Posted on 03/04/2008 6:46:14 AM PST by crusty old prospector
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week. Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.
Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.
"The Bible says people see sounds, and that is a classic phenomenon," he said citing the example of religious ceremonies in the Amazon in which drugs are used that induce people to "see music."
He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.
He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were comparable to those produced by concoctions based on bark of the acacia tree, that is frequently mentioned in the Bible.
Pathetic. Now as a grown up you camp out in an internet chatroom, word searching for Mormon threads and then try to make as many of them as possible feel small. All in the name of “Evangelism” of course. But most of us have figured out its bitterness that drives you.
And yet; you continue to play.
Nobody else seems willing to expose you.
Ditto!:)
Look in your dictionary:
Willing and Able have different meanings.
The "able" ship has sailed a few times. On the good ship bitterness. lol.
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Well, THAT shut him up!
Nah - probably just shoveling snow!
Note: this topic is from C.E. ;^) Thanks crusty old prospector.
Man this Jew is truly lost
Like so many
In love with their own intellect
No clue who’s voice is talking to them
Exactly
For a Jew to claim Moses is a liar is anathema
Pitiful
Moses is arguably the most important mortal in the Bible
Man, I had forgotten all about that. It was the first thread I had ever posted and I took a lot of grief. There were even calls for my zot.
What about the other 2.5 to three million people who saw the Revelation at Sinai? Would they all “hallucinate” the same thing?
Yeah, the only person who appears to be hallucinating is Benny Shanon, weirdo Ivy League psychologist. This article was from 11 years ago. I wonder what other drivel he has put out.
Somebody brought it back to life last nite
I didn’t even look at the date honestly
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