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Should medical marijuana be legal at the provincial and territorial level?
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Oh yeah, it's really hard to see that a buffoon who can't compose a paragraph and wants completely legalized recreational marijuana is a dope head. That was a very big mystery which is not obvious in his comments. I think you are another dopehead because dope makes you dumb, and you are obviously dumb to say the only way you can see that a person is a dopehead is to be a dopehead. When a person talks and acts like a dopehead, you can pretty well guess he's a dopehead, and I think I can pretty well guess that you are one. 0
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Reality is that you are dying and need to be saved. You think you don't need to be saved, so you smoke your brains up trying to convince yourself that you are ok. Your grip on reality is weaker than your grip on that stupid stick of weed which is burning down, and if you don't wake up before it burns you too badly, you will wake up burning in the Hell you say that you prefer over God's goodness but are too much of a coward to ask me to pray that God give you what you really want. I don't care if weed is legal or not. It's stupid to indulge in the junk. Some people just beat their head against the wall until they see stars, then they feel better. What they do is no different than what you are doing with weed. You are looney tunes. Your grip on reality is nothing more than your grip on the smoke messing up your mind. 2
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Reality is that you are dying and need to be saved. You think you don't need to be saved, so you smoke your brains up trying to convince yourself that you are ok. Wrong. I don't think I need to be saved because A) I've done nothing wrong. And certainly nothing that would warrant eternal hellfire. And B) because I don't believe your god exists or the stories in the bible ever actually happened. Me smoking weed has literally no bearing on my religious beliefs or lack therof. I've never once hit a bong thinking "this should help me cope with denying gods existence". Your grip on reality is weaker than your grip on that stupid stick of weed which is burning down, and if you don't wake up before it burns you too badly, you will wake up burning in the Hell you say that you prefer over God's goodness but are too much of a coward to ask me to pray that God give you what you really want. No way. I grab the bong even tighter than I hold the mic like LaLaLaLa, just break it up and smoke that LaLaLaLa, now twist it up and smoke that LaLaLaLa, now light it up and smoke that LaLaLaLa, and then you keep on burnin"- Chris Webby I don't care if weed is legal or not. Hey me niether It's stupid to indulge in the junk. Why? Because it's stupid to have fun? Do you feel the same way about alcohol which is arguable worse for you? And if your god made weed then why would he not want us to use it? Some people just beat their head against the wall until they see stars, then they feel better. And others beat a bible over their head till they see angels and then they feel better. What they do is no different than what you are doing with weed. At least weed doesn't make you stupid enough to believe fairy tales. You are looney tunes. Your grip on reality is nothing more than your grip on the smoke messing up your mind. I'm not the one who believes in magic. You are sucking on weed for the magic it works in your mind. You are practicing magic, the Bible calls it sorcery. We all need to be saved from dying. I am saved. You can be saved, but I guess you won't. I know a lot of dopeheads like you who are stuck in the same addition with the same thought patterns and attitude. Enjoy it while you can. No point in me wasting time while you get yourself wasted. 0
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LOL. Stoners are sorcerers. Ok kid. How about you PROVE that your god exists and PROVE why I would possibly need to be saved for doing nothing wrong and then we can talk. Otherwise your just a snake oil salesman like all the rest. Selling me an antidote to an affliction that is utterly made up. Piss off Ask God to prove Himself. If the only way you will believe that God has the right to rule against you is to leave you burning in Hell, that's the way you are asking for it and it's what you are going to get. Smoke a big joint, hold your breath as long as you can, smoke another, and prove God wrong. You're a fool. All you have is death and you are trying to make it go away by smoking your brains out. Just a weed sucking fool. If you handed that junk to me, I would smash it in front of your face. Then if you put a tried to put a hand on me, I'd make you eat your teeth. Then you wouldn't look so stupid with your stoney LOL. 1
