The marijuana, evolution, gay marriage debate take 2

Okay, first I want to say that I tried very hard not to include my Christian beliefs in this debate, but it is not possible, since my religion is a forefront for my argument. I'm sure you will use my Christianity to your advantage, just as I am going to be using it for this round. You probably think it is ridiculous to "blindly" follow whatever a book and a so called "made up" God says, but that would go into another debate entirely if I had to explain that to you also. 1. Marijuana a. Please read: https://familycouncil.org... We are slowly getting off topic with talking about how dangerous other drugs, food, and drinks are, so we might as well get back to talking about marijuana. You can start another debate about other drugs, drinks, and food if you want to debate more about it with someone else. b. Argument for "Christian" marijuana users: Many people make the argument that God created the herbs (including marijuana) for us: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis 1:29, KJV) Marijuana smokers are especially fond of the King James version, since it uses the word "herb". However, the Hebrew word is much less specific, having the general meaning "plant," with the root word having the meaning "green." Also, the verse talks about fruit trees, indicating that the real meaning of the verse is about edible plants. So, the verse makes it clear that God created the plants for us for eating. It doesn't say anything about smoking them. Here is the same verse in NASB translation: "Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you." For non-Christians, as I said earlier, this is probably a really dumb reason why we should not legalize marijuana everywhere else. I already gave you plenty of non-biblical reasons why it shouldn't't, so if that is not enough, then I don"t know what more I can give you. 2. Homosexuality a. I guess you're getting desperate, since you're going down the "homosexuality is genetic" and "animals show homosexual behavior so it's okay" path. Those are main arguments that homosexuals use constantly to try to prove that it's not their fault and that it's in nature. Homosexuality is not genetic because homosexuals can't have children. They have to rely on someone else. Now animals, if they're homosexual, then how do they reproduce? They don't, so therefore, homosexuality is not genetic, it is defined by "behavior", by what a person "does", it is a choice. http://www.narth.org... http://www.str.org... b. Argument for "Christian homosexuals" It is basically pointless to argue that homosexuality is okay if you are a "Christian" because you will always lose. You are not a Christian if you are okay with homosexual marriage because you are contradicting the Bible. Most homosexuals, not just Christians, use the Bible as their defense. But how can they if they do not understand the Bible and they are not a Christian? They choose certain versus, always the "love thy neighbor as thyself" and "judge not" verses and all of the other love verses, but do they use the verses that specifically condemn homosexuality? Well, if they have, they must have altered the verse significantly. Some verses that specifically mention homosexuality: Leviticus 18:22 Leviticus 20:13 Romans 1:26-27 1 Corinthians 7:2 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 My opponent may try to twist these verses, but that would be really ignorant of him. Since he has no Christian knowledge of the Bible it would be impossible unless he also became a Bible scholar or a knowledgeable Christian, even then he could not change what the Bible says. http://christiananswers.net... https://answersingenesis.org... http://www.charismanews.com... If you still think that you can be a Homosexual Christian after everything I've given you, then you must have ignored everything I just gave because it is impossible to be both Christian and Homosexual. 3. Evolution http://www.scientificproofagainstevolution.org...