That line of reasoning just boils down to "it brings one further from God", and it has been applied to everything that the church wishes to demonize. But that

That line of reasoning just boils down to "it brings one further from God", and it has been applied to everything that the church wishes to demonize. But that reasoning is always applied backwards. People aren't starting from "What would bring us further from God?" and deducing their way to psychedelics and other things frowned upon by the church. It happens the other way around. The church says that certain things are bad, and then use lines of reasoning like "it brings one further from God" after the fact to justify the arbitrary decision. So I suppose I take issue with it being called "reasoning" when really it's an after the fact justification with no bearing on reason whatsoever. It's also interesting that a lot of religions use psychedelics to get _closer_ to God(s), and the "reasoning" there is equally as sound.