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Okay. Dear god please prove yourself. Oh look just like every other time NOTHING HAPPENED. You're literally saying in order to believe in god you must first believe in god. That's fucking stupid. I'd rather smoke weed the rest of my life and have a fucking BRAIN and independent freedom of thought then be a soulless, lifeless husk filled to the brim with nonsense and fairy tales. You have no soul. You have no mind. You are nothing. You are literally nothing. You sold your independence and intelligence for some religious snake oil and now are incapable of even comprehending reality in any sensible way. Have fun living in paradise when you die. That's TOTALLY gonna happen. Keep wasting your one and only life drinking that mental poison you fucking retard. Get the fuck out of my sight you pathetic worm. 0
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Go fucking hang yourself. Take your bible and shove it right up your self righteous ass. You started this conversation all high and mighty saying don't swear don't cuss but now you're literally making violent threats because I'm not fucking stupid enough to be duped into believing your adult fairy tales with zero evidence to support them. GO. FUCK. YOURSELF. Don't respond to this. Don't say a fucking word. Take your nonsense beliefs and go fuck yourself raw with them ok? Then get a stool and some rope and you know the rest you fucking dumb religious pig. As soon as I see your picture, I know it's not worth reading. You think you have the right to exist outside of Hell, and if you are wrong you want to be sure you have a good buzz when you find out you are wrong. Stupid high-on punk. You need to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and know God loves you so you can quit being a dope head and live in reality forever, instead of dying forever trying to escape in a puff of smoke. The smoke escapes from the Lake of Fire, the sinners do not. Go on with our bad self and smoke your brains out while you can if you think you have all that much grip on reality. 0
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Hell doesnt exist. That isn't even remotely frightening or persuasive. At all. You literally look like the biggest man-child when you spout nonsense and talk about fairy tales as if they have any bearing on reality. I'm the one saying that I don't believe anything until I see evidence of it. That is not some extreme radical concept it's common fucking sense. The type of shit you need to practice to not get duped by every snake oil salesman who sells you some life cure. The type of shit that prevents you from getting wicked into a lie and living it your entire life because you were too dumb to have even a shred of incredulity. I'm not going to hell. You're not going to heaven. We go in the ground 6 feet under and we rot. End of story. 0
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No actually because there is no evidence that it exists. At all. Literally none. And as such i have zero reason to believe it exists so why would i live my life as if it was? Clearly youre just a christian to escape having to answer to Krishna when you enter the cycle of moksha again. Clearly youre just pretending to believe in god and hell to escape the reality that you will have to enter the cycle of life and death again as a reincarnation of a lower caste. Its so obvious that hinduism is the correct religion after all. Ok this is the first time I was able to glance through and see you used no expletives. I was deep into Hinduism, Americanized. It is a strong deception. I was deep into it for a several years in late teens to early twenties. The spirits, guides, whatever, the experiences, they are all deceptions fed to minds eager to believe lies. If you really believe in reincarnation and Hinduism, which is common for dope heads because the drugs help open the mind's door for the deceptions, you are making a fatal mistake and will wake up in Hell if you don't repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. God is a person, His name is spelled "God, or "Jesus Christ", or The Holy Spirit", or "The KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords", or The Word of God, Jesus". When you call Him "god", it's an insult for which He holds you guilty. You are going against your Creator and trying to replace Him with yourself, making yourself equally divine if you really believe in Hinduism...which I doubt. As deep as I was into it, I never really believed it's promises of attaining "enlightenment". You need to get saved, but even with your wonderful management of language without resorting to profanities, I weary of people insulting God by calling him "god" which would be something less than the Living God who created all things. You can manage the "god" fake divinity of Hinduism, you can argue against all gods as they are but idols, but there is no counsel, nor understanding, nor wisdom against the Lord God Almighty, that's why in all arguments against God He must be reduced to less than who He is in order for the anti-Christ spirited lost mind to believe he has the right to exist outside of Hell as a sinner. 1
