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.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Last edited by bindeweede; 4th March 2008 at 02:28 PM.
Probably true. Was it Monty Python, the sketch where Moses comes stumbling down the mountain with three great slabs saying brothers I have fifteen.... upon which one slab slips off his shoulders and shatters into pieces, and he says oh bugger - Brothers I have ten commandments..
Mel Brooks HERE. Priceless!
Of course, all this assumes (i) Moses actually existed and (ii) the 10 commandments incident happened.
just say no the drugs then?
Exactly. While it's fairly well established that at least parts of the Jesus story are based no real history, as far as I'm aware there's no evidence at all for any of the Old Testament. Far more than the New, the Old Testament should be regarded as nothing more than a collection of the myths, legends and traditions of one particular tribe, with little or no basis in historical fact.Originally Posted by Mulder
Of course, all this assumes (i) Moses actually existed and (ii) the 10 commandments incident happened.
Actually there is quite a bit of historical, literary and archaeological evidence for some of the more historical parts of the Old Testament, especially with regard to the Persians and Babylonians.
But not with regard to the Exodus...Actually there is quite a bit of historical, literary and archaeological evidence for some of the more historical parts of the Old Testament, especially with regard to the Persians and Babylonians.
Last edited by brodski; 5th March 2008 at 12:14 PM.
No, none for that at all.
Do tell. This is obviously something you know far more about than me.Actually there is quite a bit of historical, literary and archaeological evidence for some of the more historical parts of the Old Testament, especially with regard to the Persians and Babylonians.
Not a great deal to tell, just various texts and archaeological evidence giving substance to some of the Kings, peoples and places mentioned in the OT. Much less for events, though there is some. The evidence is Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Mesopotamian, Babylonian and Persian ... and ancient Greek, which is where I come into it!
“Harry Potter was high on drugs”
When Harry potter claimed to have battled with the dark Lord Voldimort he may have been high on drugs, claimed an anonymous internet poster today,
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the recreational activities of teenagers in Potter times, brodski, a poster on the UK Skeptics forum wrote. There has been increasing historical corroboration of the Harry Potter story, with the recent discovery of the site of Kings Cross Station, including platform 9 ¾ mentioned in the Potter texts. The texts also make mention of London as a capital city ruled by a "prime Minister" who resided at “10 Downing Street”, these places and people have been coroborated by a wealth of independent primary sources.
The article suggests that Moses may have been guzzling a psycotropic substance like "ayahuasca" found in the Amazon. Isn't this the same stuff as David Ike claims to have taken?
I think it is unlikely that Moses would have taken the trouble to carve out stone tablets of morality rules in this speculative scenario. The more likely result would involve him lying around in a darkened room listenting to Pink Floyd, eating toast, talking gibberish and finding hidden meaning in the patterns of the curtain fabric.
I can imagine baked clay tablets, though ...
Hmmm... explains the pillar of smoke they followed. 8)
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