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.
It’s not a hard choice for me. I happen to have a well-worn copy of the BoM handy. I don’t have a copy of the Koran.
I’ll have to go get me a Koran for when I’m through “using” the BoM. ;-)
Maybe.....algore?
“Carving in a stone would not be too hard for God.”
Yes, but could God carve a stone so big that even He couldn’t move it?......;]
[Kidding! I’m kidding!]
Because Ben-Hur is about Jesus. He may not be mentioned on network TV unless it is Billy Graham once a year.
*rim shot*
Robert Powell was great in that.
I love Von Sydow’s version, too.
[huge collection of Jesus movie DVDs, here]....:)
We bought those new wiper blades you see on late night TV infomercials and our windshield doesn’t do that, any more...:)
lol...you moron.
oops...I meant to call you a COWARDLY moron.
Maybe they need to try some of that funny stuff Shanon is on. ;-)
Just kidding!!!
Your herb bearing seed quote from Genesis, so are we all to become vegetarian’s? Is that God’s word?
Is a Big Mac a herb bearing seed? I believe it may be. Ummmmmmmmm, Big Mac.
Didn’t think I needed the sarcasm tag. :)
Then what about Peter’s dream, saying we can eat ANY kind of meat God puts before us?!
Moses supposes his toes-es are roses...
...but Moses supposes erroneously...
Here is a Jewish activist trying to prove the Torah wants him to smoke weed.
The bible says Moses smashed the ten commandments when he came down the mountain and saw what the people were doing.
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