Why marijuana makes me question if there is a God.

When Im high I begin to think about God as well. I begin to think of marijuana as a godly herb.

But Im an atheist. I appreciate marijuana for what it is and the way it enhances life.

 

I think about the possibility of God while I am high as well... but I feel we are all Gods. We just have to open our eyes and see it.

 

i hear what you are saying.

To explain Jesus, wikipedia the holy trinity

And this is a religion, and in religion you have faith. Faith means to go blindly. To just...believe.

Im not really religious, but these are my views

 

there is a God. He created everything and we are in this world (which is temporary) for a reason, which is to love one another and to worship God.

its the Truth.

 

That means you believe and have faith in Him. I don't understand some of the stuff that I learned since I was a little kid in church either. Like previously stated; to have faith means to believe blindly. Just know that everything happens according to His plan, even if it doesn't make sense to you.. Most people think it's stupid to believe in something that is "made up," but I still believe.

 

I find myself thinking about it alot too when im high. But not really in depth, just thinking. But one time when I smoked some bomb ass weed at a friends house i started thinking too much. When I was walking home I was just normally high, then I started to play video games and absolutely couldnt hold my hand still. Then started trippin out so I decided to go to sleep and started thinking about it again and was having panic attacks. I stared feeling my heart and thinking I was just a clock waiting to run out of batteries, it was pretty intense. But anyway, why not just have faith and take the chance there is a heaven, instead of possibly burning in hell?

 

I personally don't believe god is separate from us. God is either consciousness. We are god, god is us.

 

Religion is what separates the world, not invisible border lines, or oceans, or mountains.

 

With all the religions out there, you're gonna go to hell a million times over no matter who you believe in

 

My stance on the subject, although I may have posted this on the Philosophy forum...
Is that we are all part of a larger whole. Each one of us is just a tiny part of this unimaginably large consciousness.

Everytime I smoke, there's only ONE thought that makes perfect sense.
We Are All Connected.

I think religion is probably not the best word, it implies rules and thing like that. When you boil it right down to the bare bones, I think "spirituality" is a better word. You don't have to believe that there is a God/Higher being, but you can still be spiritual. Being true to yourself, I guess.

Someone above mentioned that "we are all gods. we just have to realize it" (or along those lines). I like that mentality, whose to say we're not "Gods"? Just because we don't have control over *everything*. However, we do choose our own destiny, and that is a power of it's own.

It doesn't matter what your God(ess) is called, or what religion you are. As long as *you* believe it's true, that's what matters the most.

Try smoking a bowl, and then meditate and relax a little. You don't have to think, just "listen". Here's a question to get you started: Where do thoughts come from?

 

I do not need weed to question what does not exist (or has no proof of existing)

Think of the Christian God as the Hindu Brahma, the all-powerful unfathomable "God" for lack of a better word. There are many avatars - like limbs - of this God, such as shiva and kali, that enter our mortal world and influence our lives.

Its kinda messed up; Christianity, that is. Adolf Hitler, if he apologized for his sins and accepted Jesus as his Lord and savior, would get into heaven. Keep in mind he murdered millions of people. But a person who lived a truely "christ-like" life, that of a saint, in a remote pacific island - who had no hope of even knowing who the hell Jesus is - has no chance of getting into heaven, since he did not accept Christ as his Lord.

Also, how is God omnipresent and omnipotent if Adam and Eve suprised him by eating the apple? If he is omnipresent, he wouldve seen them eat it... if he was omniscient, he wouldve known they did it in the first place.

Oh yeah - why do christian extremists bomb abortion clinics or stem cell research scientists because they are "playing God"? God is omniscient and timeless, so he knows EVERYTHING that will go on, past present and future, so no one is playing God. Everyone is where the Christain God wants them - suffering or living a good life - we have no free will.

Can God make a rock so big that even he cannot lift it? If not, he isn't all powerful. If he can, he isn't all powerful. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

I like to focus my high thoughts on something worthwhile, like.. "hmm, do those two potato bugs that just crossed each other's paths know each other?"

I opted out of believing in the "God" bullshit when I was 10. That was over a decade ago. But I can see how if you still believed in it, or were still agnostic (in the sense that you are unsure), being high would offer some insight.

 

Oh, being high often does provide alot of insight into topics I normally don't breach while I'm "sober".

Being high makes me *think*, like really ponder stuff, and ask Why?
The only reoccurring theme I can find is that "everything is connected." Maybe not in a physical sense, but on a higher level.

I've been agnostic since prolly the same age as you, at least 10.
That doesn't mean I don't think there IS a God, nor do I think there IS not a God.

I want proof. I'm scientific, mathematical and logical. I want proof of existence, or non-existence. I'm just unsure which way to sway, if you know what i mean. I remain neutral on the subject.

 

I truly appreciate this thread. You have to question it all. Like another poster said since God is omniscient than he would have known that Adam and Eve were going to eat the apple....so was that part of his plan. Did he want to introduce original sin. And how do you explain the existence of the devil. Why hasn't the almighty crushed his minion.
Why don't we have any miracles anymore and why doesn't god intervene with earths business anymore like he did in biblical times.

I think we and all living things are part of a system; we are all interconnected. We are part of a greater energy. Each and every decision we make has a consequence and effect in someone else's life as well as on the environment. There is no plan; it's just a bunch of butterfly effects.

The god they speak of in the bible has too many human qualities for my taste. He's jealous, always wants praise for his actions, and even gambles (see the story of Job). The bible is a nice guideline to live your life by though. But I dont see the difference b/w calling yourself a specific religion and simply living the same principles that religion follows. If there is a god and a heaven, one who lived righteously should be able to gain entrance regardless of his creed - even is he is not a believer.

With that said, I dont think there is this all powerful being who dwells in heaven. Jesus was just a man who was willing to die for what he believed in. There is no devil. There is only what we call "good" and "evil" and they must both exist in order to maintain universal harmony (Yin and Yang). There is no heaven or hell. We just use the concepts to maintain order and to comfort ourselves with the thought of death. When we die our energy returns to the earth/universe and it is reused.

 

dude, can I quote that for my sig?

 

thats exactly who God is. Hes from a far greater place than earth and is the creator of ALL things. have faith in Him and live according to His ways

 

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