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Thanks, but through general research I've found that most of the propaganda about cannabis that is on pro-drug websites is slanted.

You said: "In 1484 Pope Innocent VIII labeled cannabis as an unholy sacrament of the satanic mass and issued a papal ban on cannabis medicines and incense."

It should be relatively easy to find an official Catholic website that says that Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal ban on cannabis medicines and incense. I went to the The Catholic Encyclopedia" which has reams of information about everything Catholic. I didnt' even find a reference to marijuana or cannabis. I DID see that Pope Innocent did issue a papal bull against witchcraft in 1484, but there was nothing specified about cannabis or a ban on cannabis medicines.

Now I could be wrong, but generally what seems to happen with pro-pot websites is that someone will assert something and then every other pro pot website will cut and paste this assertation.

But even supposing that this is true...so what?? The church did right if it did this. Cannabis use isn't sanctioned or mentioned in the bible...unless of course you've bought into the notion that "sweet calamus" is really cannabis and that it's been mistranslated forever. That's one of those claims that never seems to have a real authority assigned to it...just endless cut and pastes from pro-drug website to pro-drug website.

The Bible even predicts prohibition: "In later times, some shall . . . speak lies in hypocrisy . . . commanding to abstain from that which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." Paul: 1 Tim. 4:1

It's amazing that you would interpret this as a ban on smoking pot. It's even more amazing that you would bastardize scripture and leave out elements that clearly disprove your interpretation. Here's the real verses:

1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

As you can see, in the latter times those who depart from the faith listen to seducing spirits and pay heed to the doctrine of the devil. They are forbidden to marry and to abstain from MEATS , food, which was created for thanksgiving. Twisting this scripture to prophesize a future ban on smoking pot is truly bizzare.