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   XPost: alt.politics, talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <7528b8c7-c25e-47f5-9809-410123b23490@j11g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>   
   Brother Nate  writes:   
   >Bent Attorney Esq. wrote:   
   >> On Nov 19, 11:37=A0am, M_P  wrote:   
   >> > Tell people that hunger is less important than Reefer Madness   
   >> > misconceptions about marijuana ... sure, that'll help spread the   
   >> > Gospel.   
   >   
   >A church-operated food bank is mainly about getting food   
   >to people who need it, and part of that process is avoiding   
   >getting entangled in political side-shows.   
   >   
   >> It's not Christian like to prohibit people from ingesting substances   
   >> in the first place. =A0This Solberg is a pharisee.   
   >   
   >There are enough "Thou shalt not"s in the scriptures to   
   >lead me to question your assertion about it being a   
   >Christian thing to do, but I do know that there's an   
   >important part of "hate the sin but love the sinner"   
   >which makes me uncomfortable with heavy-handed   
   >punitive approaches to the problem.   
      
   Actually, all the prohibitions in the Old Testament were given to the Jews.   
   Most Christians don't follow Old Testament laws against eating pork (or other   
   "unclean" foods) or mixing fibers in our clothing or shunning women when they   
   are having their period, etc.   
      
   And even Jesus the Christ condensed the Ten Commandments into two:  Love the   
   Lord above all others and treat your neighbor as you would have your neighbor   
   treat you.   
      
   There's a lot of argument about "Christian" behavior (even the New Testament   
   contains some disagreement about that) but I would say in general that   
   "Christian" behavior would tend towards tolerance.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
    Mr. Cole's Axiom:   
        The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant;  the population   
        is growing.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)