NEWS: Moses...High on God, or Just Plain High?

CULTURE: Moses...High on God, or Just Plain High?

When the man played famously by Charlton Heston witnessed the Plagues, parted the Red Sea, and fought all those damn dirty apes, they may not have been acts of the Lord, but Moses simply tripping balls.

The marriage of drugs and religion is nothing new. In 2003, the BBC reported that Jesus and the Apostles used cannabis to heal the crippled. Many Hindus use pot in worship of Shiva, who is said to have sought shade under a marijuana plant and then gave the plant to mankind as thanks.

Shanon noted Moses being stoned on a Biblical scale is plausible, given the goods available as well as the professor's own personal experiences.

Of course, the narcs of the Orthodox Jewish community were not amused by this claim.

All in all, it gives new credence to the little known 11th Commandment:

"Thou shalt not get high on thy own supply."


The closest thefreak ever got to seeing God while high was watching Tron.

I thought the eleventh commandment was "Don't get caught!"

the manna from the book of exodus were mushrooms.
the entire tribe ate psychedelic mushrooms for 40 days.

Moses was a shamanic guy. Of course he got high. However, getting high does not negate being able to communicate with the divine. It actually helps you comprehend its message(s).

Temporal lobe epilepsy...

religion & drugs....

Without any proof or knowledge to back it up, I've often said that Jesus was a stoner.

You got a problem with that?

I had read somewhere that St Peter was thought to have it.

Just look at the pictures... long hair, beard, robe, sandels. Jesus was a major, major, stoner.

I'm afraid I don't know the connection. Do tell.

-TM

Reminds me of the bit Ralpie May did about wanting to go back in time and smoke w/Jesus. Damn YouTube not having it!

-TM

Whoa! Ralphie May did a joke that wasn't about his own weight?!?!?

♥

Well played.

-TM

Here's anarticle about it.

He flies astral planes,
Takes you trips to far away,
Brings you back the same day... Timothy Leary.

Er, uh... Moses.

Symptoms of TLE have been written about since ancient times. Only without the medical knowledge. From the prophet Mohammad to the many aspects of Shiva, including Guatama Buddha. Several biblical prophets as well. All starting with self-imposed isolation. Many modern day schizophrenics experience the phenomena, as well. This no coincidence, this is massive delusion. Thank God for mental illness.

To think, we used to hold on high the crazies and drug addled people of the world.

Now we just steer around them on street corners.

Wandering in the desert ? I think you mean 40 years.
Which when you think about it doesn't seem all that plausible does it ?
I'm no nutritionist, but I don't think an entire population of half a million to two million people wandering in the desert for forty years could survive nearly entirely on a diet of psychedelic mushrooms.