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Re: Not Good News From Israel
Yet another example of how ridiculous religious people are.
They read : "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes" — Deuteronomy 11:18
And think that means they have to strap a little leather box to their head or the Sky fairy wont respect them. ;D
Yet another example of how ridiculous religious people are.
They read : "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes" — Deuteronomy 11:18
And think that means they have to strap a little leather box to their head or the Sky fairy wont respect them. ;D
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Gee, I hated those.
Most useless get up I've ever seen. Akin to the Catholics self-fladulating.
Thank goodness that's all part of another lifetime at school.
The little boxes actually contain miniature scrolls that have the prayer "Shema" written on them.
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is is one. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
Of course, they are only used in the act of prayer.
evo said:Not as funny as those Tefillins(strap on mini box) the orthodox guys wear.
Hehehehehe.
Gee, I hated those.
Most useless get up I've ever seen. Akin to the Catholics self-fladulating.
Thank goodness that's all part of another lifetime at school.
The little boxes actually contain miniature scrolls that have the prayer "Shema" written on them.
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is is one. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
Of course, they are only used in the act of prayer.
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I'm taking a punt that the guy who wrote that may get along with my old mates who used to partake in some herbal relaxation techiques while trying to listen to the devil's messages when playing Led Zep 4 backwards in their mum's garage.
evo said:
I'm taking a punt that the guy who wrote that may get along with my old mates who used to partake in some herbal relaxation techiques while trying to listen to the devil's messages when playing Led Zep 4 backwards in their mum's garage.
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From correspondents in Jerusalem
March 05, 2008 12:01am
Article from: Reuters
THE biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor.
Writing in the British journal Time and Mind, Benny Shanon of Jerusalem's Hebrew University said two plants in the Sinai desert contain the same psychoactive molecules as those found in plants from which the powerful Amazonian hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca is prepared.
The thunder, lightning and blaring of a trumpet which the Book of Exodus says emanated from Mount Sinai could just have been the imaginings of a people in an "altered state of awareness", Shanon hypothesised.
"In advanced forms of ayahuasca inebriation, the seeing of light is accompanied by profound religious and spiritual feelings," Mr Shanon wrote.
"On such occasions, one often feels that in seeing the light, one is encountering the ground of all Being ... many identify this power as God."
Mr Shanon wrote that he was very familiar with the affects of the ayahuasca plant, having "partaken of the ... brew about 160 times in various locales and contexts".
He said one of the psychoactive plants, harmal, found in the Sinai and elsewhere in the Middle East, has long been regarded by Jews in the region as having magical and curative powers.
Some biblical scholars were unimpressed. Orthodox rabbi Yuval Sherlow told Israel Radio: "The Bible is trying to convey a very profound event. We have to fear not for the fate of the biblical Moses, but for the fate of science."
Puts fighting over a shitty piece of desert because Zeus prommised it to you into perspective I reckon
From correspondents in Jerusalem
March 05, 2008 12:01am
Article from: Reuters
THE biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor.
Writing in the British journal Time and Mind, Benny Shanon of Jerusalem's Hebrew University said two plants in the Sinai desert contain the same psychoactive molecules as those found in plants from which the powerful Amazonian hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca is prepared.
The thunder, lightning and blaring of a trumpet which the Book of Exodus says emanated from Mount Sinai could just have been the imaginings of a people in an "altered state of awareness", Shanon hypothesised.
"In advanced forms of ayahuasca inebriation, the seeing of light is accompanied by profound religious and spiritual feelings," Mr Shanon wrote.
"On such occasions, one often feels that in seeing the light, one is encountering the ground of all Being ... many identify this power as God."
Mr Shanon wrote that he was very familiar with the affects of the ayahuasca plant, having "partaken of the ... brew about 160 times in various locales and contexts".
He said one of the psychoactive plants, harmal, found in the Sinai and elsewhere in the Middle East, has long been regarded by Jews in the region as having magical and curative powers.
Some biblical scholars were unimpressed. Orthodox rabbi Yuval Sherlow told Israel Radio: "The Bible is trying to convey a very profound event. We have to fear not for the fate of the biblical Moses, but for the fate of science."
Puts fighting over a shitty piece of desert because Zeus prommised it to you into perspective I reckon
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Actually most of the early religions used some form of drugs (ranging from poppies through to hallucinogens).
Maybe thats what we need to have peace in the middle east, less coffee at the peace talks, and more weed.
Finally Bill Clinton will have a purpose at the peace talks :hihi
evo said:
Actually most of the early religions used some form of drugs (ranging from poppies through to hallucinogens).
Maybe thats what we need to have peace in the middle east, less coffee at the peace talks, and more weed.
Finally Bill Clinton will have a purpose at the peace talks :hihi
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Great photos, evo.
Had to look hard to see what you were on about – almost undetectable those Tefillins.
Wonder if they come in club colours? Imagine being the first in your synagogue to have one signed by Benny Cousins…….. sweet!
Great photos, evo.
Had to look hard to see what you were on about – almost undetectable those Tefillins.
Wonder if they come in club colours? Imagine being the first in your synagogue to have one signed by Benny Cousins…….. sweet!
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Would you like it in the modern English of the King James Bible? :hihi
Actually, experts in English tell us that by having such books as the Bible, be it Old or New Testaments, written in Olde style actually adds to their credibility.
Readers peruse the Olde style and, such, the words take on the character of document. The Bible is held out to be an old book. What better way to add to that credibility than by having it written in Olde language.
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Would you like it in the modern English of the King James Bible? :hihi
Actually, experts in English tell us that by having such books as the Bible, be it Old or New Testaments, written in Olde style actually adds to their credibility.
Readers peruse the Olde style and, such, the words take on the character of document. The Bible is held out to be an old book. What better way to add to that credibility than by having it written in Olde language.
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