I ask Ennie for his opinion on the legalization of Cannabis, and we have a conversation about its effects and Medicinal uses. Should Christians be opposed to …
A lot of people argue that weed should be legal because it can be used rationally. And that not everyone gets addicted to it and that not everyone will be harmed by it if they use it. But yet, by saying that we acknowledge that abuse of the drug will come. We can look at ares where cannibis has been legalized and we can see an increase in weed consumption which leads to more abuse and more accidents (ex. Car wrecks). Now people always say that we already have these problems with alcohol and that if you condemn weed for these things then you must condemn alcohol. But why is it that I must condemn alcohol for simply not wanting a drug accepted into society that will lead to more problems that we already have? What's wrong with me wanting a society that isn't as addicted to drugs? Why would the government want an addicted society?
God definitely doesn't want anyone to smoke anything .. But you don't have to smoke it. It can be eaten, vaped etc. However – I would only recommend cbd and not thc. Ie the part that heals and relaxes, rather than the part that gets you 'high'.
Thc is psychoactive and that could fall under 'pharmacika' in the Bible which counts as sorcery..
I have multiple health issues that cause me chronic pain and without Cannabis I could not live a normal life. We humans have an Endocannabinoid System that exists naturally in our bodies. If God didn’t want us to use Cannabis for medicine, then why would he give us a naturally occurring system in our bodies to process Cannabis?
There are so many wonderful health benefits to using cannabis that the negatives realistically are far outnumbered by positives. Sure, smoking cannabis probably isn’t the best way to consume it but I know far too many people who have tried edibles and have over did it. There’s a happy medium just like with alcohol.
Most people who are against marijuana have never tried it or have never needed it medically. It baffles me the way people come up with their own conclusions on substances based on opinions. To be an absolutist about this specific topic to be wrong. It's easy to say Oh I think smoking weed is a mortal sin when you are not Ill. But I bet if you were to be in a different situation your openion would change.
Nicotene makes you crave more nicotene…I am against cigarette smoking but I know of no one who went into hard drugs because their cigarettes weren't satisfying them. You don't get high from nicotene. I lived through the 70's when kids would come to school high from smoking marijuana on the bus…they couldn't function in class. I know of many people who started smoking marijuana who moved onto harder drugs because marijuana no longer gave them a satisfying high. One of those persons wound up stealing from his parents to buy his drugs. They kicked him out of the house…he returned months later and killed his parents and tried to kill his sisters…he was 19.
Idk in under the opinion that drugs of all kinds are sketchy unless you’re talking prescription necessity (blood pressure medication for ex) or coffee. Coffee is not that harmful, it causes anxiety at worst. Alcohol and marijuana should be used lightly at most. A lot of people use weed as an excuse to be dumb and escape life, and self medicate rather than facing their problems. (I have many family members who do this, it’s not helpful) I think there should be limits on how much a person can use or have at a given time, like with alcohol.
No offense Matt but by the title I thought Ennie was gonna teach us something, not defend his addiction with no Church Teachings on morals to back it up whatsoever 😄
At this point I’m down with it as an alternative for the terminally ill, but when I hear all the various arguments for weed, it’s hard for me not to assume that people just want to get high….that they want yet another escape from reality. That’s why I love Christ, Catholicism, my wife, my children, being open to life, and, on the level of a hobby, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, because those things put you face-to-face with reality.
Matt, love you man but you interrupted Ennie too much. He was about to make a few good points and you steered the conversation in a less interesting direction.
Not mentionded is the paranoia, potential psychosis and the fact that you come up witih epiphanies while high that make absolutely NO sense when you are straight. It destroyed my marriage and I think is a dangerous, abusive and confusing thing to do around children. I see it as an insidious drug, that subtlely wrecks havoc in families. Matt it seemed you were going to bring the common good and I would like to hear more on this. Personally it brought nothing but evil into my life and that of my children. I frankly think it opens you up to the demonic. I see it as a social evil and would only advocate it's medicinal use if it could be used without getting high. I also disagree that you can smoke cannabis in moderation.
