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 Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:01 pm
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On the original subject, I think that if smoking, despite the fact that it is a nasty, harmful habit, would be, though not beneficial, all right- if it affected only the smoker, and it were done in reason.
After all, even though alcohol damages the body, Jesus, who could not sin, drank it.
However, I believe smoking anywhere where it will affect other people IS sin.
Despite what it does to the SMOKER'S body, the act of smoking around other people is to inflict harm upon them. They have to breathe whether your smoking or not, therefore, whether they want to or not, they are inhaling the second hand smoke. I believe it's sinful to inflict that upon people- as it's known to cause damage and disease, and they have no choice in the matter.
Then there's the simple matter of keeping it in reason. To smoke to an excess wouldn't be okay either.
So if the smoker only smokes one cigarette in a long while, only in places where nobody is around to be damaged, (and he/she thinks that buying cigarettes/tabacco products is a good way to spend the money God has given him/her,) then I believe that, though still not beneficial, smoking would not be a sin.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:43 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:52 am
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| hot_wheels_turbo_racing Wrote: |
| I never said it was always easy to quit. It's as easy to quit as you make it. Having overcome other addictions (not smoking), I have found for one thing that if you really want to quit something, you have to actually decide you want to quit. If you go against that, then you obviously don't want to quit. |
You can't just DECIDE you want to quit, and suddenly be rid of your addiction. It takes hard work, things such as nicotine patches, perhaps, and love and support. I know a woman who has been trying for years to quit smoking, so she doesn't die before her time from the effects of smoking, as her husband did. She's tried everything she can think of. Stoping her addiction is VERY important to her, but you know what? She still smokes. Addiction is a hard thing to overcome. If this woman could have just DECIDED to quit, she'd be smoke-free by now. And a heck of a lot healthier.
(I'm sorry, I realize I'm not being very tolerant here... It's just, I've lost people to smoking, people that SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED. And it just makes me feel... mad. Mad and angry and sad.)
| hot_wheels_turbo_racing Wrote: |
| And for us Christians, we always have God to help as well, and with God, everything is possible. |
So you're saying that if you prayed to God, right now, for a neon pink pony with a jester's hat to appear on your doorstep, it would?
Might I add, the seven men who first sold cigarretts stood within a courthouse and swore that there was no addictive possibilities to smoking, knowing full well there were. If anything is a sin, it's lying, as they did, knowing their actions would result in the deaths of dozens of thousands per year.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:26 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:24 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:11 am
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