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: The Bible condemns America's drug war on several important fundamental grounds: : 1. Drug prohibition is a blasphemy against the Creator: : : The Bible condemns prohibitionists as blasphemers because every time a drug crusader utters a lie about a drug plant they insult the Creator (ie. "Marhuana weed with roots in hell" and so forth). Saying that creations of the Almighty are evil and harmful is blasphemy by clear Bible definition. : Blasphemy means to "speak against God." Saying bad things about marijuana and opium poppies is absolutely a blasphemy because: : Matthew 7:9   Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10   Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11   If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? : Deuteronomy 32:3   Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. : 4   He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. : James 1:16   Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17   Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. : Psalm 18:30   As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. : 36:22   Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 23   Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? : Psalm 19:7   The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. : Romans 1:20   For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21   Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22   Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23   And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. : Leviticus 24:15   And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16   And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 17   And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. : : Blasphemy is a much much more serious sin than being an alcoholic or a drug addict could ever be because the death penalty is mandated for insulting God while the scriptures do not command ANY punishment for being a drunk (God settles accounts with unrepentant drunkards). Blasphemy, on the other hand, is specifically mentioned as a death penalty sin: : The fact that murder, another death penalty crime, is mentioned in verse 17 indicates that blasphemy is a very serious sin. : When America's lunatic drug crusaders talk about marijuana "having its roots in hell" or rant about the "devil drug opium" (the poppy plant) or peyote or any of the dozens of other mind altering plants God Almighty created they blasphemy against Jehovah. Any disparaging lie about a creation of God is blasphemy. : : Drug prohibition attempts to raise a philosophy of lies above the wisdom of God, which is a violation of all Christian and Jewish religions as far as I know. : Telling the Master Worker that He made a mistake in creating things runs against the basic Jewish and Christian premise that God is always right no matter what men may think. : Isaiah 55:8   For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9   For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. : 2. Drug prohibition is counterproductive— : History shows that no one was robbing, whoring and murdering over drugs when addicts could buy all of the heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and anything else they wanted cheaply and legally at the corner pharmacy. When drugs were legal addicts held regular employment, raised decent families and were indistinguishable from their teetotaling neighbors. Overdoses were virtually unheard of when addicts used cheap pure Bayer Heroin instead of the toxic potions prohibition puts on the streets. (See: The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs - Chapter 5. Some eminent narcotics addicts  http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cu5.html) : Inflicting punishment on people because of a situation the prohibitionists themselves created is a violation of the commandment to "love your fellow man as yourself." Prohibition makes the prohibitionist a partner in the criminal activity he/she promotes and subsidizes. : Matthew 7:15   Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16   Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather gs of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17   Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18   A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19   Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20   Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Jesus Christ : The very fact that drug prohibition is a failure marks it as a Satanic policy. God's plans work! : : 3. Drug prohibition is based on absurd lies— : : The marijuana ban is based on notions like— : "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and most are : Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz : and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana can cause white : women to seek ual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." : "The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate : races." : "Marihuana influences Negroes to to look at white people in the eye, : step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice." (Hearst : newspapers nationwide, 1934) : "Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, : criminality and death." : "Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind." : "[Smoking] one [marihuana] cigarette might develop a homicidal mania, : probably to kill his brother." : Propaganda To Outlaw Marijuana : Not one reputable scientist, medical authority or sociologist currently supports any of the nonsense used to justify marijuana prohibition. In fact all of the "evidence" used to support marijuana prohibition is false. : The drug warrior's false witness about cannabis is a direct insult to the Creator and violates Bible teachings about honesty. : Proverbs 19:9   A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. : Ezekiel 13:8   Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9   And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the embly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. : John 8:44   Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. — Jesus Christ : : 4. Drug prohibition violates the Bible standard of justice — : Exodus 21:24   Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, : Leviticus 24:20   Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. : Deuteronomy 19:21   And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. : According to my understanding, except for certain religious rules, such as blaspheme and temple violations, there always had to be an injured victim before there could be a criminal trial, a verdict and punishment. Without an injury to redress or a victim demanding justice there could be no proportional punishment and there could be no trial. : There had to be a victim and there had to be an injury before a trial was held. : The rule demanding proportional punishment is a vitally important principle and laws based on lies do meet the Divine standards for just punishment. : It is my belief that there could be no criminal trial for drug charges in ancient Israel. Therefore drug prohibition violates the divine code of justice established for Hebrews and Christians. : Self-injury was not considered a crime because there is no command to punish drunks in the scriptures even though being a drunkard is condemned. (I believe God settles accounts with unrepentent boozers.) : : : 5. No good reason for a drug ban— : My study of history reveals that there was no such thing as a "drug problem" before we had drug laws. For example, a thorough search of the microfilm records of The New York Times from 1910-1914 did not reveal any heroin overdoses or drug crimes before drugs were outlawed (i.e. robberies, murders etc done because of drugs). Crime and drug use became entwined after the drug laws went on the books, not before. : No one was robbing, whoring and murdering over drugs when addicts could buy all of the heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and anything else they wanted cheaply and legally at the corner pharmacy. When drugs were legal addicts held regular employment, raised decent families and were indistinguishable from their teetotaling neighbors. Overdoses were virtually unheard of when addicts used cheap pure Bayer Heroin instead of the toxic potions prohibition puts on the streets. (See: The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs - Chapter 5. Some eminent narcotics addicts  http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cu5.html) : Where drug crime was unknown we now have prisons overflowing with drug users. Where addicts lived normal lives, we have hundreds of thousands of shattered families. Where overdoses were extremely rare we have tens of thousands of drug deaths every year. The addiction rate is now five times greater than when we had no laws at all. (See: Snow The demonization of cocaine By Jacob Sullum http://reason.com/opeds/js092799.shtml) : Matthew 7 : 15   Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16   Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather gs of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17   Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18   A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19   Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20   Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Jesus Christ : 6. Drug prohibition is a false doctrine akin to the misguided witch hunts of yore. : By this I mean that drug prohibition has been elevated to a status superior to Bible teachings. : For example, a teacher is honored as "Teacher of the Year" for the third time, a teacher with rave reviews from parents and colleagues alike. Then a few days later this award winning super teacher is caught with a small amount of marijuana. : In the blink of an eye, this wonderful teacher was demonized, reviled as a wicked person and fired from her of 20+ years. : In other words, the prohibitionist judges a person's morality by what he/she consumes instead of what comes out of their mouths and the deeds they actually do. : The idea that a man is corrupted by consuming a drug runs against Jesus's words at: : Matthew 15:10   And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11   Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. .......... 17   Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18   But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19   For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20   These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. : Even though no injury to anyone occurs individuals who transgress a phony drug policy are condemned as being worse than robbers, rs, child molesters and even murderers. : Punishing for drug use violates the commandments against adding doctrines to the Bible : Revelation 22 : 18   For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: : Revelation 22 : 18   For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: : 19   And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. : : Drug prohibition is a false doctrine similar to the inquisitions and witch hunts of the past. : : If anyone disagrees please show us the scriptural support for your position. : Ransford

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