[Vision2020]

[keely emerinemix]

And I'm currently a Christian, Chas, who believes in the Holy Spirit, and I 
can't read it without wincing.

keely

From: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: "Taro Tanaka" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:20:28 -0700

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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demand those they don't have; they have freedom of thought, they
demand freedom of speech." -- Søren Kierkegaard

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