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5 min readWhat if a few minutes with God could change the direction of your entire day? With pray. com. You can begin each morning with powerful daily prayers, inspiring Bible stories, and messages created to strengthen your faith. Whether you need peace, encouragement, or a fresh start, pray. com helps you make prayer part of your everyday life. Download the pray. com app today. Let's talk about marijuana. If it's illegal, is this some kind of obligation that we as Christians have? Don't rush to conclude that civil law is mistaken just because it's convenient. It's got to be reasonable for the good of the community by the one who has authority over the community. All of those conditions need to be met for something to be a genuine law. You're not obligated to follow it in that case. It's not a law. It's tyranny. It was the CIA that gave LSD its push in American culture. Part of a project, MK Ultra. It involved, among other things, experimentation with mind control. When Israel built a golden calf and they said, This is your God bowed down and worshiped, were they worshiping the one true God? Possibly. It sounds like you want to say Christians, Jews, and Muslims all believe in the same God and all worship the same God. How do you make the case for both of those things? SSPX. What happened? The church was trying to reconcile, but the clock has been ticking. These things get complicated qu
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:47) **Pipes, Tobacco Blending, and the Morality of Smoking** - Jimmy and Matt compare pipe-smoking styles, tobacco blends, and address the moral objection that smoking is a sin.
- 2 (32:00) **The Moral Framework for Intoxicants: Perfect vs. Imperfect Drunkenness** - Jimmy applies Aquinas’s distinction between perfect and imperfect intoxication to alcohol, morphine, and other substances.
- 3 (38:50) **Marijuana, Civil Law, and the Definition of Tyranny** - The conversation shifts to whether Christians have an obligation to obey laws against marijuana, and what constitutes a genuine law.
- 4 (43:59) **The Murder Trust and Iron Mike Molloy** - Jimmy tells the true-crime story of a speakeasy crew that tried to kill a prodigious drinker for insurance money, illustrating the chaos of Prohibition.
- 5 (52:10) **Practical Advice on Alcohol and Marijuana: Finding the Line** - Jimmy offers concrete guidance on how to avoid crossing from imperfect to perfect intoxication.
- 6 (59:56) **The CIA, MKUltra, and the Popularization of LSD** - Jimmy reveals the documented role of the CIA in introducing LSD to American culture through its mind-control program.
- 7 (82:00) **The History of Anti-Smoking Movements and Moral Panics** - Jimmy traces the history of tobacco opposition from King James I to the modern era, arguing it is cyclical and often driven by money.
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Show Notes
Today Matt & Jimmy kick back to discuss everything from the ethics of marijuanna usage and Aquinas’ four conditions for a genuine law, to the MKUltra program and the SSPX schism. Hold on tight, you’re in for a treat.
Ep. 596
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