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ARTICLES. Volume 48 - Issue 2. What Christians Need to Know About “Legalized” Marijuana. By Melvin L. Otey. Abstract. As states continue to decriminalize marijuana and usage escalates in American culture, Christians must increasingly navigate their associations with the drug.
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And what I want to draw attention to, by way of exhortation and encouragement, even though it may sound pessimistic to some, is that this fact, the legalization of pot, draws attention to something that we need to be aware of and we need to adjust our thinking about — namely, that the church for a long time has leaned too heavily on the overlap bet...
Now, the point is not that these things should or shouldn’t be illegal. The point is that because they were illegal, the church didn’t have to think very hard or work very hard or teach very deeply or inspire very effectively to inculcate convictions and attitudes and behaviors in our young people or in new converts. We simply could assume that our...
So the so-called Judeo-Christian ethic shaped laws and churches to such an extent that the culture, as much as the church, discipled our young people. I grew up in that world, anyway, when I was a kid. And little effort went into cultivating a mindset that Christians are not of this world but are sojourners and exiles and will be maligned if they w...
My point is this: the focus and the moral energy of the church, the great majority of our effort, should not be on pursuing political and legal and cultural support for behaviors and attitudes we want to see in our children and in our churches. That is a misplaced focus. I’m not saying there’s no role for Christians in politics or legislatures wher...
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May 13, 2024 · While the Catholic Church does not teach that the use of marijuana specifically is inherently sinful, paragraph 2291 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear about the use of drugs in...
Nov 10, 2023 · Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver on Friday released a pastoral letter on the Church’s teaching on recreational drugs, with a particular focus on marijuana, aiming to “help Catholics...
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The Catholic perspective on marijuana, then, amounts to this: regardless of what law permits, the recreational use of cannabis is not a legitimate moral option. Cannabis can be used for therapeutic reasons, such as via prescription, wherever medical use is legal.
Mar 29, 2022 · Temple 420, a Los Angeles-based church that held Sunday services at 4:20 p.m. (a time associated with after-school marijuana use) and sold marijuana to its followers to help them communicate with ...
May 26, 2021 · Frequent church attenders are less supportive of broad legalization than others, even within religious groups. For example, among White evangelicals who say they attend religious services at least weekly, 29% favor legal marijuana for both medical and recreational use, compared with 64% of White evangelicals who attend services less often.
