# If Jesus used pot, would it legitimize it theologically? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 6, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992 "2003-01-06T19:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/21 "2003-01-07T08:20:35Z")
It seems that [Reefer Madness](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Israel%20Green%20Leaf) is taking hold in Israel. And if the ‘Underground Church of the Most High’ is to be believed, [Moses](http://www.tucmh.org/mjb2.html) was taking The Pot. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/22 "2003-01-07T10:48:18Z")
Apos, could you explain what you mean by theological legitimacy? * * * Czar, actually it is the poor _in spirit_ who are blessed. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/23 "2003-01-07T12:26:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*I declare [this](http://www.walnet.org/rosebud/cannabisgod.html) to be the official theme song of this thread. \*\* …and here’s the [B-side](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/king-missile/16762.htm) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/24 "2003-01-07T12:37:15Z")
OK, on a more serious note, I’d like to agre with a few posters here that Jesus’ drug historyis irelevant. I never thought of drug use itself as a sin. Even drug abuse, theoretically, isn’t. However, many drugs tend to cause ancillilary [sp?] wrongs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/25 "2003-01-07T13:34:02Z")
As does abject poverty, but the Bible blesses _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/26 "2003-01-07T15:17:25Z")
Are you sure you know what you’re talking about, there, Czar? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![caracal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caracal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caracal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/27 "2003-01-08T07:15:50Z")
First of all let me say that I’m a regular pot smoker and am _very_ liberal on the subject of Marijuana Prohibition. But I’ve got to say that the High Times Article on which this story is based is a real stretch. Weed is quite a bit stronger than it was just a few decades ago. The stuff I have now is some damn good smoke, but I doubt that rubbing it on my skin would have any effect at all. Chewing on good weed will only get you a little buzz (tried that). The High Times article mentions that it is a “cannibis extract”, so maybe it contains a high concentration of THC. But personally I doubt it. Unless the Bible specifically says JC was tokin’ it up with the Apostles, I don’t see how the article belongs in anything other than history or science publications. It certainly has no relevance to the modern day world. High Times should stick to there cool pictures and leave the bible interperting to the pros-like the members of this board. 😃 Jesus Christ: “I did not inhale” ---
**Author:** ![caracal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caracal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caracal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/28 "2003-01-08T07:18:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caracal \* > \*\* I don’t see how the article belongs in anything other than history or science publications. 😃 > > \*\* Damn, the _article_ doesn’t belong in a respectable magazine-just the cannibis info. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/29 "2003-01-08T07:29:49Z")
—Apos, could you explain what you mean by theological legitimacy?— Was this repeat question a mistake on your part Lib? If not, that doesn’t bode well… ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/30 "2003-01-08T07:32:20Z")
—I would welcome a cite, either on that, or on whether THC and related cannibinols would be absorbed into the skin when mixed with oil.— Someone should do one better than a cite. Someone should do an experiment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/31 "2003-01-08T11:12:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Apos \* > \*\*—I would welcome a cite, either on that, or on whether THC and related cannibinols would be absorbed into the skin when mixed with oil.— > > Someone should do one better than a cite. Someone should do an experiment. 🙂 \*\* A simple and legal one for a Amsterdam-based Doper (hahaha!) to perform. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![DaddyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@DaddyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyMack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/32 "2003-01-10T04:37:06Z")
Pot is an herb. Gen 1:30 says we can eat it. What did Jesus drive? Everbody, including Jesus, drove a Honda. Act 7:57 ---
**Author:** ![caracal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caracal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caracal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/33 "2003-01-10T04:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DaddyMack \* > \*\*Pot is an herb. Gen 1:30 says we can eat it. > > What did Jesus drive? Everbody, including Jesus, drove a Honda. Act 7:57 \*\* Act 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Is this a parable about driving under the influence? Man this thread is really helping me to understand the Bible better.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaddyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@DaddyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyMack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/34 "2003-01-10T04:57:59Z")
caracal WWGD(rive) is not part of this thread I was responding to superfreakicus question. The bible does go on to explain other foods we should not eat (i.e. pork, catfish, etc.) but it does not address this herb thing. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992/35 "2003-01-10T16:07:42Z")
Scott Thompson(in KITH skit): “If Jesus had turned hay into pot instead of water into wine, we’d all be smoking up at communion” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-used-pot-would-it-legitimize-it-theologically/146992.md?page=1)