Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

[sew850i]

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.

 

SOURCE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

 

 

 

if the above statements are true well then at least i know what im doing isn't wrong!

[flatcat_auz]

Just cause it's not contained in one of many Chinese hand me down whispers type book doesn't make it wrong either.

 

And besides I was always under the impression that Satan's flaming torches was powered by hemp oil.

 

Ah yes here we go.................

Edited January 6, 2010 by flatcat_auz

[shroomyshroom]

OMG guys don't even go there....

[sew850i]

yerhh i think its bullshit too!

 

interesting read though eyy?

[brick]

And how did Jesus turn five loaves and two fish into enough to feed thousands? LSD in their water.

[crank]

eh crap.. here we go again with religion.. I still think Zeitgeist was the best explanation of who 'christ' is, same story told all over the middle east, same birthdate, same miracles, same father figure, and dies in the same way. Many relgions hold cannabis sacred, tibetian monks still smoke it in chilliums, and the nepalese smoke tonnes of the stuff.

 

Yet we only really ever see thai buddhist monks which that is not part of their style.

 

Even the 'original' form of Islam used cannabis...

 

Its probably the only thing every religion really has in common besides from the aztecs (shrooms and other scary stuff).

[Crunchy]

Depends on if you believe Jesus was real >.>

[Fibrofeend]

Who really knows, who really cares about 2000 years ago..

The infused oil absorbing into skin works well though

i used coconut oil with hash in it for a massage oil, great for strained muscles

and more sensitive areas.....

[Nooby]

Here's a list of miracles performed by Jesus in the NT, minus the ones that didn't involve a healing. Must have been some powerful shit, anyone know where i can get some?

 

 

2 Healing of the royal official's son

3 Healing of the capernaum demoniac

4 Healing of Peter's mother-in-law

 

6 Healing a leper

7 Healing a centurion's servant

8 Healing a paralytic

9 Healing a withered hand

10 Raising a widow's son

 

12 Healing the Gerasene demoniac

13 Healing a woman with internal bleeding

14 Raising Jairus' daughter

15 Healing two blind men

16 Healing a mute demoniac

17 Healing a 38 year invalid

 

 

20 Healing a demoniac girl

21 Healing a deaf man with a speech impediment

22 Feeding the 4000 men and their families

23 Healing a blind man

24 Healing a man born blind

25 Healing a demoniac boy

 

27 Healing a blind and mute demoniac

28 Healing a woman with an 18 year infirmity

29 Healing a man with dropsy

30 Healing 10 lepers

31 Raising of Lazarus

32 Healing Bartimaeus of blindness

33 Restoring a severed ear

[luciddreaming]

Who cares?

Probably everyone who wants to smoke weed in peace.

If this can be proven true without a doubt, everyone can get off if they're caught because it's against the law to arrest someone for practicing religion.

I admit kaneh-bosom is Cannabis used in the annointing oil. Healing people of death though....