Bible Discussion Thread

Just wondering is cannabis of evil or good

God told Noah that the plant were for food and healing. So I think using cannibus for medical ailments is good just like using alcohol to calm an upset stomach as Paul told Timothy to do. I don't believe God want us to be drunk

Or high , however, as we are urged by Paul to be sober-minded. I also do not think that our lungs were mad to inhale substances other than fresh air and tobacco and other inhaled substances damage the lungs.

Therefore, I think cannibus should not be smoked, but taken by mouth.

There are some medical problems that it helps, but other substances may help better than cannibus. One should research and consult their doctor when treating medical

Problems.

Also, weed and wine were way different back in the Bible times. Wine was more like grape juice and I've never been much of a weed fan but when I was young I believe it was super bunk compared to the strong strong versions of today. I could be wrong and you could correct me that would be fine.

Donna,

You are correct about the wine being more like grape juice if we were to compare it with the wine we have today. If they sold the same wine today, I honestly don't think anyone would buy it because the alcohol content would be too low for today's wine drinker.

The question that comes up from time to time is if this is fermented wine that John is talking about in Chapter 2. First of all, the word for wine always indicates the fruit from the vine. The custom in those days, because of the bad water, was to drink wine that has been diluted with water. Sometimes it's as much as nine parts water, one part wine, just to bring down the alcohol level.

So their wine would be nothing like the wine we have today. Their alcohol level in their drinks was much lower than ours. So people say, "Why did Jesus create wine so that people could get drunk?"

Well, it doesn't say that He did. But they did say that it was the best wine that they had, the proof of the miracle. This wine was being consumed at the wedding feast according to John Chapter 2. Sometimes this feast could last a week long, celebrating day and night for an entire week. It says in John 2:10 that "men have well drunk." It doesn't say they were drunk, but have well drunk, meaning they have probably been drinking non-stop for a few days now.

But like you say, the wine they had was way different to what we have today. If someone today were to drink the wine they had back then, I think it would be fair to say that they would compare it to grape juice. Can you imagine drinking today's wine non-stop for a few days. That would probably kill a person from alcohol poisoning!

John 2:10-11 debunks the grape juice argument, because it says in verse 10 that people could get drunk from it. I'm not familiar with any Bible verse talking about marijuana.

My ex husband (He left me for greener pastures) worked at a winery so this is a question that we also explored. He said that the wine was different back then and you would have to drink a lot of it and I mean a lot to get drunk. I did not say you could not get drunk off of it I said it was more like juice it wasn't strong and potent like today. And I also said I could be totally wrong but I believe it's noteworthy. I once questioned these things too. I remember my ex-husband telling me some thing about something having to do with yeast but I can't really remember now. So I am thinking that maybe it wasn't as fermented as the stuff that we have now. I prefer not to drink or use marijuana. I actually want to be sober minded I like it better. But that's because I'm free now. :-).