Two interesting Articles - Smoking isn't just a bad habit; it is a moral failing.

[deewal]

Originally Posted by abhowe

They fail to realize that smoking was a very common social practice during the days of Jesus..... He never condemned it.....

Smoking What ?
Tobacco did'nt arrive in Europe from The America's until Elizabeth 1'st reign and Europeans had been in the Middle East since Alexander The Great and nobody had found Tobacco.

[gooney0]

Well there are all kinds of Christians. Its difficult to paint them all with the same brush.

Mormons generally don't use caffeine, alcohol, or nicotine. Same deal with the SDA and some other sub groups.

In my understanding of the Bible, smoking is a sin in that it is a mistreatment of your body. This is the same sin as overeating as someone else has pointed out.

All Christians have "moral failings." If they didn't think they had any failings they wouldn't feel the need to be Christians.

I'm Southern Baptist btw.

-Gooney0

[P3rplexity]

Isn't it a sin to cause harm to yourself? I think I learned that back in sunday school many many years ago. (Not religious these days)

[frankie1]

There is a big difference between "Religion" and Faith in God!

[Mordred]

The point is a valid one though. Smoking is seen, by society as a whole, not just the faithful/religious, as morally corrupt.

This is the reason why there are so many "anti-smoking" groups but very few "pro-health" groups. While the latter strive to improve peoples' health and usually endorse harm-reduction, the former spend time and money fighting the "sin" of smoking. To "redeem" yourself, you must quit or "be damned", there is no middle-ground.

Hence, they absolutely hate the e-cigarette, because we get to be healthier AND enjoy it, rather than suffer. It messes with their entire belief that something pleasurable is necessarily bad. Poor fools.

[YKruss]

Originally Posted by gooney0

In my understanding of the Bible, smoking is a sin in that it is a mistreatment of your body.
-Gooney0

In my understanding if smoking is a sin then drinking should be a sin as well because you do mistreatment to your body, but drinking is not condemned therefore logically smoking/vaping is not a sin.

[rfun6]

I don't think it's a sin.

[moonlight]

Vaping is, of course, the lesser of 2 weevils

(from Master and Commander before anyone tries to correct me)

[MadeyeTony]

Originally Posted by moonlight

Vaping is, of course, the lesser of 2 weevils

(from Master and Commander before anyone tries to correct me)

Good one moonlight! I love that movie, and the books!

[DVap]

Originally Posted by Sevenchan

What nonsense. I know more Christian smokers than non-Christian smokers. I even know a priest who smokes. No one has ever suggested for a minute that it's sinful. Then again I am in Japan. I think this "temperance run wild" must be a US of A thing

This reminds of my church's pastor (Catholic) at a church softball game many years ago. He was standing there, talking to a parishioner, with a beer in one hand and a cigar in the other. Only three words of his from the overheard conversation have stayed with me after all these years, "Protestants? Screw 'em!"

No kidding, the whole context made it hilarious.