What does the Bible say about Cannabis?

[james bond]

There is no definitive answer in the Bible. I have read that they're against it for legal reasons as it's still illegal under federal jurisdiction. However, more states have legalized it for not just medical use, but for recreation, as well. Thus, the stewards of the Bible states the negative impact it has on physical health. I can't agree with this. Alcohol abuse is worse in my opinion then marijuana abuse. In moderation, it is okay. However, I draw the line with teens, younger kids, infants and fetuses being exposed to it as studies have shown it affects negatively affects their brain and health just like alcohol.

They even have new age progressive weed nuns ha ha...

 

[PeteC-UK]

Hi Folks..

James; Hmm - I could have a lot to say about this having both smoked hash my entire adult life and also known Christ intimately for my entire adult life also..- but unfortunately forum rules disallow such open discussion... I will say here though - make of it what you will - but it was indeed a PLANT and its "fruit" that gave mankind the "knowldege of all good and evil"

 

[Nietzsche]

There is no definitive answer in the Bible. I have read that they're against it for legal reasons as it's still illegal under federal jurisdiction. However, more states have legalized it for not just medical use, but for recreation, as well. Thus, the stewards of the Bible states the negative impact it has on physical health. I can't agree with this. Alcohol abuse is worse in my opinion then marijuana abuse. In moderation, it is okay. However, I draw the line with teens, younger kids, infants and fetuses being exposed to it as studies have shown it affects negatively affects their brain and health just like alcohol.

They even have new age progressive weed nuns ha ha...

Please be so kind as to link us to these studies, so we know you didn't pull them straight from your ***.

 

[wizanda]

There is no definitive answer in the Bible.

Actually that is wrong, in Exodus 30:23-24 the holy anointing oil is made with cannabis (Kaneh-bosem).... Yeshua and his disciples healed with this oil (Mark 6:13 & James 5:14).

There are verses saying, 'tho my lungs be full of smoke, i do not distort the law', and contrary to it, 'kings and princes should not drink, least they distort the law.'

So personally would say that prophets, Christ's, etc all had cannabis on a regular basis, and used it to heal; our modern day church rejects it, not the Bible.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Cannabis by itself is probably not mentioned, but I suspect in the Bible drugs may fall under the category of 'Sorcery' when used certain ways. These are the dangers of canabis really: that you can use them against people to get them into bad situations, entrap them. They're used for that frequently. That remains a serious practical issue in modern times as it was in the past for various drugs. Paraphrasing things I perceive in the Bible laws: "Don't make decisions and covenants when you are drugged." "Don't make deals with drugged people." "Don't drug people to get them to do things and don't use drugs to force people to have sex." While 'Cannabis' may not be specifically prohibited its not the substance that matters but the abuse of people that matters and which constitutes a moral crime. Related to that you should protect yourself from being a victim of such a crime.

 

[PeteC-UK]

Hi Folks...

One rather obvious point - suprised nobody mentions it yet - but MOSES - goes off up a mountain alone -encounters a BURNING BUSH - that allows him to have direct communion with his god

Obvious allegory really - I tell you from the direct experiences - sounds to me like Moses got stoned on good weed on that mountain top and had a direct spiritual experience - happens to many of us

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

I would say it would fall under a general theme of "use, but don't abuse".

 

[james bond]

Please be so kind as to link us to these studies, so we know you didn't pull them straight from your ***.

Not my arse, but the stewards.

This is what they said:
"In instances where recreational marijuana use is legal, there are still two primary issues that should keep people from using it. The first is the impact marijuana has on physical health. A recent study by the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that even casual marijuana use changes the brain and can lead to mental illness (see USA Today and Journal of Neuroscience). The fact that children are being hospitalized due to accidental marijuana exposure also demonstrates the health risks: MedicalDaily.com."

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/15/marijuana-brain-changes/7749309/

Journal of Neuroscience
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/16/5529.abstract

MedicalDaily.com
http://www.medicaldaily.com/legaliz...ends-2-year-old-girl-hospital-colorado-266338

EDIT: "The second reason to avoid recreational marijuana use is the fact that marijuana is addictive (see Psychology Today and Brown.edu). "

Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/almost-addicted/201311/is-marijuana-addictive

Brown.edu
https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/h...ion/alcohol-other-drugs-other-drugs/marijuana

 

[PeteC-UK]

Hi Folks....

Well speaking as an adult hash smoker with over 36 years continous daily use and knowing of course many many people with a similar lifestyle ( far more common than you may suppose) - I could tell you from direct experience that most of that "info" is entirely false and misleading - but however as said, I know Iam already forbidden from sharing my experience, so I guess you will just have to believe the hype as they say....