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I was deep into Hinduism, Americanized. It is a strong deception. I was deep into it for a several years in late teens to early twenties. The spirits, guides, whatever, the experiences, they are all deceptions fed to minds eager to believe lies. But your supposed visions of god and supposed interactions with the christian god are totally legit? Do you not see the hypocrisy? Also just know that they way you feel toward hinduism right now is the way i feel toward your religion. Hence why you just spouting religious rhetoric toward me means nothing. If you really believe in reincarnation and Hinduism, which is common for dope heads because the drugs help open the mind's door for the deceptions, you are making a fatal mistake and will wake up in Hell if you don't repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. I quite obviously dont. It was quite clearly sarcasm and satire to reveal to you that the exact same things you say to me can be said for ANY religion. Im sure me telling you that you are doomed from a hindu point of view did not persuade you at all. Thats exactly how i feel when you just spout doom speech and hell fire toward me. It means absolutely nothing to me. God is a person, to you. To me he is an imaginary character His name is spelled "God, or "Jesus Christ", or The Holy Spirit", or "The KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords", or The Word of God, Jesus". When you call Him "god", it's an insult for which He holds you guilty. Spelling his name with lowercase letters is an insult of which im guilty of a crime? How freaking insecure is your petty god? Does it not concern you that the all powerful almighty creator of the universe feels the need to make one small species of monkeys on some planet spell his name a certain way? Is he really that shallow? But it doesnt concern me because, again, to me he does not exist. So i really dont care about offending a figment of some group's collective imagination. you are going against your Creator and trying to replace Him with yourself, making yourself equally divine if you really believe in Hinduism...which I doubt. Your doubts are correct. But a hindu monk can easily turn around and say YOU are trying to replace Krishna and Brahman with yourself when you worship the false god of the bible. Who is correct? Who should i believe? You say god exists and the bible is true, he says krishna exists and the Bag Va Gita is true. Neither of you have offered any evidence or reason to believe your respective claims. So who do i go with? Because either way im just blindly following you or the monk. What can you show me to convince me that you are at the very least more correct than the monk? As deep as I was into it, I never really believed it's promises of attaining "enlightenment". And as deep as i was into christianity when i was younger i never really believed is You need to get saved, Prove it but even with your wonderful management of language without resorting to profanities, I weary of people insulting God by calling him "god" which would be something less than the Living God who created all things Then you are weary of literally the entire world population because nobody is nitpicky about spelling it with a capital G. And for me to spell it the way you do is to give credibility to your worldview which i will not do because youve given me no reason to and are, for the most part, holding out on any type of conversation in which would could demonstrate such a reason. You can manage the "god" fake divinity of Hinduism, you can argue against all gods as they are but idols, but there is no counsel, nor understanding, nor wisdom against the Lord God Almighty, Think of what you just said here. I can argue against all gods except YOUR god. But again i ask you WHY should i not argue against your god? What makes your god any different than aaaaaalllll the other gods out there? And have you given me any evidence no reason to believe your god is any more real or safe from criticism than all the others? tthat's why in all arguments against God He must be reduced to less than who He is in order for the anti-Christ spirited lost mind to believe he has the right to exist outside of Hell as a sinner. Its not that he must be reduced to that its that he already IS that. You just think that hes more than what he clearly is: just one god of many thousands of gods of thousands of other religions that are all equally baseless and unfounded. So why dont you demonstrate why he isnt that instead of just claiming that he is? Anyone can claim anything but you only convince people of your side of the argument by giving them a reason to believe your god is more than just an imaginary character. Why are you copying my stuff and inserting a bunch of lines in the middle? All you are doing is testifying against yourself. Your own words will be held against you. I forgive you, but my forgiveness won't get you out of dying or Hell. God loves you. I hope you have not smoked all your brains out yet. 1
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Well the average lifespan of people in the US is liless 70 now so if I play my cards right maybe 50 or 60 years. MY hatefulness? You're the one posting non stop on my shit telling me I deserve to burn in hell forever. You're the one reveling in the torture of others you sadistic piece of shit. Go crawl into a church pew and die already. 1
