Pubdate: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 Source: Summit Daily News (CO) Copyright: 2005 Summit Daily News Contact: http://www.summitdaily.com/home.php Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/587 Author: Stan White CANNABIS: THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Re: Your spiritual series that ran Jan. 9-15. Christ God, Our Father, and His spirit of truth are important in my life and cannabis helps me know and understand it more than most anything else. What led me closer to the spirit of truth, to begin with, was praying for the truth about cannabis, while being persecuted by clergy for using it. A reason people like to use cannabis (kaneh bosm before the King James Version) is because it makes people feel closer to God, but most people don't know it and just enjoy the buzz. Until I was persecuted for using cannabis and found the truth, I would never have imagined it could help people's spiritual life; but it does. Protect yourselves from clergy who mistakenly teach the table of the Lord is defiled. The table of the Lord is not defiled. See Malachi 1:6-14, subtitled, "Sin of the Priests," (New American Standard Bible) along with the very first page where God created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good. People should stop supporting cannabis prohibition since it harms themselves by separating them from the spirit of truth, which is promised to those who obey Jesus Christ and love one another (John 14-16.) You can not love someone and cage them for using what is good. The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that we accept it with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:1-5). If you use cannabis, thank God for it. Stan White Summit Cove - --- MAP posted-by: Beth