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Rev. Adam
Antiprohibitionist
Joined: 08 Apr 2007
Posts: 11
Location: TX
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Barry,
First let me say that I commend you for stepping out of the darkness and into the Light.
Second, my name is Rev. Adam. I am a disabled veteran, and a Cannabis Sacrament Minister, and I use cannabis as my Holy Sacrament. Now other like minded humans like my-self that use cannabis for religious reasons have a defense based on the Religious Freedoms Restoration Act of 1993, and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights of 1994, among other things.
How familiar are you with this information? Since I believe that cannabis is the Tree of Life and the meat that will heal All nations. It is part of my religious beliefs to share cannabis with all humans, as long as there is no commerce(which is against the ministry) what law am I breaking if I give some of the Holy Herb to a stranger passing my by on the side walk. It is not the same as giving someone a stick of gum, or sharing the bread and wine with my fellow neighbor?
Article 1 Sec.6 Freedom of Worship. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent. No human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion, and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious society or mode of worship. But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary to protect equally every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship
-Texas Constitution pg.1-2
Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you.” Genesis 1:29
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Barry
CEO/NeverGetBusted.Com
Joined: 03 Apr 2007
Posts: 600
Location: Texas
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Reverend,
You have every right to claim cannabis as a religious herb just as Christians claim wine in the Lord's Supper.
Thanks for realizing my wife and I came to the side of light.
Save a child. Empty our prisons of non-violent drug offenders and make room for child molesters.
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OneManRevolution
Antiprohibitionist
Joined: 08 Apr 2007
Posts: 88
Location: Carrollton, TX
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: ? |
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| Does that mean it's a viable defense in court? |
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Rev. Adam
Antiprohibitionist
Joined: 08 Apr 2007
Posts: 11
Location: TX
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: ? |
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| OneManRevolution wrote: | | Does that mean it's a viable defense in court? |
It will be viable if you can prove your own personal ligitimate religious use,(even though the law states that you should not be required to prove your religious belief) Take my situation for example. Not only are the current laws keeping me from easy and legal access to my Holy Sacrament, but it is also keeping me from easy and legal access to my medication. Not to mention that The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 applies to me as well, so right there is another violation of my civil rights as a Human Being, as an American Citizen, as a Disabled Veteran, and as a Cannabis Sacrament Minister.
The consumption of cannabis brings me so much closer to a higher state of consciouness which gives me a great sense of being towards The Great Spirit. It has opend my eyes and caused me to seek out information that I would have never before thought to research. It helps me heal my body enabling me to heal my soul as well. The christian bible says that whatever we believe is real because of our Faith. You should also keep in mind that no one has the authority to tell you that what you belive in is not real. Cannabis has been used for religious purposes for the past 5000 years...READ BELOW
“The Great Mushroom Hoax”
By Steven Hager
HIGHTIMES July 2006 page 22
In my February column (“Reflections on a Secret Society”), I mentioned that Soma, the ancient sacrament of the Rig Veda, is actually cannabis. This comment prompted a reply from Jon, who complained:
Soma’s actual identity is the Amanita muscaria mushroom…well-document in R. Gordon Wasson’s book Soma: Devine Mushroom of Immortality (1968).”
Then I heard from Chris Bennett, who recently E-mailed me an article from the Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies (EJVS, Vol. 9 May 2003), which indicated that the “Soma mushroom” theory should have been permanently laid to rest three years ago, thanks to a Russian archaeology team. Yet some mushroom lovers still want to assert that the most influential sacrament in religious history is a mushroom and not the cannabis plant.
Why should we care? Long before Judaism or Christianity emerged, present-day Iran was the location of a religious awakening that transformed all neighboring spiritual cultures. The concept of a struggle between God and Satan, as well as a Judgment Day when true believers would ascend to paradise, was created by the Zoroastrian religion, whose most famous prophet was Zarathustra. The Zoroastrians created fire temples throughout Persia. In India, the all-important sacrament of Haoma was called “Soma,” That’s because the “S” in Sanskrit is written “H” in Avestan, the language of Zarathustra.
It’s clear today that when the Roman Empire transformed from a pagan to a Christian society, there was a very successful campaign to destroy all knowledge of the relationship between cannabis and religion, a campaign that seems ongoing even today. Judaism not only incorporated a “God versus Devil” cosmology, but also transformed Haoma into the “Hole Anointing Oil.” While Zarathustra mixed cannabis flowers with sour milk, creating a bhang-like recipe, the early Jews found it easier to just put the flowers into olive oil until the plant resins were absorbed into an intoxicating oil that could be applied directly to the skin. According to the Dad Sea Scrolls, which remain the only cannabis-related documents that escaped destruction by the Romans, early Christians revived the use of this anointing oil for healing as well as ceremonial uses.
What does this have to do with Russian archaeology? The Russians visited three of the largest Zorastrian temple sites with the plan of analyzing rooms known to have been utilized for the production of Haoma.
This is what they discovered:
“In each of these three temples the main place is occupied by the so-called “white rooms” with a common layout principle. Along the walls of these rooms, there are located low brick platforms with dug-in vessels that are fixed in the platforms and that contain think layers of gypsum. The vessels contain the remains of ephedra, cannabis and poppy—substances which are known to be used for making narcotics. There is no doubt that in ancient days these plants were also used for an analogical purpose.” Anyone wishing to read the entire paper can find it here:
http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/issues.html
So I hope this clears up the misconception that Soma/Haoma had anything to do with mushrooms.
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