Pubdate: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) Copyright: 2001 Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.denver-rmn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 Author: Stan White Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) THANK GOD FOR POT Thank you for the story, "Canada embraces medical pot," published Aug. 7. I try not to push my Christian walk with God, but I would like to add our single common denominator and a very important connection to this issue. God our Father gave us cannabis for food and medicine. The only biblical restriction placed on cannabis, (also known as kaneh bosm before the King James Version), is that we accept it with thanksgiving. Accept cannabis for what it is as described on the very first page of the Bible (Genesis 1:11-12; 29-30). If God gave us cannabis, who gives us cannabis prohibition? Thank God for cannabis. To do otherwise is to stumble on the first page of the Bible. Christians take heed! We Christians do not have to smoke cannabis but we would do well to disassociate ourselves from those who would cage a human, including Christians, for using cannabis. Stan White Dillon - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager