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Sent to General Experts May 02, 2007 2:00 a.m.

is it against catholic religion to do drugs such as marijuana, shrooms or lsd, where the hallucinagen drugs give you an experience of once a lifetime, possibly bringing you to your senses of God. My question focuses on is although it may be against the law, does it make me a bad christian and against God to do drugs.

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May 02, 2007 2:19 a.m. (18 minutes and 35 seconds later)

Hello. That's a real philosophical, and very interesting, question. The bible doesn't talk about these drugs, or any other drugs, specifically. What it does talk about is disobeying the law. In a nut shell here is what is believed by most Christians, and a couple quotes from the Bible. To disobey civil law is to sin against God.

Romans 13:1-5 - God ordained governing authorities. To resist them is to resist God's ordinance. Those who disobey may be punished by the authorities, but they also have harmed their conscience toward God.

1 Peter 2:13,14 - Submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake.

And here is a link to the source, plus a much more indepth discussion of the subject.

Click here: Drug Abuse and the Bible: Intoxication, Addiction, Sobriety

If you take the Bible literally, then I'd have to say the answer to your question is yes, it's against God and it makes you a bad Christian. At least for as long as the drugs are considered illegal by civil law. My interpretation is, the Bible is not judging the drugs. It is judging anyone who uses them if they are illegal. I hope this helps but if not, just let us know. Patricia



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