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No actually in the US its 78 years as of 2012 though since its trending upwards it might be 79 or 80 by now. 80 years is far longer than it takes for vapor to disperse. And, once again, there is zero scientific evidence indicating the persistance of consciousness after death let alone the existence of other realms of existence such as heaven or hell. So, for the 100000000000th time, get some evidence or get lost. The evidence is there, I know what it is, I have it. You will get it, but not the way you want it if you keep demanding proof that Hell is real. You will find yourself in the fire and that will be your proof, and you will probably still say to yourself "this can't be true, I can't be stuck here forever"....assuming I am right and you will forever refuse Jesus Christ as your Savior then you will face Him as your Judge. 1
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Okay so YOU have it before you die but I have to wait till I'm dead? How is that fair? Also if you have it then provide it. Otherwise I simply don't believe you. So I'm not allowed to ask for proof until I'm already in hell then that's my proof? Again what is fair about that? What if you were arrested and you know you're inoccent but they say "you'll get the proof". Then you wind up in prison and they say "there's your proof. See? You were guilty". That's horribly unjust. That's so unjust it's laughable. If a god exists then it's not your god. If a god exists it's a being that would have a more nuanced and complete view of justice than your idiot god. Yes, you will be in Heaven forever or in Hell forever. You want proof, you'll get it, I can promise you that with complete confidence. Weed won't make God and Hell disappear. You can't get out of your past, the things you did are history forever and you will pay if you don't secure God's pardon through the blood of His Son who died for you. 1
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Yes, you will be in Heaven forever or in Hell forever Why the hell would i take your word for it? You want proof, you'll get it, I can promise you that with complete confidence What good is proof after i die? You're telling me that god will only provide proof that he exists AFTER its too late to do anything about it? And on top of that hes going to torture me forever for not believing in him? Thats beyond sadistic. That doesnt seem like a broken system to you? I dont know why i bother asking its not like you have the intellectual integrity to answer any of my questions. Youre just going to spit a one-line response at me and thats it. Weed won't make God and Hell disappear And youre desire for him to be real doesnt make him real. You can't get out of your past, the things you did are history forever and you will pay if you don't secure God's pardon through the blood of His Son who died for you. Well im 20 and children below the age of 12 arent really morally culpable for what they do so thats 8 years for me to earn eternal torture? Is mouthing off to my parents deserving of eternal torture? Really? Your god's system of justice is so obviously flawed and broken. 1
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For the same reason people drink alcohol. To relax, to unwind after a long day. To reward myself for doing well and accomplsing goals. Contrary to what you may have been tought weed is not a schedule 1 drug. It's effects are less drastic than alcohol and its less harmful than tobacco which are both legal. I'm not smoking 24/7 but after a long day of classes, after an essay for homework, I'm gonna smoke a joint and watch TV or play xbox. It's really not a big deal. I also suffer from anxiety and am susceptible to becoming overly stressed over little things. Weed counteracts that. I can go from sweating and anxious to relaxed and clear headed with one smoke. My life has only improved because of weed. It hasn't stopped me from doing anything I could do before and in fact it has allowed me to do some things even better. Yep, sorcerers. Using drugs for magic, and the magic is in your mind, bending your comprehension of reality. The word for sorcerer in the Bible is the same word we get "pharmacy" from. It's spell casting with drugs, and you are casting a spell on yourself to make yourself think that dying is not an affliction and you have the right to exist outside of Hell as long as you live. The problem is that you are dying, and not living. You have eternal life in Heaven or eternal death in Hell, and LOL is just about the stupidest thing you can say. Smoke another one, fool. Enjoy your LOL. 1
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you are aware that you can start your own debates you don't have to bring religion into every debate topic, oh wait, you do, its your ticket into heaven - holy apologies, bible man!(PRAISE!) You know like the adam west-batman visual effects. if you don't, have a little faith and imagine it. 1
