I sincerely hope I live to see the day when dogmatic, misogynistic belief systems like the one espoused by Pastor Driscoll and Mars Hill Church Inc. are consigned to the dustbin of history...
"And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.”
This quote is so much fun! "A recent article even noted that young men are now less likely than ever to own a car, as taking public transportation allows them to use their smartphone more hours every day playing video games and downloading porn."
I ride the bus a lot, and I will admit to playing games (Yay Dragon Story ^_^) and reading smut (Yay SLOG). I am a bad Christian after all.
The 'eating the cereal box instead of the cereal it contains' analogy kinda rules. Someone should show up at one of his sermons, make a pro-smoking counter-argument, then eat a cereal box.
"Well, it's not illegal, and the Bible doesn't say anything about it, and I don't really know any of the science about its health effects... but I still don't like it!"
I betcha my grandmother's Bible that Driscoll has congregants who are pot smokers. That's part of the reason he has to tread so carefully. This is in addition to his congregants downloading, and enjoying the hell out of, smut. That one's a given. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Driscoll himself is a pot-smoking hairy-palm kinkster.
@28 OUCH!! And you win Slog today. Driscoll really should focus on gluttony in his sermons and that extra weight makes your sprem less potent and MANLY!!
I admit I don't know the scripture by heart, but pharmakeia (drug abuse) in the Bible is sin. Just because the Governmant allows it doesn't make it not sinful. Abortion and homsexuality is sinful, but legal in the United States. It isn't about judging people. Judging and affirmation are not the same thing. God has already said it is wrong. Very few who use marijuana actually use it for legit medical reasons. The reason people smoke weed is because of what it does; gets people high. According to the scripture this is sorcery. I can give mercy to those who use it for real medical reasons even though there are alternatives, but for recreational use, it is sin. www.minjeremiah.com
That guy is just the absolute platonic ideal of a douchebag.
Genesis 1:29
And God said "behold, I give you every herb bearing seed on the face of the earth"
Or some such nonsense..
I am more concerned about the hapless man-children that listen to this idiot than I am about the high guys on the bus downloading porn.
Suck it Driscoll.
SATAN LEADS THE WAR ON CARS
Expect to see that line in a Mars Hill sermon before too long.
Driscoll needs to go to the Moon.
I ride the bus a lot, and I will admit to playing games (Yay Dragon Story ^_^) and reading smut (Yay SLOG). I am a bad Christian after all.
Well, that certainly is an opinion.
"Kaneh besm" or cannabis, shows up in Exodus 30:23, Song of Songs 4:14., Isaiah 43:24, Jeremiah 6:20, Ezekiel 27:19.
God clearly loves all his creations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzHKSDy9c…