Did Jesus use cannabis?

[DickHardman]

Quoted directly from the bbc link:




Yeah, I haven't botherd to read it yet I'm supporting my opinion with direct quotes

even though he sounds too over religious, he is right isnt he? if jesus and company used cannabis extracts as sacraments, then his remark would be an understandable statement. plus, he was only speculating. he didnt say thats what he believed.

and that statement only applies to christians, which i am not. cause for those who arent christians, its not anti christian to persecute those who use cannabis, its only anti chill. so you cant really say i posted these articles to justify my own habits, as i dont personally believe jesus was god.

[7r14ngL3Ch0k3]

How do we even know Jesus Christ existed? Im mean, the story where a holy baby is born, performs miracles throughout his life, and dies as a martyr AND is resurrected has been done in many other cultures, many times.

[The_Judo_Jibboo]

How do we even know Jesus Christ existed? Im mean, the story where a holy baby is born, performs miracles throughout his life, and dies as a martyr AND is resurrected has been done in many other cultures, many times.

the ministry and execution of Jesus is historical fact documented in sources outside of the bible. Jesus lived, taught, and was crucified, you can't find a secular historian who will disagree with that much. But yes, aside from those basic facts the questions of whether or not Jesus was the son of god and whether or not he was resurrected are matters of faith.

Out of curiousity, what are some of the cultures you're referring to 7r14ngl3? i know that alot of the stories in the bible occur across virtually all cultures in some form or another, most notably the flood story, but off the top of my head the details of Jesus' story seem fairly unique.

[gregimotis]

...every time people try to have a serious dialogue about how our nation addresses illegal drugs someone will try to use High Times to convince us all that Jesus was a stoner or something equally bizarre. This kind of thing is so far-fetched that you won't ever get main stream America to accept it even if it turned out to be true. All it does is water down the stronger, legitimate arguments for the reform of our drug laws. I think these tactics reinforce the idea that the only people who want to see them changed are drug-addled conspiracy theorists and that in fact they do more harm than good.

That is a beautiful post, right there.

[DickHardman]

the ministry and execution of Jesus is historical fact documented in sources outside of the bible. Jesus lived, taught, and was crucified, you can't find a secular historian who will disagree with that much. But yes, aside from those basic facts the questions of whether or not Jesus was the son of god and whether or not he was resurrected are matters of faith.

Out of curiousity, what are some of the cultures you're referring to 7r14ngl3? i know that alot of the stories in the bible occur across virtually all cultures in some form or another, most notably the flood story, but off the top of my head the details of Jesus' story seem fairly unique.

there was actually a very similar story of a guy who was said to be a prophet etc who was also crucified, but this occurred in egypt way before jesus time. the story of the crucifiction is not unique. i forgot the name of the guy who was crucified before jesus, anyone remember who it was?

[The_Judo_Jibboo]

there was actually a very similar story of a guy who was said to be a prophet etc who was also crucified, but this occurred in egypt way before jesus time. the story of the crucifiction is not unique. i forgot the name of the guy who was crucified before jesus, anyone remember who it was?

Well i don't doubt at all that there were many stories of crucifixion as it was a popular mode of execution, and i'm sure there are many instances where the victim was a religious figure, but as a whole i still can't think of a story that parallels Jesus' very well in the details. i mean, if you look at flood stories the similarities across cultures are pretty remarkable; the divine force singles out one righteous man and his family to be spared, man builds boat and saves animals, man repeats a certain test several times to find out when the flood will end. i don't know a story that parallels the story of Jesus' life to that extent.