11.30.2003
Ever since a referral to Genesis 1:29, i have been intrigued by the Judaic-Christian-Muslim
responses to this "War On Some Drugs" and do wonder when will the lessons of the first
Book of the Torah - Bible be really understood and enter into our societies Heart and Soul.
This information below is from a "justifiable" view using the Torah - Bible as a Gateway of
Interpretation and a Means of Understanding this misunderstanding that has resulted in
incarceration and just plain control of common "morals" and clear judgment.
This country alone is the most zealous to lock up people for just enjoining the Gift of Herbs.
We have more folks locked up for marijuana than anyone country on the Earth!
Many of those in prison are serving more time for smoking and involvement with a plant
than murderers!
Hope that the "religious" of this country help change the ways of looking at this God Given
Gift of Marijuana and begin implementing the Change for the Betterment of Mankind
Justice Roy Moore and Drug War Blasphemy
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's refusal to remove a monument of the
Ten Commandments from the lobby of the State Supreme Court building
raises obvious implications of accepting Bible Law as a legal standard.
The religious nutcakes involved in this scheme to put a religious
influence into man's law do not realize that theocratic acceptance of
Bible in law would end drug prohibition.
I hope someone will raise the Bible issues below when this clown
Moore spews out his self-righteous sermon about Godliness in a
courtroom.
Injecting a surprising subject switch into Judge Moore's agenda will
open a few eyes about the folly of a drug war based on lies,
dissembling and propaganda.
Drug prohibition in all of its tenses is utterly condemned by the scriptures.
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.
Blaspheme 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, who, if his son shall ask
him for a loaf, will give him a stone; 10 or if he shall ask for a
fish, will 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
who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Deuteronomy 32:3 For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye
greatness unto our God. 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his
ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just
and right is he.
James 1: 16 Do not be misled, my beloved brothers, 17 every good gift
and every perfect present comes down from the Father of the
[celestial] lights, and with him there is not a variation of the
turning of a shadow.
Psalm 18: 30 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is
tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Job 36: 22 Look! God himself acts exaltedly with his power;
Who is an instructor like him?
23 Who has called his way to account against him,
And who has said, 'You have committed unrighteousness?
Psalm 19: 7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, bringing back the soul.
The reminder of Jehovah is trustworthy, making the inexperienced one wise.
Romans 1: 20 Ever since the creation of the world his invisible
nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly
perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without
excuse; 21 for although they knew God they did not honor him as God
or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and
their senseless minds were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they
became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for
images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles.
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:
Leviticus 24:15 And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his
God shall bear his sin. 16 He who blasphemes the name of the LORD
shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the
sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall
be put to death. 17 He who kills a man shall be put to death.
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, says 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: 15-20 "Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to
you in sheep's covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. 16 By
their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes
from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 17 Likewise every good
tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless
fruit; 18 a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a
rotten tree produce fine fruit. 19 Every tree not producing fine
fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Really, then, by
their fruits you will recognize those [men]." 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 sexual 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 The false witness will not be free from punishment,
and he that launches forth mere lies will perish.
EZEKIEL 13:8-9 "Therefore, this is what the Lord Jehovah has said:
"For the reason that you men have spoken untruth and you have
envisioned a lie, therefore here I am against you" is the utterance
of the Lord Jehovah. And my hand has come to be against the prophets
that are visioning untruth and that are divining a lie. In the
intimate group of my people they will not continue on, and in the
register of the house of Israel they will not be written, and to the
soil of Israel they will not come; and you people will have to know
that I am the Lord Jehovah."
JOHN 8:44 "You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the
desires of your father. That one was a manslayer when he began, and
he did not stand fast in the truth, because the truth is not in him.
When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition,
because he is a liar and the father of the lie." Jesus Christ
The bans on drugs also have a racial bias violating Jesus teaching at-
Galatians 3: 28 (48) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for
(49) you are all one in (50) Christ Jesus.
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 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth;
as he has disfigured a man, he shall be disfigured.
Deuteronomy 19:21 Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life 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.
(The whole idea of Jesus's sacrifice is to balance Adam's loss, so
the principle of proportion punishment is central to Christian
belief. In other words, Jesus exactly paid the debt caused by Adam's
fall.)
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. (Being a drunk is a punishment in itself.)
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 Job The demonization of cocaine By Jacob Sullum
http://reason.com/opeds/js092799.shtml)
MATTHEW 7: 15-20 "Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to
you in sheep's covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. 16 By
their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes
from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 17 Likewise every good
tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless
fruit; 18 a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a
rotten tree produce fine fruit. 19 Every tree not producing fine
fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Really, then, by
their fruits you will recognize those [men]." Jesus Christ
6. Drug prohibition is a false doctrine akin to the misguided witch
hunts and inquisitions 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 job 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.
Even though no injury to anyone occurs individuals who transgress a
phony drug policy are condemned as being worse than robbers, rapers,
child molesters and even murderers.
Punishing for drug use violates the commandments against adding
doctrines to the Bible
Revelation 22: 18 I am bearing witness to everyone that hears the
words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to
these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in
this scroll; and if anyone takes anything away from the words of the
scroll of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the
trees of life and out of the holy city ....
7. The fundamental notion that prohibition is based on contradicts
Bible teaching-
The idea that a man is corrupted by consuming a drug runs against
Jesus's words at:
Matthew 15: 10 Listen and get the sense of it: 11 Not what enters
into [his] mouth defiles a man; but it is what proceeds out of [his]
mouth that defiles a man." ............ 17 Are you not aware that
everything entering into the mouth passes along into the intestines
and is discharged into the sewer? 18 However, the things that
proceeding out of the mouth come out of the heart, and these things
defile a man. 19 For example, out of the heart come wicked
reasonings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thieveries, false
testimonies, blasphemies. 20 These are the things defiling a man.
........ "
Drug prohibition is a false doctrine similar to the inquisitions and witch hunts
of the past. If anyone disagrees please show the scriptural support for your
position.
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