Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!VMS!JMP From: JMP@VMS.BRIGHTON.AC.UK (pharmacy John Pickett) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: JMP - Drugs for spiritual purposes Message-ID: Date: 17 Jan 90 08:43:00 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 24 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Via: UK.AC.BTON.VMS; 17 JAN 90 8:39:53 GMT >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 90 16:42:48 CST >From: Kurt Evans >Subject: False Peace and False Light The Testimony of Elliot Miller > Liz's answer once and for all delivered me from my conflict. I >could finally understand why drug use, or for that matter, Eastern med- >itation or any method of inducing altered states of consciousness, was >not the way to reach God. It was possible to have a spiritual exper- >ience--even to feel blissfully enlightened and serene--without *really* >experiencing God. Spiritual evil can and does masquerade as spiritual >good (2 Cor. 11:14), and trancelike states of consciousness tend to open >one up to such influences. Drugs for spiritual purposes are a quick route to hell. See in Revelation 9,21; 18:23 Greek word pharmakeia meaning enchantment with drugs Revelation 21:8 pharmakeus enchanter with drugs Revelation 22:15 pharmakos drug(s) Variously translated: Magic arts, magic spells, sorceries, sorcerers In the love of Christ, John Pickett