I dislike cannabis because it leads to pseudo spiritual experiences which can be very misleading and cheapen actual spiritual experiences. Also, many people who smoke weed come up with stupid ideas but think they're genius.
Hello, thank you for bringing up this topic. Can I make a recommendation to Matt Fradd and Catholics in general?
I KNOW, this is long. I can't expect a YouTube comment to change the focus of your day, but I want to suggest that we start to consider that we can't afford to be uneducated on this topic, and work out the principles of the matter, as it is ever developing.
While the controversies around cannabis seem to be talked about among Christians with fairly little detail, powerful psychedelic drugs (like MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, DMT) are already set to enter medicine and I've hardly found a Christian comment on it. The medical research has been overwhelmingly positive, yet we need to also take note that such researchers are often open about their own personal use, something they consider "spiritual" or self-exploratory, and this is far more popular than we think (the main organization seems to be https://maps.org/ and notice the founder Rick Doblin just gave a TED Talk). They appeal to people from skeptical atheists to the credulous new age and so on. Since the '90s psychedelic culture has gradually become more popular than it was in the '60s craze, but with a more intelligent, respectable, responsible air, and indeed we can only presume they have good intentions (many of them literally [as in not figuratively] think psychedelics can save the world). I think we need to understand what's going on here with a lot of care and without any knee-jerk reactions.
Thank you for your time. There's too much to say on this, but I'm hoping I've said enough to point out the need for some intelligent Catholics to engage with this growing community. God bless you!
A lot of people argue that weed should be legal because it can be used rationally. And that not everyone gets addicted to it and that not everyone will be harmed by it if they use it. But yet, by saying that we acknowledge that abuse of the drug will come. We can look at ares where cannibis has been legalized and we can see an increase in weed consumption which leads to more abuse and more accidents (ex. Car wrecks). Now people always say that we already have these problems with alcohol and that if you condemn weed for these things then you must condemn alcohol. But why is it that I must condemn alcohol for simply not wanting a drug accepted into society that will lead to more problems that we already have? What's wrong with me wanting a society that isn't as addicted to drugs? Why would the government want an addicted society?
God definitely doesn't want anyone to smoke anything .. But you don't have to smoke it. It can be eaten, vaped etc. However – I would only recommend cbd and not thc. Ie the part that heals and relaxes, rather than the part that gets you 'high'.
Thc is psychoactive and that could fall under 'pharmacika' in the Bible which counts as sorcery..
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I have multiple health issues that cause me chronic pain and without Cannabis I could not live a normal life. We humans have an Endocannabinoid System that exists naturally in our bodies. If God didn’t want us to use Cannabis for medicine, then why would he give us a naturally occurring system in our bodies to process Cannabis?
There are so many wonderful health benefits to using cannabis that the negatives realistically are far outnumbered by positives. Sure, smoking cannabis probably isn’t the best way to consume it but I know far too many people who have tried edibles and have over did it. There’s a happy medium just like with alcohol.
Weed is a lot like guns. It's neither bad nor good, it's all on how you use it and why.
If you use it for pure hedonism and escapism, it's bad and extremely shallow.
If you use it for medical and the occasional good time, it's fine.
Most people who are against marijuana have never tried it or have never needed it medically. It baffles me the way people come up with their own conclusions on substances based on opinions. To be an absolutist about this specific topic to be wrong. It's easy to say Oh I think smoking weed is a mortal sin when you are not Ill. But I bet if you were to be in a different situation your openion would change.
Bible explicitly warns us about drugs. Any psychoactive drug if it be natural or synthetic can be used by the evil one.
This was a pathetic water down discussion on marijuana
Adding yet another drug the public cant handle!
GENESIS 1: 29
Doesn’t seem like a very intellectual topic. Disappointed.
Nicotene makes you crave more nicotene…I am against cigarette smoking but I know of no one who went into hard drugs because their cigarettes weren't satisfying them. You don't get high from nicotene. I lived through the 70's when kids would come to school high from smoking marijuana on the bus…they couldn't function in class. I know of many people who started smoking marijuana who moved onto harder drugs because marijuana no longer gave them a satisfying high. One of those persons wound up stealing from his parents to buy his drugs. They kicked him out of the house…he returned months later and killed his parents and tried to kill his sisters…he was 19.
every chemical ingested is a drug that will apear if it is a match to your beingness. it'll help you grow and expand if used as an offering to God!
