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| Moses was stoned | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 22 2008, 05:39 AM (358 Views) | |
| George K | Apr 22 2008, 05:39 AM Post #1 |
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Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher 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 clasic 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.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Moonbat | Apr 22 2008, 05:42 AM Post #2 |
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Pisa-Carp
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But of course. |
| Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem | |
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| George K | Apr 22 2008, 05:43 AM Post #3 |
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I was *this* close to adding "Waiting for Moonbat" to the end of my post, but I didn't. Thanks for not disappointing!
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| JBryan | Apr 22 2008, 05:45 AM Post #4 |
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I am the grey one
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Opiate of the masses indeed. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Moonbat | Apr 22 2008, 05:49 AM Post #5 |
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Pisa-Carp
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| Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem | |
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| Moses | Apr 22 2008, 05:56 AM Post #6 |
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I did not inhale. On my mother's grave. You think it is easy to be the founder of Israel? Four thousand years now I have to hear 'Hey, Moses! Did you get stoned off those tablets?'. Oy. |
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Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! Golda Meir | |
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| kluurs | Apr 22 2008, 08:39 AM Post #7 |
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Fulla-Carp
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and come to think of it, I heard that Moses took a couple of tablets... I wonder what was in those tablets... |
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| Renauda | Apr 22 2008, 08:54 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Quite plausible and probably very likely if, in fact, such a person as Moses actually existed. |
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| George K | Apr 22 2008, 09:29 AM Post #9 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| LadyElton | Apr 22 2008, 09:47 AM Post #10 |
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Fulla-Carp
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| Hilary aka LadyElton | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 22 2008, 09:50 AM Post #11 |
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MAMIL
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As a wise man once said, I thought opiates were supposed to calm people down.... ![]() This looks more like amphetamines than opiates. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 22 2008, 09:55 AM Post #12 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| JBryan | Apr 22 2008, 10:04 AM Post #13 |
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I am the grey one
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Unless you run out. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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