Moses - high as a kite

Shorrick Mk2 · #1 05.03.2008, 16:12

When Moses received the Ten Commandments from God, he was summoned right to the top of Mount Sinai.

But the man who led the Children of Israel to safety may have been even higher at the time, if an Israeli academic is to be believed. Psychology professor Benny Shanon says it was likely Moses was hallucinating under the influence of a mind-altering drug at the time of his biblical achievements.

More here.

DaveA · #2 05.03.2008, 16:14

I reckon you are baiting some folk in Lausanne....

dave

	Quote:	Shorrick Mk2
	When Moses received the Ten Commandments from God, he was summoned right to the top of Mount Sinai. But the man who led the Children of Israel to safety may have been even higher at the time, if an Israeli academic is to be believed. Psychology professor Benny Shanon says it was likely Moses was hallucinating under the influence of a mind-altering drug at the time of his biblical achievements. More here.

rhythmical remedy · #3 05.03.2008, 16:14

Just can't get decent gear like them good old days.

rhythmical remedy · #4 05.03.2008, 16:18

Is this how god speaks?

Shorrick Mk2 · #5 05.03.2008, 16:21

	Quote:	DaveA
	I reckon you are baiting some folk in Lausanne.... dave

As someone suggested rather cynically, I am trying to add substance to the fora...

Eire · #6 05.03.2008, 16:32

Well he was going up for the tablets!!!