The bible is packed with drug-fuelled visions of miracles and according to a leading academic when Moses met God to receive the Ten Commandments he was on a hallucinogen-induced high.

The theory, published this week in international philosophy journal Time and Mind, claims that key events of the Old Testament are actually records of visions by ancient Israelites high on hallucinogenic drugs.

Benny Shannon, a professor at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, where he was head of the psychology department, believes that a popular plant concoction could hold the key to some unexplained "miracles".

"In the southern regions of the Holy Land and in the Sinai Peninsula there grow two plants containing the molecules that together constitute the key ingredients of one of the most powerful psychedelic substances in existence," he wrote.

The substance is a drink called Ayahuasca, and is today still used by Amazonians in Brazil for their religious rituals.

The professor came up with the theory when reading the Bible and deciding the events described were similar to visions he had after trying this drink 15 years ago.

Professor Shannon undertook further "research" and textual analysis.

He claims that five accounts of Moses' life were induced by hallucinogens.

One was the vision of the Burning Bush, which was on fire but not consumed, a miracle explained by the drug-induced sense of time slowing.

Another was Moses' encounter with God on Mount Sinai, when he received the Ten Commandments and the Bible.

Other Biblical stories are "suggestive that the ancient Israelites regarded psychoactive plants in high esteem."

These include the story of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden and accounts of "incense" offerings in the Jerusalem Temple.

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Bhai if you were living during that time period I think you would have to be high to survive.

Sampson was taking growth hormones and steroids!:D

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Sampson was taking growth hormones and steroids!:D

How come he lost his strength when his hair was cut off? :D

This professor had better watch out someone doesn't issue a fatwa against him for denigrading a prophet. :D

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Originally posted by Sunil:
This professor had better watch out someone doesn't issue a fatwa against him for denigrading a prophet. :D

dem bhais does only issue fatwa fuh one prophet, even though they claim many others. dem does feel good when people seh bad tings bout Haysus and Moses :-))

Muslims do believe in all the prophets but we do take a closing liking for Muhammad even if we are not ready/willing to admit it. Taking pot shots at the others is not acceptable to us but subconciously we may not be bothered by it. But most of us are not willing to admit that.

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Originally posted by Sunil:

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Sampson was taking growth hormones and steroids!:D

How come he lost his strength when his hair was cut off? :D

Actually his hair wasn't cut off. He ran out of Rogaine.(:-))

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Originally posted by ksazma:
Muslims do believe in all the prophets but we do take a closing liking for Muhammad even if we are not ready/willing to admit it. Taking pot shots at the others is not acceptable to us but subconciously we may not be bothered by it. But most of us are not willing to admit that.

Untrue.
Muslims protest against all derogatory remarks against all prophets.

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Untrue. Muslims protest against all derogatory remarks against all prophets.

There are many derogatory comments made by many prophets that have gone unattended by Muslims even here. There was the one that Dre posted with Jesus depicted as a child sexual predator and there was no reaction from any of us, including me. That is just one example.

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Originally posted by ksazma:

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Untrue. Muslims protest against all derogatory remarks against all prophets.

There are many derogatory comments made by many prophets that have gone unattended by Muslims even here. There was the one that Dre posted with Jesus depicted as a child sexual predator and there was no reaction from any of us, including me. That is just one example.

Yuh saying we shud ban Dre?

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Yuh saying we shud ban Dre?

I am saying that we did not react to it. Not that we don't care for the other prophets but we are not wired for them the way we are for Muhammad. That is a fact no matter how much we try to deny it. Just like parents who swear that they love all their children equally.

we are not wired to anything.
Who do we follow the sunnah of?

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
we are not wired to anything.
Who do we follow the sunnah of?

"We make no didtinction between any of them..."

Subconciously, we really do. Not being able to admit it is what we need to guard against.

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Not being able to admit it is what we need to guard against.

You see why you does get in all the hot water them bhais scald you with.

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:

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Originally posted by ksazma:

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Untrue. Muslims protest against all derogatory remarks against all prophets.

There are many derogatory comments made by many prophets that have gone unattended by Muslims even here. There was the one that Dre posted with Jesus depicted as a child sexual predator and there was no reaction from any of us, including me. That is just one example.

Yuh saying we shud ban Dre?

Nah, I'm too valuable to dis place :-))

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I'm too valuable to dis place

Word, true dat.