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.”
March 5th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Wow thats funny, Moses, Muhammad, whos next??? all the major religous people are druggies *cough, Jesus, cough* 🙂
March 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Don’t forget Buddha and his hemp seeds. 🙂
March 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am
of coarse, how could I forget Buddha, not to mention Tom Cruise
March 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
[laugh] Well, Tom Cruise and Jesus are basically the same person, aren’t they? So I think you covered him in the first comment. 🙂