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  • You are supposed to treat you body as a "temple". Not disgrace it in any way, keep it clean and pure... body, mind and spirit.
  • Not directly, though, as Deadtomatos said one is supposed to treat their body as a temple, so a stance against drugs is implied, but never directly stated.
  • Isaih 5:11-12 "Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. They have harps and lyres at their banquets, tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands." Of course, this is speaking of wine, but I believe that since the Holy Bible is the Living word of God, that it is speaking of abusing anything including any alcohol or drugs. Hope this helps your inquiry. In His service, <:))))<>< "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
  • References to sorcery imply drugs. I was not aware of this until within the past year. Several of the Greek words translated "witchcraft" and "sorcery" have the root pharm, from which our words "pharmacy" and "pharmaceuticals" are derived. In the New Testament the word "sorcerer" is translated from the Greek word "Pharmakeus", which comes from the Greek word for drug "pharmakon". The Bible calls sorcery a "work of the flesh" (Galatians 5:20-21), and clearly condemns sorcerers, saying they share the same destiny as fornicators, murderers, idolaters, and whoever love lies and live a life of lies (Revelation 22:15).
  • Which Bible? The Jewish Bible? Christian Bible? Jehova's Witness Bible? Satanic Bible? Witch's Bible? People most commonly refer to the Christian Bible, so I will answer assuming that this is the Bible to which you refer. The Christian Bible can be interpreted to ban or allow almost anything, including drugs.
  • As in all things, the Bible (the Christian Bible being the Jewish Bible plus the books regarding its fulfillment)is balanced in its counsel. True, it doesn't speak a lot about what we call 'hard' or illicit drugs. Alcohol is a drug and because the Scriptures do speak directly about them, we can draw some principles. Used in moderation, the Bible commends its use both as a cheerer of the heart and as medicine. Jesus produced wine and used it on the most sacred and important night of his earthly life. (It was in fact alcoholic wine and not mere juice, but that is a discussion for another day.) The Christian elder and missionary Paul told his young friend Timothy to take wine in place of water to cure his stomach problems. On the other hand, Proverbs tells us that wine is a ridiculer when taken in excess. Drunkards are among those barred from the Kingdom and if unrepentant are to be expelled from the congregation. Lovers of wine do not qualify as overseers or elders in the congregation. Both Noah and Lot, righteous men, fell into the snare of drunkenness once or twice and paid a high price. This is a warning example. Priests were forbidden to drink if they were to officiate soon thereafter to avoid misconduct or scandal. Jesus, though in great pain and under much stress, refused wine drugged with myrrh so that he could keep a clear head. Along with the above mentioned link to spiritism, this makes it clear that God fearing people wisely avoid excessive use of even safe mood altering substances (including alcohol and caffeine) and totally avoid those that can lead to peril even in small amounts.
  • yes. many times, in fact. i'm not 2 familiar with the bible, but i know some1 who is. hez on answerbag. He's "sinner saved by grace", and he knows a lot about the bible, much more than I do
  • Read the book the authors were all on drugs.
  • Consider 2 Corinthians 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these promises, beloved ones, let us cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit... This was a principle given by the bible not a list of dos and don'ts. A principle to abstain from anything that defiling to the body which includes smoking, drugs, heavy drinking, etc. Could any of us really say we were appreciative of the gift of life if we did things to defile it? If you gave a friend a present and in turn they just went and they went and dropped it in the dirt, kicked it around, and just didn't take care of it, how would you feel? Dr. Richard Pollin, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.A.), asserts that cigarette smoking is now the most serious and widespread addiction in the world—even worse than heroin. The Bible’s viewpoint has no such blind spots regarding addictive substances that would make us slaves both of a habit and of the men who traffic in the habit: “You were bought with a price; stop becoming slaves of men,” states 1 Corinthians 7:23. And one last thing about that, if you do research you will find that they did have drugs they got high on such as marijuana back during Jesus' time, but Christians of that era took no part.

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