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Recreational meaning the same way alcohol is treated. Make an age of consumption at 21 and then after that anyone can buy it. People's main concerns are people driving under the influence of pot which really isnt that big a deal because most people drive fine. But they could just make the same DUI laws apply. Frankly, any negative results of legalization would be outweighed by the positive ones. Just watch the fire as you burn that weed, then imagine sucking the fire with it burning inside you... That's how your sin is against God, a burning passion, and there is no place for it but Hell....no weed in Hell so smoke as much as you can hold your breath on...suck that fire down, boy Why don't you read the Bible and see for yourself? It's a form of magic, a religious practice of changing one's reality in an unreal way. God is against it. God has better things in reality than any drug-induced warped reality. God is against any exaltation of created things rather than exalting Him who created all things. People use drugs to exalt their own minds, try to get their feelings and minds into a preferred state..... It's just common sense. Drugs are dumb at best, and cause all kinds of evils at worst...suicides, murders, all kinds of crime for drugs. Weed is not innocent. It will take the pothead to Hell. It's evil. Look how these guys act when they are defending the junk. They are ready to kill to protect their habit. 1
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Why are you quoting God? You don't believe God, so you are a liar when you quote Him....probably a pretty good liar most of the time in all areas Your quote is fraudulent, not God's word. The verse you are twisting reads: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." The plants were given for food, "meat", not for intoxication. Now that things have gone bad in the world, we have plants that are bad for food....like poison Ivy. Common sense should tell you that things that warp your mind are not for food, and not conducive to common sense. These liars who say they are "medicating" are just drug addicts, and when you or they teach that it's good or ok to use weed as an intoxicant, you are a pusher and I would not allow you near my kids. With or without weed, you would not be welcome in my house with your attitude. 1
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"And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." The plants were given for food, "meat", not for intoxication. Now that things have gone bad in the world, we have plants that are bad for food....like poison Ivy. Common sense should tell you that things that warp your mind are not for food, and not conducive to common sense. And since you are obviously Bible illiterate, the passage you are trying to twist into approval and permissiveness of drug abuse was God's directive for food for Adam and Eve before they sinned. Now we have Hell bound drug addicts and people like you trying to say God wants you to be a pot head. If you really are that dumb, go on and teach God's word fraudulently. You answer to Him, not to me. 1
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The plants were given for food, "meat", not for intoxication. Now that things have gone bad in the world, we have plants that are bad for food....like poison Ivy. Common sense should tell you that things that warp your mind are not for food, and not conducive to common sense. These liars who say they are "medicating" are just drug addicts, and when you or they teach that it's good or ok to use weed as an intoxicant, you are a pusher and I would not allow you near my kids. With or without weed, you would not be welcome in my house with your attitude. 0
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My favorite smoking method as a non-stoner is knowing God will put away all evil in Hell and the smoke of their torments will rise forever. It's good to know God will avenge Himself on His enemies who trample the blood of His Son under their feet. His Son will be their Judge, and they will be cast away into the Lake of Fire and the only smoking anywhere in creation will be the smoke of sinner's torments rising from the Lake of Fire forever and ever. 1
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Holy shit dude do you even read what you type? You sadistic fuck. So I'M the bad guy for smoking weed in private, not harming anybody else, not causing any disturbance whatsoever. When you are here literally reveling in the eternal torment of others? I wouldn't wish eternal torture upon even my worst enemy and you're here jacking off to the idea of people's flesh burning off for daring to smoke a plant and believe differently than you. That I truly sickening. I think YOU are the one who needs a serious lesson in morals. You're the one who needs to clear your head because that is seriously fucked up. 0
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I refuse to believe that it is just that my liberty should be infringed because some buffoons may smoke irresponsibly. Let them face the consequences of their actions. Let the parents who let their children use drugs be punished, not I. Drugs should be legal yet well regulated. 0
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I don't understand. Are you confused as to why a person who had the choice to avoid Hell would avoid it? Well it is common mythology that Hell is an unpleasant place full of suffering and pain. If I had to choose between going to Hell and not going to Hell I would choose not to go to Hell. I am not saying everyone would make that choice, that's just my opinion. 1
