The much talked about Shisha

Shisha..something my jb group has been talking about very often these days. Is it legal? Is it appropriate? Can it be consumed by Christians?

Shisha history is rich and very controversial. It is said that the water pipe originated in India where it was made from coconut shells and then spread to Iran and into different parts of the Arab world before moving onto Turkey. One of the oldest and deep rooted traditions in Turkey is smoking the Shisha, with both men and women finding great pleasure in smoking the waterpipe.

In a shisha, tobacco (as pictured above) is heated by a charcoal. The tobacco smoke passes through a water-filled chamber, which cools the smoke before it's inhaled by the smoker. The tobacco is available in many exotic flavours. It offers a smoother, more flavorful and cooler taste of smoke over that of cigarettes and cigars.Tobacco is one of the main ingredients in it. Well, we all know that we can get hooked to it. Most shisha smokers claim to have gotten hooked to it, more than getting hooked on to sex! So i guess the answer is clear, that it ain't good for you, my friends!

I think many of you must have heard much about what i have to say below. Nevertheless i will stil say it, for the sake of those who have never heard it before. :)

Well friends, everything is neutral by nature. With proper usage it is acceptable. But once there is an abuse, it is wrong. abuse literally means 'abnormal usage' of something. Money is neutral, drugs are neutral. It really depends on the user. Money in the hands of an evil person becomes evil. Money in the hands of a good person, is put to good use. Drugs in actual fact is used by doctors to heal patients. But, put in the wrong hands, there is drug abuse. The same goes to clubbing and pubbing. There is nothing wrong with dancing and having clean fun with a bunch of friends. But if everyone starts getting drunk and wasted, then it's already abuse! Sex is God's gift to mankind. But many abuse it and exploit it for their own pleasure. The same goes to smoking as well.

In conclusion, whatever which gets you hooked on to it, gets you addicted to it, it isn't good for you.

So, don't try it! You don't have to try a ciggy to know that it ain't good for your health! In Denmark, Shisha sellers have to put a notice 'smoking may kill' to remind these smokers of its danger, no matter how mild it may seem to be. Be wise my friends...