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[Bill]

Beer and weed is still widely available in many areas, for a reasonable price.

I’m pretty sure that weed is illegal in most areas.

 

[Saintman2884]

You gotta watch out for 'em Mormons. They take 10% of everything.

They could easily be like Scientology who has an failed sci-fi writer/author master-manipulator who's entire ideology, scriptural dogma sounds like a badly-written, pulp 1950's novel which itself carries an eerie crossover effect from Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Brave New World. But nowhere near as entertaining, informative, or dystopian. I mean, unlike the Torah and the Bible, not even some of the characters, people, or historical figures and settings mentioned in the Book of Mormon have ever been historically verified or documented or suggests that maybe even some of the events or people described or featured couldve happened or existed.

L. Ron Hubbard actually belonged to some psuedo-satanic, occultic sex Magik cult in Los Angeles in the late 30's and 1940's along with famed but weird pioneering rocket propulsion scientist Jack Parsons who made a fortune designing early-type ICBM's during WWII and was a failed Hollywood screenwriter in the 1930's who tried selling movie scripts with strong socialist and communist themes (Parsons was pretty left-leaning for his days, along with his colleagues). Paramount had a two-season run about Parsons life and work that does feature L. Ron Hubbard in the second season, called Strange Angel. Well, before he accidentally blew himself up in his shed in the late 1940's before moving to Mexico or Isreal reportedly, he lost his wife to Hubbard in that sex Magik cult. That and also Parsons was a notorious nymphomaniac and had a weird interest in the occult that dated back to his childhood.

Scientology, as well as past cults like People's Temple and Heaven's Gate are the proto-typical type casts for what defines a cult except in Scientology's case, its been far more successful, and therefore by extension, more dangerous and nefarious because it made itself so successful and famous due to targeting Hollywood celebrities from the very beginning back in the late 60's like former 49ers Pro Bowl QB John Brodie and famous Irish singer-songwriter, bandleader Van Morrison were early converts (Morrison dedicated a mid-late 70's album to Hubbard).

 

[Saintman2884]

I’m pretty sure that weed is illegal in most areas.

Depends on the context and for what purposes like for medicinal reasons or for recreational purposes (i.e just to get stoned or high). Many states, even conversative, red states have legalized pot/weed or cannabis for medicinal reasons like here in Alabama the past 5-6 years. Florida had a recreational marijuana measure on its ballot last November that received over 56-57% of the vote, but didnt pass due to not meeting some 60% threshold to go through. Rigging the game or legally extending the goalposts before the vote, you tell me, Florida lawmakers?

Some states, like Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, and a few East Coast states have passed laws that permit weed for recreational purposes.

Update: as a follow-up to this recent thread reply, I found that 39 states have legalized marijuana for medical use and 24 have legalized it for both medicinal and recreational purposes, and one of those states/territories where its legalized in both is Washington D.C.

 

[Bill]

Depends on the context and for what purposes like for medicinal reasons or for recreational purposes (i.e just to get stoned or high). Many states, even conversative, red states have legalized pot/weed or cannabis for medicinal reasons like here in Alabama the past 5-6 years. Florida had a recreational marijuana measure on its ballot last November that received over 56-57% of the vote, but didnt pass due to not meeting some 60% threshold to go through. Rigging the game or legally extending the goalposts before the vote, you tell me, Florida lawmakers?

Some states, like Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, and a few East Coast states have passed laws that permit weed for recreational purposes.

Update: as a follow-up to this recent thread reply, I found that 39 states have legalized marijuana for medical use and 24 have legalized it for both medicinal and recreational purposes, and one of those states/territories where its legalized in both is Washington D.C.

Since I’ve never used marijuana, I have to wonder if it’s ever been legalized for recreational use in Louisiana? I don’t keep track of that stuff.

 

[ilvdsnts]

Something good??

Shreveport has a new Arena football team called the Rouxgaroux. We won our first game last night against the Dallas Falcons in dominating fashion.

Oooh, that’s something good right there. The 2 teams i love to hate the most is Dallas and the Falcons and they rolled em all into one. Cha Ching!

 

[SystemShock]

I mean, unlike the Torah and the Bible, not even some of the characters, people, or historical figures and settings mentioned in the Book of Mormon have ever been historically verified or documented or suggests that maybe even some of the events or people described or featured couldve happened or existed.

Jews don't want to go past Yahweh, Christians don't want to go past their particular flavor of Yahweh, neither do Muslims. And just like the New Testament and the Koran, the Book of Mormon is just another spin off of the same tale. Mormonism is not that old... besides Moroni, the various angels' apparitions, and the plates of Nephi, there really isn't much that is out of the ordinary, and there are extensive records of the founders and places mentioned in the Book of Mormon. We even got pictures.

I'd be very careful with the "historically verified or documented" thing. Most of that comes from apologetic institutions and "scholars". Besides, mentions of the ordinary in scriptures (cities, kings, queens, rivers, prophets, wars, etc.) don't make the extraordinary true.

There's nothing that elevates one religion over another but the desire to believe in a particular religion.

 

[Eeyore]

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