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

WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 2008 6:30 PM

Submitted by thefreak. Edited By Fatality.

TAGS: Moses, religion, drugs, odd news

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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

...two naturally existing plants in the Sinai Peninsula have the same psychoactive components as ones found in the Amazon jungle and are well-known for their mind-altering capabilities. The drugs are usually combined in a drink called ayahuasca.

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The description in The Book of Exodus of thunder, lightening [sic] and a blaring trumpet, according to Shanon, are the classic imaginings of people under the influence of drugs.

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Shanon admits he took some of these drugs while in the Amazon in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," he said.

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

Orthodox rabbi Yuval Sherlow, quoted by Reuters speaking on Israel radio, said: "The Bible is trying to convey a very profound event. We have to fear not for the fate of the biblical Moses, but for the fate of science."

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.

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AmbientLight

Huntington Beach, CA

March 2005

MAR 10, 2008 11:15 PM

thefreak said:

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

Er, uh... Moses.

Was on the ABC News site, of all places.

-TM

Thank you for that!

AmbientLight

Huntington Beach, CA

March 2005

MAR 10, 2008 11:22 PM

_taylor_ said:
Mohammad was likely one of these crazies. Jesus and Moses were sent from the planet Thiaoouba(the original word Moses used for god) to enlighten earthlings to the true purpose and laws of the universe. Unfortunately their original messages can hardly be found these days because of the many materialistic peoples, hungry for power that have twisted it to suit their needs (like mohammad). Drugs create a false illusion of paradise. They also harm your astral body, the one where your consciousness resides. So if you don't want to be reincarnated as a retard, I'd advise you to stop druggin up and try to find the true paradise like I did. Two books can start you on that path, they will be nothing like you have ever read, the greatest books to come to earth in centuries. See http://www.thiaoouba.com/index.html for these books. The Freedom of choice explains the universe using logic. Thiaoouba Prophecy does it with the most astounding story ever written. I'd recommend reading them in that order. If you want to escape from this horrible materialistic world as much as I did, this is the answer, not drugs. Trust me, I've tried both.

K...
That was random.
Maybe time to break out the ol' aluminum foil hat?