more drug testing threats
It's about like BP medicine with the docs try to figure out what works. There are a lot of strains which affect everyone differently. I've seen good results out of liquid THC. It tastes like ... ugghh. But, it works and works quickly. "Eye dropper" under the tongue...
TerryP
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I don't know if I would go that far.
I do know that I'll stand in front of a judge, or God, and tell them why.
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XXL TideFan
Haaaahaaaahaaaa. No.Which could be argued as anti-Biblical.
TerryP
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Might want to read the Bible... Let's start with Saul, and the harp David played. Or, rejoicing with symbols mentioned in...Psalms, I think?
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XXL TideFan
Musical instruments were not a part of Christian worship until after the Great Schism of 1054. Until then it was too closely tied to pagan worship. I would need to research instruments in temple worship since you pulled from that era.
“It was perhaps as late as the tenth century when the organ was played as part of the service. This makes instrumental music one of the late innovations of the medieval Catholic church.
TheBible.net › cja14-7”
TerryP
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How are they writing about using musical instruments in the Bible before that, if they didn't exist until then? We're talking BC here.
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Didn’t say they didn’t exist. Said they were not a part of Christian worship until RC introduced them. The Church was basically clandestine during its formative years. I suppose being persecuted by Jew & Roman alike that both used musical instruments could lead to associating musical worship as something associated with pagans.
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I can’t find a prohibition against them. It’s just not something that the early church did that was introduced by the RC and adopted by the rest of the protestants after Luther did his thing.Terry, your theological framework needs work. “Buh, buh, but they did it in the Old Test, so it must be good for us, right!”
TerryP
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No. Not at all. The suggestion was "we don't do music" is what intrigued me. The "anti-Biblical" thing was sarcasm. You didn't see that? Come on.Terry, your theological framework needs work. “Buh, buh, but they did it in the Old Test, so it must be good for us, right!”
I know I established the larger point in this thread.
TerryP
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Larger point left out. "Come as you are" being the key.
I really don't care if a church plays an organ, or doesn't play anything at all. I don't have to go there.
Let me throw this out there. There's nothing better than a good, old fashioned, Sunday picnic at a Southern Baptist Church. The hour leading up to it I find excruciating.
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