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One of the most frequently used names for Marijuana is "herb" (Rasta 32). Psalms 104:14 says "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;" (KJV) This verse is often misquoted by Rastafarians who tend to overlook the second half of the passage: "that he may bring forth FOOD out of the earth." In studying this scripture, and multiple other scriptures that use the word "herb" it becomes evident that the sole use of an herb is to bring forth food that supplies nourishment to our bodies and satisfies our hunger (Genesis 1:29-30, 3:18, 9:3).
Marijuana is a pistillate hemp plant that yields cannabin and DOES NOT DRY UP AFTER ITS GROWING SEASON. Through its WOODY FIBERS called "hemp" a strong rope can be made (which is where the term 'smoking rope' came from). Many years ago, paper was regularly made out of hemp on which Bibles were printed, and The United States Constitution was printed. Contrary to popular belief, according to the Bible, an herb is "a seed producing plant that DOES NOT PRODUCE WOODY FIBERS and DRIES UP AFTER ITS GROWING SEASON (2 Kings 4:39; Luke 11:42). Bitter herbs were gathered fresh and eaten as salad at the time of the Passover (Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11). "These include endive, common chicory, garden lettuce, watercress, sorrel and dandelion. At Passover the bitter herbs were symbolic of the bitterness of Israel's servitude to the Egyptians."
Lastly, the herbs written of in the Holy Bible were eaten, not smoked. They were ingested for nourishment, not for a high. Marijuana is not Biblical, nor is it an herb.
EVERYTHING GOD CREATED IS GOOD:
Most Rastafarians claim scriptures such as 1 Timothy 4:4 in which Paul says, "For everything God created is good." (NIV) They believe that since God created Marijuana and all other plants, it must be good for us. This is not necessarily true, for if everything that is natural is considered good for us, then so must the use of many hard core drugs be such as mushrooms, opium, cocoa, paotie and the fermentation of grapes (producing alcohol), which Rastas speak against, and many types of poisons found in some of the most beautiful flowering plants such as the Oleander and Poinsettia. I believe it is these plants along with many others that God gave us when he cursed the soil with thorns and thistles after the fall of man (Genesis 3:18).
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