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 this month. 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 in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? 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.”
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus were “literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin”.
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin diseases referred to in the Gospels.
“If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered anti-Christ,” Mr Bennett concludes.
2 comments:
First of all, humility is necessary. (If you think you have a servant's heart, see how you respond when others treat you like a servant.) I think the great balance "mechanism" is the Body of Christ. As we share and listen and seek the Lord together, we find out if our ideas are off base. It isn't a magic formula, but we all need each other.
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Humility is definitely key here. YOu can't even get saved without humility! Humility means I have to have an accurate assessment of who I really am. I am a sinner with a heart so wicked and deceitful that it may even deceive me at times!
It is definitely true that the body of Christ keeps us in check in some ways. What is concerning ids that the whole of church history seems to show us that christianity can get "high-jacked" really easy. Somewhere along the way people begin to lose perspective and things like the crusades or the many divisions and sects that have shot off of Christianity begin to occur.
I guess my aim here is for us to think through how to keep the main thing, the main thing. By the way, do we know each other? A phrase you used made me think we have traveled the same circles.
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