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« on: December 29, 2008, 02:16:36 PM »

No of course not. You're not hurting anyone. Please note I am referring to only the act of dealing, not any associated activities some pot dealers might do.
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2008, 02:41:42 PM »

No, not in my book.
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2008, 02:55:57 PM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2008, 03:55:56 PM »

No, but obviously there is no such thing as 'sin' or 'objective morality'.
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2008, 04:03:23 PM »

No, but obviously there is no such thing as 'sin' or 'objective morality'.
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2008, 04:24:27 PM »

I think the question is more complex than the answers allow. Though I'm not a religious man and can't give my opinions on "sins" or even "morality" that much, but I would make a distinction between giving pot to people just for greed or compulsive use of the drug, and the person that gives it to people to help them with pain.

Dealing pot isn't always wrong, no.
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2008, 01:10:10 AM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.

So sheltering Jews in Nazi Germany was a sin?
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2008, 01:12:09 AM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.

So sheltering Jews in Nazi Germany was a sin?

I believe the Christianist loophole they come up with is that it is not a sin if man's law is in contradiction with God's law
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2008, 01:13:48 AM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.

So sheltering Jews in Nazi Germany was a sin?

I believe the Christianist loophole they come up with is that it is not a sin if man's law is in contradiction with God's law

Yeah, quite a "loophole" we "come up with."  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2008, 01:14:39 AM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.

So sheltering Jews in Nazi Germany was a sin?

I believe the Christianist loophole they come up with is that it is not a sin if man's law is in contradiction with God's law

One could make a good case that applies to laws against pot as pot is a completely natural substance.
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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2008, 01:17:05 AM »

Dealing Pot is a sin. Why you ask. Not because it is wrong to have pot or smoke pot, but because you are breaking the law when you do it. The bible tells you it is a sin to break the law of the land.

So sheltering Jews in Nazi Germany was a sin?

I believe the Christianist loophole they come up with is that it is not a sin if man's law is in contradiction with God's law

One could make a good case that applies to laws against pot as pot is a completely natural substance.

So's cyanide.

(Note: I'm not saying the two are equally dangerous, only that the "it's natural!" argument is stupid)
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2008, 02:27:48 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.
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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2008, 02:29:01 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2008, 03:59:17 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2008, 04:03:11 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.
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« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2008, 12:21:05 PM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.

it has never been conclusively proven that marijuana intoxication impairs driving
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« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2008, 12:04:38 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.

it has never been conclusively proven that marijuana intoxication impairs driving

Yes, that is proven.
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« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2008, 12:11:26 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.


And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.

Doesn't sodomy have a disproportionate chance to give one AIDS?
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« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2008, 12:13:09 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.

it has never been conclusively proven that marijuana intoxication impairs driving

uhhh have you ever been high?
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« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2008, 12:21:47 AM »

Hell no. Whats wrong with making easy money?
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« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2008, 01:15:53 AM »

Dealing Marijuana is not a sin, but a gift to society. Through the joys of Marijuana, a person can become one with the herb and enjoy its affects, relax and have a good time.

Those that make Marijuana easier to obtain are modern day heroes.

And then kill two kids on bicycles in an accident on the way to the gas station to pick up six bags of cheetos.

True, but very harsh. Are you in a contest to be the more cynical person?

Dealing pot is illegal, but that is not a sin.

I just have a very low opinion of people who act like doing drugs can have no negative effects.

it has never been conclusively proven that marijuana intoxication impairs driving

uhhh have you ever been high?

it changes the way one drives (more time spent at intersections, more distance between cars, slower speeds) but these changes do not necessarily equate to impairment
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« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2008, 01:17:54 AM »

If you want to argue that since pot causes poor driving selling it is therefore morally wrong, then you basically also have to argue anyone who works at a liquor store is a truly evil person.
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« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2008, 01:19:28 AM »

If you want to argue that since pot causes poor driving selling it is therefore morally wrong, then you basically also have to argue anyone who works at a liquor store is a truly evil person.

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You don't necessarily get drunk everytime you drink.
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« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2008, 01:23:11 AM »

If you want to argue that since pot causes poor driving selling it is therefore morally wrong, then you basically also have to argue anyone who works at a liquor store is a truly evil person.

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You don't necessarily get drunk everytime you drink.

And you don't necessarily get high to the point of total impairment every time you smoke pot. In fact I've never been truly high, though I've never smoked a full joint either, usually just had some from a pipe being passed around. But nor do you drive every time either which is the point.
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« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2008, 02:52:45 AM »

If you want to argue that since pot causes poor driving selling it is therefore morally wrong, then you basically also have to argue anyone who works at a liquor store is a truly evil person.

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You don't necessarily get drunk everytime you drink.

And you don't necessarily get high to the point of total impairment every time you smoke pot. In fact I've never been truly high, though I've never smoked a full joint either, usually just had some from a pipe being passed around. But nor do you drive every time either which is the point.

I don't think you need to be "totally impaired" to be extremely dangerous behind the wheel while high.
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