Quote (njaguar @ Jul 30 2011 08:00am)
Not all Christian churches burn incense, usually this is reserved for the liturgical ones. Additionally, there is a vast difference between inhaling (accidentally) smoke from a fire, exhaust from a car,
or passed gas from your grandmother, than intentionally lighting something on fire and inhaling it with full effect and intent to get something out of it, eg, a high (whether it's the effects from a cigarette or marijuana, or whatever).
Here is a list of verses I found via a quick search that back up the idea of staying sober:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/being%5FsoberGot a good laugh out of the bold

I agree with you on the difference in the severity of the inhalation and how quickly that will add up, but my argument was more towards
knowingly sitting next to a campfire (or other similar such things), knowing that the smoke from it will be inhaled by you and knowing that the smoke is damaging. It's not an accident if you put yourself in harms way. It's a risk.
We both agree on the severity issue, but what if (for the sake of the conversation and my point) we only took one hit of marijuana. In moderation we can see the voluntary inhalation of harmful smoke (in any form) is very controlled. Much less, in fact, then the amount we would willingly inhale sitting next to a campfire. Ergo less damage.
Moderation on all fronts is the focal point of my stance.
Also, thanks for being the first person to clearly post the Bibles stance on the subject.