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Only God can give you that right, and He can only justify pardoning you from Hell if your sins are paid for. That's why He gave His life for you as the Son of God, paid your price to save you from Hell. In yourself, you have no right to exist as a sinner outside of Hell, it is only by God's mercy that sinners are in this world and not burning in Hell where all sin belongs. God loves all and wants all to be saved from Hell. It is good to know that one day God will forever separate all sin, all evil, all sinners from the living by confining them in Hell. I don't want my worst enemies to burn in Hell, but the sad fact is that few will repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, few will seek God's mercy and most will incur His wrath as sinners in the fire of Hell. I have to admit I do laugh at fools who say there is no God and no Hell, but I feel sorry for them...but what can you do? If a person says they don't care if they burn in Hell, then what are they doing here? They're being used as bad examples, and whatever good things they do helps to restrain the evil in this world which would destroy us all now if it could. Atheists are afraid to admit the truth. They know they are against God and Hell is the only place they can be in eternity. They pretend like they don't know, claiming ignorance, playing dumb. I have watched many atheists debating and the most common look on their face is "I'm innocent, I didn't do it, mommy. Atheists know. That's why they fight so hard against the presence of God and Hell. They have convinced themselves they can make both go away by saying they do not exist, while they plunge themselves into the fire like moths into the flames. The difference between moths and atheists is that the moths really don't know what they are doing. They act on instinct. Atheists know what they are doing, and purposely block the truth from their thoughts. It's pride, raw pride to defy God. Like a little kid will defy it's parents thinking they can deny their guilt. Actually, I do not expect them to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus dying for us to pay for our sins, and rising from the grave to justify all who believe on Him so they can be pardoned from Hell is what God did for us. This is not religion. All the religions of the world teach what you can do in order to keep yourself out of Hell; to justify your life so that you are good enough to live outside of Hell. Atheism is a religion the same as all of the others. It's all about what you do, what you believe, what you say to convince yourself that your life is justified so you are too good to be sentenced to eternal imprisonment in Hell. Atheists say the dumbest things with the dumbest "honest mommy, I don't know" look on their faces. When an atheist says "they are not sure hell exists", they are demanding proof which they will not accept unless they find themselves unable to escape the flames of Hell. Then they will believe it. It's so dumb. Like moths to the flame, flying in their pride and strength, imaginary pride and strength of course. Just plain dumb. Play dumb all you want, atheist. See where it gets you. Actually many people believe in Christ because they want an easy way out. The Jews and Muslims have to work damn hard to stay out of hell. They have to be moral. If a christian rapes a kid at 2pm they can be 100% guaranteed a place in heaven by accepting christ at 3pm. It is the easy way out for bad people and that is one of the reasons why Christianity became so popular. "A group of people in a small town saw a guy do miracles and then rise from the dead, do you believe me?" Wouldnt get many converts but adding "believe and you will noy have to pay for any wrong you have done!!!". This is why it is so popular amongst 100s of ther contradicting religions. It has nothing to do with it having more evidence to support it etc. 1
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You have a problem. Its called thinking you can do whatever you want be as bad as you want but yet still go to paradise. Youve been sucked into christinity. Sorry mate. If theres a God he isnt going to come down and suck your dick and tell you what a good little sinner boy you are. If toure evil you go to hell. Simple as that. Unless God turns out to be a God of another religion and only good people go to heaven rather than arseholea like you that never do anything goood but fool themselves intk believing they will be saved because they say they love Jesus. Good luck on judgement day is all I can say. God does not turn out to be anything. He is God, always was, always will be. You will turn out to be in Hell if you don't obtain God's pardon which He offers through the propitiation of His own blood in Jesus Christ who died in your place and whose blood will cover your sins if you will believe on His resurrection and ask God for pardon based on what He did for you as the Son of God. Sorry I prefer to believe the religions that aay I have to be good yo get into heaven. There is no reason to believe christianitys claim over the others. It is clearly a marketing ploy to say you can get into heaven without being good. Are you really so blind haha. Its obvious. 