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Drugs are bad... M'kay?
Before we get started let me explain that I AM NOT a Christian. However, I have read the Bible (as well as many other religious texts) and studied the Torah in an academic context.
Now, let us begin.
How many of you consider the recreational use of drugs to be a sin? From a Christian context, this issue is not addressed in the Holy Bible. Many of you slow thinkers are probably saying to yourselves right now, nah ahh, Jesus said render unto Caesar... which implies that God commands us to respect the law of the society in which we live. If you truly believe this, then I would suggest to you that the use of drugs can only be a relative sin and not a natural sin. That is to say that it is only a sin because of the norms of the society in which one lives. Therefore, it may not be a sin in another society.
If you believe in sin, then you believe in moral absolutes... and now have a paradox on your hands.
eNtRopY
Before we get started let me explain that I AM NOT a Christian. However, I have read the Bible (as well as many other religious texts) and studied the Torah in an academic context.
Now, let us begin.
How many of you consider the recreational use of drugs to be a sin? From a Christian context, this issue is not addressed in the Holy Bible. Many of you slow thinkers are probably saying to yourselves right now, nah ahh, Jesus said render unto Caesar... which implies that God commands us to respect the law of the society in which we live. If you truly believe this, then I would suggest to you that the use of drugs can only be a relative sin and not a natural sin. That is to say that it is only a sin because of the norms of the society in which one lives. Therefore, it may not be a sin in another society.
If you believe in sin, then you believe in moral absolutes... and now have a paradox on your hands.
eNtRopY
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