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[Chasuk]

On 6/24/06, Taro Tanaka <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just for the record: there was a time when marijuana, opium, and cocaine
> were all legal and available in the U.S.A., but the abuse of those
> substances was not a significant social problem, because the vast majority
> of people were governed by the Holy Spirit, and thus did not have a desire
> to be taken over by substances that would cause them to lose self-control.
> Substance abuse is a problem primarily for people who are not indwelled by
> the Holy Spirit. (The Bible pointedly contrasts being indwelled by the Holy
> Spirit on the one hand and being intoxicated on the other: the two are
> contradictory.)

I'm going to be honest, I can't tell whether you are being facetious
or being serious.  If you are being facetious, then you are a most
excellent troll.  if you are being serious, then my heartfelt
apologies for doubting your sincerity.  Even when I was a Christian
(who fully believed in the Holy Spirit), I would have been unable to
type the above paragraph whilst maintaining a straight face.
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