100s of other religions say that you have to be good to go to heaven. Christianity (only 1 religion) says that you can be as evil as you like but if you say you follow Jesus then you are saved. What you are saying is that you can be as bad as you want and Jesus will save you. Almost any other religion disagrees. Understand now? You have made an excellent observation about how religions teach that you have to be good to go to heaven. I understand what you are saying, how that if we believe we are forgiven of everything, then we are allowed to do anything we feel like doing at any time. That would be exercising our "free will", until death deprives us of that freedom. I believe (admittedly could be a false hope) that if you will carry on an intellectual and reasonable discussion with me long enough, you will come to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrection and be saved and know your sins are forgiven and Heaven if your home and eternal life is God's gift for you. You may never side with God against your evils, and that is your choice, and you may never believe on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is the decision you are making. So you could prove me wrong after engaging in lengthy civil discourse and rejecting God's attempt to draw you into reason with Him. Christianity is nothing without Christ, so let's look at His words about what it is and what it teaches. When Jesus was delivered to the Romans by the Jews to be crucified, Pilate was interrogating him trying to determine if he was guilty of anything. Jesus said "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice". Pilate said "What is truth". (John 18:37-38). In John 14:6, Jesus said he is "the truth". Christianity is about "the truth". The truth is reality, not religion. Now try to keep that concept in mind as we look again at Jesus's teaching of Christianity. In Mark 10:17, ".... there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" This young man was asking how to be religious in order to go to heaven, how to be good. Jesus answered him with the truth. First, Jesus pointed out that the young man did not believe Jesus was the Holy One, perfect and pure of son, the "Christ" (Messiah) of Israel. Jesus said "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God." The young man said he had always followed the ten commandments. He was trying very hard to be good, but still was insecure; doubtful of having eternal life. That young man did not want to be a follower of Jesus, he wanted to earn his own way into heaven. Jesus said it was very hard for the young man to stop trusting in his own riches, his own works, his own accomplishments. Jesus never taught that it was ok to do evil. People who say they are believers yet conduct themselves as if they have a license to do evil things are much more likely to be liars than they are followers of Christ. "There is none good", only God is good. That is the truth, we are all sinners. It's not what we can be, it's what we are. That's the truth. It is not an excuse for being evil or doing evil. There is no excuse for doing or being evil, there is no license for breaking God's law. It's only by God's mercy that we are allowed time to live as sinners. God may revoke that permission at any moment for any of us. To follow Jesus is to deny oneself. Jesus denied Himself of His throne in Heaven, and became obedient even unto the death of the cross. He calls His followers to pick up their crosses and follow Him, denying themselves of the pleasures or sinful lusts. That means I do not give into temptations of self-indulgence or self-satisfaction or self-exultation. If at any moment I realize I have slipped or fallen, the quicker I can say "sorry" to God and stop that thinking or behavior, the better. There is always bad consequences for bad behavior, and God may at any moment execute the death penalty against any bad behavior no matter how tiny the "sins" may appear to others. So on my way to heaven, following Him as I carry my cross, I trust Him to be my life and lead me in a way pleasing to the One who created me to enjoy. As bad as we are, we can be saved and be new creatures in Christ. Being a new creation in Christ is living in Christianity. People who claim to be "saved" but live, talk, and act like gluttonous devils satisfying their selfish desires however they feel it's good for them are not following Jesus, they are following themselves and are probably on their way to Hell and not saved at all. If they don't look, act, and talk like followers of Jesus, they probably are liars. Do you understand now? 1
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It's ungodly, takes people to Hell. Hell is legal justice against sinners. Try to relate the comments to the debate, they are related. Weed warps the mind so that a person becomes numb to reality. It won't be allowed in Heaven or in Hell, so why allow yourself to do it here? Oh yeah, if your not going to heaven, you might as well do whatever you can to feel better while you can do anything about it. God knows, and He gave His word so we can know all we need to know. You are somebody, not nobody who does not know. Somebody does not know. That's you. 1
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