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Originally Posted by graciegirl
My response to you was not that I thought you needed religion JoeRocker. just that some, MANY find it a comfort. No one I know or have known in my life has used religion to kill others.
As I have said, my faith in God is missing at times, but others find their faith to be a comfort. I have never said anything scathing about pot users, just wonder how so many law abiding citizens obtain it.
I have enough problems with getting through life without mind altering drugs.
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And my point was that people don't "need" religion. People find comfort in all kinds of things. Their spouse, their children, their dog, a round of golf, a drink, and yes, even a few puffs of marijuana.
What I don't like is people who think THEY have all the answers when they don't. If you've never tried/experienced something, you can't possibly have an opinion. You're a victim of hearsay. You're parroting someone else's opinion.
Perhaps we're told NOT to do the things that bring us the most happiness. Something to think about. Governments want you dependent and afraid so we have a perceived need for them and their control over us.
People are still killing in the name of their religion. You may not know them personally, but it's happening.
Perhaps your moments of "missing faith" are really your moments of clarity? Why is religion accepted as comforting and yet other equally comforting things are taboo?
How did otherwise "law abiding" people get alcohol during prohibition? Because they wanted it, there was a demand, others provided that which was in demand. It's how it works. Demands are met.
That is your individual case. You've found "your thing" that helps you. Why not let others find "their thing" that helps them? Caffeine IS mind altering, if you drink coffee, tea, sodas, you're ingesting mind altering drugs. Smokers are ingesting mind altering nicotine. If you drink alcohol, your ingesting a mind altering drug. If you do an activity that you
really enjoy, your body is making mind altering drugs that make you feel good. Runners high is real.
Using marijuana is not the big deal that we've been told it is. It's a case of "thou protests too much". It's made into much more of an issue than it should be. It's like fighting over beer when the real problem is hard alcohol. Marijuana is to "drugs" as beer is to hard alcohol. Yes, you can have "too much" but the real problems come from the "hard drugs". Most beer drinkers don't graduate to hard alcohol and they don't have the same problems that chronic hard alcohol drinkers have. Most marijuana users don't graduate to hard drugs and don't have the same problems that hard drug users have. Most people CAN self regulate themselves and use it responsibly.
I'm convinced it's the drug and alcohol manufacturers who are most against legalization because it will surely cut into their profits.