Is Smoking Marijuana a Sin?
Is smoking marijuana a sin? Well, you used to be able to say "Yes, because it's illegal," and that would be that. But now that marijuana is legal medicinally and recreationally, is it still sin? Yes -- 1 Corinthians 6:12, "All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." Often marijuana is compared to drinking alcohol or caffeine, but they are not the same. You can drink a glass of wine and not get drunk, or have a cup of coffee and still operate heavy machinery. But if you take one puff on a joint or take one bite of Aunt Mary Jane's special brownies, you get high. The whole point of marijuana is to alter the consciousness, which diminishes your thinking and functioning. While God does not put an absolute prohibition on drinking alcohol, it is always sin to be intoxicated. Drunkenness -- whether by the vine or the weed! -- is not of the Spirit but of the flesh. Those who do it will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19...