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People provoketh me to anger continually to my face;
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me;
for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose,
a fire that burneth all the day. Isaiah 65:3a, 5
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Perhaps, someone else did the math, too, and that is why they pulled the advertisement. But, there went the defence against claims of second hand smoke. All our bodies have cancer cells in them, and are subject to being activated whenever our immunity system is low. Smoking does not cause cancer, it creates greater likelihood in one's immunity system being low. And how do I know? As I see newer studies posted, I read them.Besides, (being that studies have shown cancer patients, who wear eye glasses, are more likely to die of cancer than those who do not) money might better be spent on a campaign for UV protection.
Once, I met a lady who shared, "I have smoked almost my entire life and I am eighty years old; and I don't have cancer. If smoking causes cancer, everyone who smokes would have cancer; and they wouldn't have waited until they were eighty years old to get it."Many believe whatever they are told to believe, hate whatever they do not understand, label sin, judge people by degrees, and look the other way to their own vices; and this appears to be 'just one more' example. Perhaps, brother against brother originates with one's need to feel superior. But, it is just as ugly and damaging as tar.
I happened to notice a lady, online, who had sung praises over a specific preacher until she discovered he smokes. Then, she had no more use for him; so she said. What? God stops speaking through people the moment you realize they smoke? Get real. God stops speaking once you quench the Spirit.Some quote Romans 12:1 for any imperfection of the body in which is deemed we could possibly control. Maybe they forgot 1 Timothy 4:8. Our physical body is not the part that is eternal. But, no matter how you consider it, some never get done looking down on others. And when we shoot our own wounded, we cross the line ourselves. To not acknowledge that hurts have always existed 'in the name of the Lord' and that each 50 years our beliefs have changed (yet, we still believe 'whatever we are told to believe') is to not come to the realization that our learning needs to come at the feet of Jesus. And, therein is a dilemma in itself, how to get that across to people. Some find inherited medical necessity in smoking (see related articles below). God made us (not we ourselves) and, thus, if you have attained to a higher standard, why act as if you had anything to do with it? Any time we judge everyone to be in the same category, we become the offender. If ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. To tar smokers is ungodly, to tax smokers is unconstitutional, hate breeds contempt, and God smokes so much that Babylon was burned (Revelation 18:2, 9) and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. Revelation 15:8 Even so, smokers, you were taught better. Be polite; properly dispose of your butts. Be considerate; keep smoke out of other's faces. And, do not torment ex-smokers; refrain from being within their smelling distance, when you light up. You are called to love, whether others do or not.
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Be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and
the Father is this, To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1:27
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Author's Note:
Promotion of smoking is unintended, but
to stand opposed to all that is not love.
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For Related Articles, See
[ Mercy, Not Sacrifice ]
[ Avoiding Human Sacrifice l True Love ]
[ Stress Tolerance: Patterns of Inheritance ]
[ Nicotine: It may have a good side ]

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