 

[columbus]

Clearly I am no expert. But I thought cannabis a New World plant, like maize. No?
Tom

 

[rosends]

Actually that is wrong, in Exodus 30:23-24 the holy anointing oil is made with cannabis (Kaneh-bosem).... Yeshua and his disciples healed with this oil (Mark 6:13 & James 5:14).

There are verses saying, 'tho my lungs be full of smoke, i do not distort the law', and contrary to it, 'kings and princes should not drink, least they distort the law.'

So personally would say that prophets, Christ's, etc all had cannabis on a regular basis, and used it to heal; our modern day church rejects it, not the Bible.

Actually, the oil, infused with spices (b'samim) has in it (among other things)
"kinman besem" (fragrant cinnamon)
and
"kanei vosem" (fragrant cane)

Which one fits in with the etymology? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_cannabis#Word_history

 

[Nietzsche]

Clearly I am no expert. But I thought cannabis a New World plant, like maize. No?
Tom

It is.

Scratch that. Was wrong. Central & South Asia. Still a good margin out of the Nazarene's area of operations.

 

[viole]

There is no definitive answer in the Bible. I have read that they're against it for legal reasons as it's still illegal under federal jurisdiction. However, more states have legalized it for not just medical use, but for recreation, as well. Thus, the stewards of the Bible states the negative impact it has on physical health. I can't agree with this. Alcohol abuse is worse in my opinion then marijuana abuse. In moderation, it is okay. However, I draw the line with teens, younger kids, infants and fetuses being exposed to it as studies have shown it affects negatively affects their brain and health just like alcohol.

They even have new age progressive weed nuns ha ha...

I would not expect the Bible saying anything about substances that were not present at the geographical location and at the time of its authors.

Ciao

- viole

 

[Reggie Miller]

Who cares? Why is it important as to what the Bible says about Cannabis?

 

[Tumah]

Clearly I am no expert. But I thought cannabis a New World plant, like maize. No?
Tom

I don't think so.

 

[wizanda]

Which one fits in with the etymology?

The one with THC in it, as it causes all the healing plants in the anointing oil to become a compound...It is amazing chemistry for its time.

The Biblical Roots of Jews and Marijuana
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/1.562450

 

[rosends]

The one with THC in it, as it causes all the healing plants in the anointing oil to become a compound...It is amazing chemistry for its time.

The Biblical Roots of Jews and Marijuana
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/1.562450

So you support your contention by citing an article which summarizes the claim that "kaneh bosem" (sic, despite the transliteration error) might possibly mean the same thing. There is no proof proffered, no link provided. If you are going to hang your hat on a similarity of sound, regardless of anything else, then there is a whole wide world of goofy conclusions for you to draw.

 

[savagewind]

So you support your contention by citing an article which summarizes the claim that "kaneh bosem" (sic, despite the transliteration error) might possibly mean the same thing. There is no proof proffered, no link provided. If you are going to hang your hat on a similarity of sound, regardless of anything else, then there is a whole wide world of goofy conclusions for you to draw.

You might make this into a poem.

 

[PeteC-UK]

Hi Folks..

Cannabis grows naturally ANYWHERE where there is sunlight and water Folks...lol....it is WEED after all and is very easy to cultivate apart from very cold conditions

It has been grown used and documented the world over right back from ancient history....Here, in this particular land area of the bible, it was the Sythes - around 1000BC - nomads travelling from what is now eastern Europe and Russia - they are recorded as using hash in a bath or steam room type of setting - vaposise the bud ont eh hot coals and lay back enjoy the fumes...

By the time the bible narrative is in its hayday, ROME is going around conquering everywhere and hash is widely recorded by the Roman historians and is a common feature of the entire middle eastern in region every culture....Even specific cultures that centre on hash itself - namely the "hashasins" - a notorious sect of mercenary killer elite who became very cult like and eventually gave rise to a secret sect of actual "assasins", the word derives directly from these people... Hash has always been around through out Asia the middle east and Europe, its many and varied uses well documented....The famous Zoroaster is documented as using cannabis for spiritual revelation..

As said though this is not the only or earliest instance of its use.. Way way back in China 6000BC they used cannabis for a variety of things, medicine among them, and in India it is described in the ancient sacred text Atharva veda where cannabis is described as "sacred grass" one of five plants specifically named s wholly beneficial...Indeed hash is still to this day used as an offering there to Shiva and the tradition is as old as the Vedas themselves - way way WAY before the bible Just as an fyi - it was the Spaniards who took it to America when they conquered the natives there 16th century and so hash became a global commodity for a long long while...Its only these confused modern societies that have any problems with it... -

 

[savagewind]

Hi Folks..

Cannabis grows naturally ANYWHERE where there is sunlight and water Folks...lol....it is WEED after all and is very easy to cultivate apart from very cold conditions

You seem to know. Do you know if just plain cold makes it better, worse, or the same?