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Zarkov
http://physorg.com/news130511055.html

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“Perhaps Marx wasn’t too wrong when he called religion the opium of the people: morphine comes from poppies, cannabinoids from marijuana, and LSD from mushrooms; each of these has been used in one or another religious ceremony.” said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. “Studies of how those psychoactive drugs work have helped us understand modern neurobiology. The discovery of how incensole acetate, purified from frankincense, works on specific targets in the brain should also help us understand diseases of the nervous system. This study also provides a biological explanation for millennia-old spiritual practices that have persisted across time, distance, culture, language, and religion—burning incense really does make you feel warm and tingly all over!”


Couple that with ritual, mantra-like behaviour and warm fuzzy promises

What more could any gullible earthling want !

Discuss
photojack
All bets are off. ohmy.gif
Ignore List:- Zarkov ((laugh.gif))
midwestern
A good excuse to take illicits is all I see here. Ceremonies or none is the key. mad.gif
Zarkov
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excuse to take illicits


God never thought these "stimulants/depressants" to be illicit

Some earthlings have more knowledge that God... and these earthlings have now become God.

interesting
photojack
Zarkov, And you are not an earthling? blink.gif
Did you mean "some earthlings have more knowledge THAN God... ?
And how did they become God? unsure.gif
How many Gods are there? wacko.gif
STRANGE!
Zarkov
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some earthlings have more knowledge THAN God... ?


sarcasm... that is what religious earthlings think.....

Have they never thought that GOD has control of all in its own way... and does not need intermediaries to interpret !
gmilam
I think it's a valid connection. I think a lot of our religious and spiritual heritage is rooted in the use of various mind-altering "gifts from the gods".

A good shaman or medicine man always had his supply of fungi, herbs and other magical plants. Mix it with some chants and a splendid time is guaranteed for all.
midwestern
All, please stay way away from the plants of mind altering haste. tongue.gif
Zarkov
Deliberate mind altering, accidental mind altering


all point to religion

Religion, the CURSE of the Gods

God made you to be the way you are... in that state you are most rational.... trip over the edge go religious and kill and destroy and trample....

midwestern
Zarkov you freak. biggrin.gif Religion is a personal matter, along with beliefs. The GODS don't exist to hurt Zarkov.
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