smoking

[Giaour]

I'm telling you right now that "scareing" people will not make them quit smoking. Showing them gruesome photos of tar filled corpse lungs, will not make them quit. Shameing them into thinking they are sinning against God will not make them quit. Neither will banning smoking in public places nor ridiculing them.

The only way to get smokers to quit is with support, compassion, prayer, and encouragement.

Trust me, I know.

[apothanein kerdos]

Why do smokers need to quit? Because it can kill them? So can driving, so can using the microwave, so can simply living in the city. In fact, our health is at just as much rsik with the food we eat on a daily basis as it is with smoking. What business is it of mine to make someone quit something that is not a sin?

Likewise, why is death a bad thing? Everyone says, "smoking will kill you", and my response is, "so what?" Seriously, someone explain to me why death in all cases is bad

[Giaour]

Excellent Points Super Jew.

[RustyAngeL]

Anything that takes over your life other then Jesus is a sin. Your as it's been already said, your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit and should be treated as such. I worked on a surgical floor of a hospital for 8 years. I saw so much lung cancer, heard disease, emphysema and it was all caused by smoking. For the christian, yes I think it's a sin.

[Giaour]

Living in the city and breathing poluted air is a sin then.

Piercing your ears is a sin then.

Over eating is a sin then.

Being stressed out so your blood pressure rises is a sin then.

Biting you nails is a sin then.

Eating sweets where you get cavities is a sin then.

Cutting your skin while shaving is a sin then.

Eating a high fat diet is a sin then.

Eating anything that has commercial pesticides used on it is a sin then.

Man, that's a lot of laws for people who live under Grace.

[apothanein kerdos]

Anything that takes over your life other then Jesus is a sin. Your as it's been already said, your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit and should be treated as such. I worked on a surgical floor of a hospital for 8 years. I saw so much lung cancer, heard disease, emphysema and it was all caused by smoking. For the christian, yes I think it's a sin.

Living in the city and breathing poluted air is a sin then.

Piercing your ears is a sin then.

Over eating is a sin then.

Being stressed out so your blood pressure rises is a sin then.

Biting you nails is a sin then.

Eating sweets where you get cavities is a sin then.

Cutting your skin while shaving is a sin then.

Eating a high fat diet is a sin then.

Eating anything that has commercial pesticides used on it is a sin then.

Man, that's a lot of laws for people who live under Grace.

Yup

[Gerioke]

Why do smokers need to quit? Because it can kill them? So can driving, so can using the microwave, so can simply living in the city. In fact, our health is at just as much rsik with the food we eat on a daily basis as it is with smoking. What business is it of mine to make someone quit something that is not a sin?

Likewise, why is death a bad thing? Everyone says, "smoking will kill you", and my response is, "so what?" Seriously, someone explain to me why death in all cases is bad

I think one of the main messages throughout the entire bible is tto cherish life. Delibrately inhaling deadly fumes would be showing disregard for God's greatest gift.

I gotta qui smoking.

[apothanein kerdos]

Why do smokers need to quit? Because it can kill them? So can driving, so can using the microwave, so can simply living in the city. In fact, our health is at just as much rsik with the food we eat on a daily basis as it is with smoking. What business is it of mine to make someone quit something that is not a sin?

Likewise, why is death a bad thing? Everyone says, "smoking will kill you", and my response is, "so what?" Seriously, someone explain to me why death in all cases is bad

I think one of the main messages throughout the entire bible is tto cherish life. Delibrately inhaling deadly fumes would be showing disregard for God's greatest gift.

I gotta qui smoking.

The problem is that's not one of the themes. If anything, a quick read through the Bible will show you that life is expendible. Our view of the Bible is we are to cherish life, however, when we read the Bible we just don't find that. Instead what we find is that life is temporary so glorify God while you're here. If you die you die, no big deal.

Again, it goes back to the fact that if inhaling deadly fumes is sinful or wrong, then all the people in Mexico City are sinnning simply by living there. The biggest irony in all of this is that we try to say smoking is a sin because it can kill you, but we laugh at enviromentalist who try to get us to cut down on Co2 emmissions. Which is the greater sin, the cigar that effects the one person and possibly the 4 people around him, or the multitudes of cars that emmitt Co2 that effects millions of people around them along with the nature God created? It's all a matter of perspective people, if you label smoking a sin, then you better get out there and start trying to reduce Co2 emmissions as well.