Was Jesus a stoner?

[Bennyboy]

Patients for Medical Cannabis
The Economist: "If (Marijuana) were unknown, it's discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough. Scientists would praise it's potential for treating everything from pain to cancer and marvel at it's rich pharmacopoeia; many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body."

Jesus healed using cannabis, study shows

Editor’s note: To some, this information will seem blasphemous. Please note that Cannabis is an ancient herbal remedy and has only recently been considered a street drug. Cannabis was included in the US Pharmacopoeia until 1942, . We are not saying Jesus depended on herbs to heal, but the facts seem to show that He did indeed utilize them.



Updated 01.18.10

Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published [in 2003].

The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings. The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett [reprinted here].

The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims. “There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion,” Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston University said. Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in ceremonies, he added: “Obviously the easy availability and long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism would inevitably have included it in the [Christian] mixtures.”


http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/jesus-healed-using-cannabis-study-shows/

[datasuspect]

1. Jah really does rule all

[JaneyVee]

3. Are we sure Jesus even existed in human form on this Earth?

[Bennyboy]

4. Leap taken.......

No wonder the Doobie Brothers played "Jesus, he's my friend".......

[libodem]

8. Whether he was divine

Or was conceived by immaculate means, is more the question. Or was risen from the dead?
Most Western Civilization courses reference his influence on freaking everything. Hard not believe he was at least some descended master or at least, a charismatic man of faith. The influence is substantially documented.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. I like Carl Ruck...I really do, and I always find these claims interesting

The Oracle at Delphi was an effect of either natural gas or a cannibis extract burned below the surface by priests.
The Eleusinian Mysteries were a communal trip, based on a non-poisonous ergot alkaloid.
Soma as the Aryans understood it was a psychotropic mushroom extract.

And now Jesus used cannabis.

All very cool, yes, but ultimately unfalsifiable.

[NCTraveler]

6. Whole lotta faith in this article. nt.

[pintobean]

7. Here he is, guarding his stash

[MineralMan]

9. Yah...er...no...

There's no such evidence at all. It's manufactured evidence. Nobody has any idea if Jesus, or whatever his actual name was, used such a thing.

This kind of thing harms the cause, rather than helping it.

[jonthebru]

10. Well there you have it!

Its Biblical, so just do it!

[hrmjustin]

11. Interesting theory but I am really don't believe it. But moral of the story is to legalize Pot.

[librechik]

12. Jesus was a psychedelic mushroom.

it's all there in the Dead Sea Scrolls (majorly suppressed)