Posted by Trixie on July 07, 1998 at 10:19:44:
In Reply to: Jesus ate magic mushrooms posted by nmutant on July 06, 1998 at 20:53:53:
: Or so the author of THE MUSHROOM AND THE CROSS believes.
: I have wondered why there is no common occurence that
: all beliefs and religions can agree upon. For
: instance, life existing after death. If a life
: form could return after death and many persons
: could verify it, then all the people of earth
: could argue and say "sure we know that life goes
: on after you die but we still don't agree on how
: or why" but this hasn't happened so we have no basis
: for a beginning. I wonder how come theres no spooky
: shit happening in our days. No devil possession or
: heavenly manifestations in our age of photography
: video recorders and TV. All we get are wackos
: who think they have been abducted by aliens. If
: today's experiences were recorded and passed down
: for future generations, what will our progeny
: worship or place their faith in? What will they
: value from our day?
Seriously, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find out that ingesting some sort of psychotropic substance was part of the ceremonial ritual for many biblical characters (assuming they were real folks and not myths). Or, alternatively, perhaps they were suffering from manic-depression (which often includes religiously toned hallucinations) or epilepsy (similar to Karen Armstrong's "visions" of hell in the nunnery). John the revelator was definitely on a bad trip on the island of Patmos, I would say.
As far as the spooky shit, I think our societal lack of these phenonemon is due to the medical advances we have made (ie, now we know someone is having an epileptic fit, rather than a demonic possession).
There never is any shred of material evidence for the claims of the visionary... whether they are having UFO visions, or seeing Jesus in a spaghetti billboard. Hmmmm, guess that's a clue, eh?
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