Idk in under the opinion that drugs of all kinds are sketchy unless you’re talking prescription necessity (blood pressure medication for ex) or coffee. Coffee is not that harmful, it causes anxiety at worst. Alcohol and marijuana should be used lightly at most. A lot of people use weed as an excuse to be dumb and escape life, and self medicate rather than facing their problems. (I have many family members who do this, it’s not helpful) I think there should be limits on how much a person can use or have at a given time, like with alcohol.
No offense Matt but by the title I thought Ennie was gonna teach us something, not defend his addiction with no Church Teachings on morals to back it up whatsoever 😄
DUDE! Vaping is NOT a "water vapor"… which sounds less harmful. It's an aerosol, that contains vegetable oil and propylene glycol.
The recreational use of cannabis is sinful.
At this point I’m down with it as an alternative for the terminally ill, but when I hear all the various arguments for weed, it’s hard for me not to assume that people just want to get high….that they want yet another escape from reality. That’s why I love Christ, Catholicism, my wife, my children, being open to life, and, on the level of a hobby, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, because those things put you face-to-face with reality.
Matt, love you man but you interrupted Ennie too much. He was about to make a few good points and you steered the conversation in a less interesting direction.
Not mentionded is the paranoia, potential psychosis and the fact that you come up witih epiphanies while high that make absolutely NO sense when you are straight. It destroyed my marriage and I think is a dangerous, abusive and confusing thing to do around children. I see it as an insidious drug, that subtlely wrecks havoc in families. Matt it seemed you were going to bring the common good and I would like to hear more on this. Personally it brought nothing but evil into my life and that of my children. I frankly think it opens you up to the demonic. I see it as a social evil and would only advocate it's medicinal use if it could be used without getting high. I also disagree that you can smoke cannabis in moderation.
Good thing cannabis is not a drug.
I don't like the hippy culture associated with marijuana.
Not sure what to say about this vid 😳so I’ll just comment on Matt’s Aussieness-“cough my guts up” lol
Thanks for being real and not wearing a mask! Enjoy the videos, thanks for the transparency.
I miss Fulton J. Sheen
This is hysterical!!!!
I dislike cannabis because it leads to pseudo spiritual experiences which can be very misleading and cheapen actual spiritual experiences. Also, many people who smoke weed come up with stupid ideas but think they're genius.
we have chosen? Who is we?
Marijuana does change, permanently, the chemistry of the brain, in ways alcohol and caffeine do not.
Hey Matt, saw one of your books, on the subject of pornography, in a bookshop in Donegal, Ireland a few days ago. Wonderful evangelization 👍
Hello, thank you for bringing up this topic.
Can I make a recommendation to Matt Fradd and Catholics in general?
I KNOW, this is long. I can't expect a YouTube comment to change the focus of your day, but I want to suggest that we start to consider that we can't afford to be uneducated on this topic, and work out the principles of the matter, as it is ever developing.
While the controversies around cannabis seem to be talked about among Christians with fairly little detail, powerful psychedelic drugs (like MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, DMT) are already set to enter medicine and I've hardly found a Christian comment on it. The medical research has been overwhelmingly positive, yet we need to also take note that such researchers are often open about their own personal use, something they consider "spiritual" or self-exploratory, and this is far more popular than we think (the main organization seems to be https://maps.org/ and notice the founder Rick Doblin just gave a TED Talk). They appeal to people from skeptical atheists to the credulous new age and so on. Since the '90s psychedelic culture has gradually become more popular than it was in the '60s craze, but with a more intelligent, respectable, responsible air, and indeed we can only presume they have good intentions (many of them literally [as in not figuratively] think psychedelics can save the world). I think we need to understand what's going on here with a lot of care and without any knee-jerk reactions.
Thank you for your time. There's too much to say on this, but I'm hoping I've said enough to point out the need for some intelligent Catholics to engage with this growing community. God bless you!