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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Fundamentalist. That's what you're looking for.
That's my upbringing. I grew up in an Anabaptist-oriented church (for the sake of clarity, Anabaptist theology is embraced by people like the Amish) and my family was pretty strict about it. We weren't Amish by any means but still, the strictness - the Old Testament way of thinking - was prevalent in the church.
It often takes a long time for those people to soften and actually live their Christianity (you know, the whole love and hope thing). And even then, it often takes some kind of "seismic shift" in thinking before it happens. For my family member, it was the fact that their "I'll only do it if it's legal" eventually led to opioid dependency, which most Christians would also condemn. At that point, the paradox becomes real and that family member had to reevaluate what they thought about right and wrong. That led to them accepting "alternative medicine" and eventually, to them finally finding pain relief in cannabis.
And yes, there are plenty of conservative Christians out there that feel that weed is just flat out immoral and they'll probably never change. The sad thing is that here, in this state, they're voting in people who they THINK are like-minded but in the end, they're just being used to stimulate more corporate welfare. Our medical program is essentially a monopoly for one company that has huge ties to the people in charge at the capital.
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Do you feel you missed out on some experiences growing up that some of your peers had while being raised in a less strict home?
I was not raised in a strict home at all. We were for the most part allowed to roam where ever we wanted, do what we wanted. Just bring your ass home and do your chores.