At 'pot churches,' marijuana is the sacrament

[Zorro]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer.

In between, there is the sacrament.

“Breathe deep and blow harder,” intoned Pastor Grant Atwell after distributing marijuana joints to 20 worshipers on a recent Sunday. “Nail the insight down, whether you get it from marijuana or prayer. Consider what in your own life you are thankful for.”

A man wearing a “Jesus Loves You” baseball cap and toting a shofar, piped up. “Thank you, God, for the weed,” he called out. “I’m thankful for the spirit of cannabis,” a woman echoed from the back. “I am grateful to be alive,” said another young woman, adding that she had recently overdosed — on what, she did not say — for the third time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/12/22/high-praise-pot-churches-proliferate-states-ease-access-marijuana/971871001/

[marble falls]

1. Can I be Pope? .....

[NightWatcher]

2. Ah, to be a pot smoking atheist. No weekly meetings

I saw an atheist church that met every Sunday and I thought isn't that half the joy of being an atheist?

I do get the idea of being thankful for the marijuana. I am every day.

[marble falls]

3. Weekly? Hourly! Gitcha some religion.