I remember the good ol' days with good ol' fashioned sins. I remember when smoking a cigarette was as close to devil worship as you could get. You were a "good Christian" if you didn't smoke, didn't cuss, didn't drink, didn't gamble and didn't dance. Oh, and I remember that in some church circles you weren't allowed to have "mixed bathing". Do you know what mixed bathing is? It's when boys and girls swim in the same pool or on the same beach. You could make certain church people freak out by showing up without a tie!
Today Christians are smoking joints (marijuana), shooting up drugs, cutting themselves, having online sex, getting abortions, beating their spouses and children, abandoning all standards of decency, and experimenting with homosexuality. This is not to mention the acceptable behaviors of slaughtering other reputations with gossip, splitting churches with power plays that match those of the corporate world, and stealing from God with lousy giving.
Between you and me, the next time I see a Christian have a cigarette, I'll just assume they're engaging in that "sin" to avoid something worse like getting high, cutting themselves, or beating up on someone.
Please, have a cigarette. You won't hear a sermon from me.
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Isn't it strange how the culture has changed!
I remember not long ago that all the things you mentioned were considered taboo even for non-Christians. Now many are accepted in our society but everyone is up is up in arms about smoking cigarettes. You can have several adulteress relationships, abortions and same-sex partners but smoke a cigarette and society shuns you. People are just so deceived by things like political correctness, words like tolerance, pride and just plain stupidity.
great!....and i was just thinking about quitting again! guess i'll keep smoking (just kddn)
btw- excellent observation wife!- neil
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