http://www.redding.com/news/2009/nov/06/redding-charity-turns-down-pot-dispensarys-food/

That's completely ridiculous don't you think?

I guess it is a bit ridiculous, but it is the choice of the Chruch whether to accept the food or not, even if they are in dire need of it. They said the prayers told them not to take it man, it's like a direct message from the big man himself, he was telling them "It's a trap!"

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Nov 21 2009, 8:03 am by Ultimo.

Ultimo hit it on the head. It's the church's choice. There are plenty of other places for that food to be donated to.

w/e
it was stupid for the guy to even think the church would take that food....
he knew he was going to be denied he is just trying start some shit.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Nov 20 2009, 4:03 pm by Ashamed.

I don't see how it's ridiculous at all. If it's against the pastor's morals, then that's just how it is.
As Kame said, the food will still get donated, no reason for him to feel guilty in accepting food from something he doesn't believe in.

Chris Solberg is a wise man

Now it makes sense for a church to refuse gifts from an immoral source. They don't want to become dependent on the devil's fruits or something.

However, I don't get what's immoral about smoking weed. I mean I can imagine them considering it immoral because "drugs, sex and rock and roll are evil!", but imo it's yet another instance of the morality of the Christian right not being the same as the morality of the bible.

lol I agree ><
I am christian and I have my Medical Marijuana license
they should have nothing against it now that its becoming legal. There is nothing in the bible that says anything about weed, actually it says all plants are ours in the bible but the forbidden fruit.
but that's what they wanted to do!

I searched for Chick tracts dealing with weed, and all I could find was: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0045/0045_01.asp

He doesn't quote any bible passages that mention drugs in any way. He just goes on about how summoning spirits will get you sent to hell.

Man, if it was possible to distort a bible passage to make it anti drug, I'm sure Chick here would have found a way.

It is commanded in the Bible to tke care of your body, as it is the temple of your spirit or something like that. Drugs=bad for your body.

If marijuana is bad for your body, then why would it be prescribed medically?

Zany. being a Christian I can find a fallacy in your logic. If drugs were bad, then why does the bible encourage excessive drinking during passover (for those of you who haven't experienced the real passover, I suggest you do it. For, you know, cultural reasons).

As an organization, the church had every right to deny the donation. If they prayed to God, and if God said no don't take it, there might have been a reason behind it that none of us will ever understand.

@kame I don't believe excessive drinking is commanded in the bible for the passover, although I could be wrong. What verses say that?

@scwizard Marijuana isn't bad for you when used sparingly with correct administration when required for medical purposes. Becoming addicted to and regularly getting high on it is NOT good for you though.

I, personally am a strong christian.

I also, however, believe the church is in a wrong in the way they acted.

If they had truly been in prayer like they had said, they would have realized that this was the answer to their prayers that they were looking for. Christianity teaches to cross social boundaries and to accept when good is given to you. Although the pastor said he didn't make a political decision, he did. Had he not been looking at the politics of the issue, he would have accepted the donations and accepted them for that.

According to the christian religion, god made everything on earth with a purpose, including marijuana. Although people abuse it for its effects just to get a high, It does have very good medicinal and structural uses, like in hemp, where it can be used without being abused. In my opinion, if they had been looking truly just at this, they would realize the situation, and they once again would not be looking down upon this organization.

Also, if you read the bible at all, Jesus, who is supposed to be the focus of the christian religion, often accepts help from those who the public would often look upon as taboo to be accepting help from. Just one example is the parable of the good Samaritan (which is pretty widely known even outside the christian religion). If they had truly been looking towards their religion and not towards politics, they once again would have realized this and they would have accepted the donations.

The only reason i could see this going a different way would be if the organization was not promoting the use of medicinal marijuana in a good way, thus making the church disagree with its ethical points, and thus turning down the donations.

Otherwise, this is bullshit, and the leaders of the church were not looking at the donation from the point of view they should have been looking at it from, and were just thinking about themselves. Thus the whole :we prayed about it" thing means jack squat and they are only doing it for their own selfish reasons.

And thats all i have to say about that...

'the Lord impressed upon me'
Pentacostal. If he were a proper Christian, he would have had a Biblical explanation as to why he turned it down, instead of 'The Lord told me.'
It was a silly decision, IMO, and he was too busy being PC to accept the gift.