Temple 420 (Legaliztion through Congregation)

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Welcome to Temple 420

Marijuana is now legal to our members in all 50 states of the united states of america. Our church will protect all "temple 420" members charged with marijuana possession.* over 800,000 people a year are charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession in the united states. Don't be a victim any more, stand up for your rights and join our congregation!

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Our ministry is called “Temple 420” because the founder of this religious organization is Jewish we have chosen to use the word Temple rather than church. Also, like a Temple we are asking for a specific donation to join our temple. Churches usually pass the plate after the sermon, but we are creating a national ministry that will eventually go to television to spread the word, but in the meantime our mission is to protect members from religious persecution. Therefore, anyone who joins our congregation will get a membership card identifying them as a member of the Temple. Membership cards will work like medical marijuana cards in CA, if a member is ever pulled over with cannabis, anywhere in the nation, they can present their card and show the authorities that they are lawfully in possession of religious marijuana. If they are ticketed for possessing this spiritual cannabis our organization will defend them.

It is our goal that our group becomes the spiritual home of the 420 Nation. We know that Jesus smokes weed. So, it is the goal of our ministry to reach beyond the borders of America and create a world wide ministry that preaches the Holy Bible to humanity. We are not in any way trying to create a new religion. There is only one true God and we feel that humans, both gentile and Jew, should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul and with their mind. We also think that loving your neighbor is the second most important Jewish commandment and that all the words of the prophets hang on these two laws. Therefore, we are a Judeo-Christian house of worship that welcomes both Jews and Christians into our congregation.

We are here to be your salvation from religious persecution as well as to save your soul. As some Christian focus on the baptism and they are called Baptists, our particular church focuses on plants. We feel that God created all plants on earth with His Word according to the Bible in the Book of Genesis. This includes the cannabis plants with its many uses. Also, as a Jewish and Christian congregation we look to the book of Revelation Chapter 22 when it speaks of a plant for the healing of all nations. No other plant on earth more closely resembles the description in this book than the cannabis plant. We’ll have regular weekly meetings and spread out to physical locations, but to start the ministry we are simply asking people to join us and receive a membership card.

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How can we do this? Is this for real? Who is CraigX?

Well, you are on the World Wide Web right now, so you can check these facts for yourself.

How can we do this?

On February 21st 2006 the Supreme Court was presented with the question: Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., requires the government to permit the importation, distribution, possession, and use of a Schedule I hallucinogenic controlled substance, where Congress has found that the substance has a high potential for abuse, it is unsafe for use even under medical supervision, and its importation and distribution would violate an international treaty.

Marijuana is a Schedule I hallucinogenic controlled substance and that Supreme Court ruled on that day that religious freedom was more important that the drug laws. The case is called, “Gonzales vs. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal” and the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision (8-0). The link to the entire 24 page opinion is:

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Is this for real?

After reading this opinion and consulting with my attorneys I made the decision to open “Temple 420” as a ministry. I have dedicated my entire life to ending the prohibition of marijuana in the United States, now I can finally accomplish that goal and at the same time spread the loving message of the Bible and the Lion of Judah, the prince of peace, Lord of Lords, the King of King, the Mashiach Nagid.

http://www.temple420.org/

sucks to be a muslim who smokes pot.

A bit of a pity, I guess, that I have no more respect for gods (even if they exist) than for governments.

Well, it's a start. Once enough true believers get acquitted, more religions will begin including peyote, shrooms etc.

Anything to bog down the man is fine by me.

I'm morally conflicted about this. On one hand, anything to throw a wrench in the gears of the Prohibition-Complex is fantastic. However - while I do, truly, honestly believe that cannabis is a gateway to spiritual discovery - I'm firmly opposed to judeochristianity and monotheism in general. So, if I were to get a membership, I'd almost be proving the common sentiment that Temple 420 is "just a bunch of stoners who want an excuse to get high".

I support Temple 420 and marijuana legalization, whether done in the name of Judeo-Christianity or Judeo-Cannabisism.

Temple 420 should play "Psalm 69" by Ministry at its services: "Congregation, pleeze be seated, and open your prayer guides to the Book of Revelation, Psalm 69..." Evil

[Ministry is from Chicagoland, which has many potentially sympathetic libertarian/capitalistic Jews, including the extended families of Milton Friedman and Alissa Rosenbaum.] Roll Eyes

Quote from: Ward Griffiths on March 06, 2008, 10:01:24 pm

A bit of a pity, I guess, that I have no more respect for gods (even if they exist) than for governments.

Most governments tend to behave as if they're a god. And naturally so--gods have been the claimed the source of moral authority for most governments throughout the entirety of recorded human history. With all the attendant abuses of power we're familiar with, often worse. I'm not sure there's a functional difference between the two.

As Wards signature says: Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Quote from: Avtodidakt on April 17, 2008, 05:05:50 pm

See I understand that point of view. Please dont think of it as an excuse. I use because my life becomes supernatural but yet still natural. Not through some psychedelic trip or anything but rather a intellectual incline. Ive invented things, solved mathematical problems and relieved pain, including that of anxiety and depression. Why cant this product be the center of a religion? So those who just want to get high have stepped in the right direction. They want to be happy, yet if they channel their mindset to more productive means then the world could change.

Quote from: JosephCHart on April 17, 2008, 06:56:51 pm

People use mind-altering substances all the time. Ain't nothing supernatural about it.

It may well be the center of your religion. However, you will be forced to deal with the goverment at some point. There's a recent Supreme Court decision on point here. But on the facts, their position is stronger than yours would be. This is a new religion, invented in response to the RFRA. What religious freedoms are being restored by the federal act? And it's called "Temple 420"; sounds a lot like Club 54--which was notorious for recreational drug use. And it nearly mocks other ancient religions with "your salvation is here." As if to say, "Finally, we have a legal loophole to use pot." It's broadcasting for government attention.

The government will attack the sincerity of the people that your church tries to protect as well as the religious "meaningfulness" of smoking up. And since you're explicitly telling people they should join to circumvent the a non-secular law, I'd fear many of these people won't have sincere beliefs. And a lazy attitude among the "flock" would only help to derail the decrim movement.

Personally, I don't use. 'Course, I got no problem with anyone who does (just, uh, please keep downwind Wink

) Just trying to look at the big picture. Glad to hear you spoke with an attorney first. Definitely the smart move. And of course, good luck!

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