{"id":27,"date":"2020-01-09T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:05:00","slug":"was-jesus-smoking-the-devils-lettuce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Was Jesus smoking the Devil&#8217;s Lettuce?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">There are a growing number of people claiming that Jesus (if he was real) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/bn5z7v\/did-jesus-perform-his-miracles-with-cannabis-oil\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was using Cannabis Oil in his anointing oil to cure people<\/a><span style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I haven&#8217;t given this any thought since I have never read anything that claims CBD heals leprosy or brings the dead back to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">However, I just recently read the gnostic Gospel of Thomas. It&#8217;s a book of Jesus&#8217; sayings that didn&#8217;t make the bible (it wasn&#8217;t found until later, but dates to about the same time as the biblical gospels)  It is short (114 verses) but has given me a new perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505; font-family: &quot;segoe ui historic&quot; , &quot;segoe ui&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AmCE8VskEpA\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmCE8VskEpA?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>You can listen to the Gospel of Thomas here &#8211; it&#8217;s short, less than an hour.<\/i><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\nIf Jesus was real he and his disciples were on really good drugs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\nFor instance: <\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505;\">Verse 60: &lt;They saw&gt; a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea. He said to his disciples, <\/span><span style=\"color: red;\">&#8220;That man is round about the lamb.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\nThey said to him, &#8220;So that he may kill it and eat it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505;\">He said to them, <\/span><span style=\"color: red;\">&#8220;While it is alive, he will not eat it, but only when he has killed it and it has become a corpse.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\nThey said to him, &#8220;He cannot do so otherwise.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505;\">He said to them, <\/span><span style=\"color: red;\">&#8220;You too, look for a place for yourself within repose, lest you become a corpse and be eaten.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\nAnd the last verse: <\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\nVerse 114: Simon Peter said to them, &#8220;Make Mary leave us, for females don&#8217;t deserve life.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<span style=\"color: #050505;\">Jesus said,<\/span><span style=\"color: red;\"> &#8220;Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_X5sgFR8HQs\/XhckEXccRLI\/AAAAAAAALYg\/LjJJO34z3tUsvgvh5RYEff-wGdhHOkJIgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/jesus-pot.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"458\" data-original-width=\"361\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_X5sgFR8HQs\/XhckEXccRLI\/AAAAAAAALYg\/LjJJO34z3tUsvgvh5RYEff-wGdhHOkJIgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/jesus-pot.jpg\" width=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\nWhat do you think, was the Christian lord and savior smoking the devil&#8217;s lettuce?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\">\nFor even more mind-blowing fun&#8230;. look up the Gospel of Mary!<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a growing number of people claiming that Jesus (if he was real) was using Cannabis Oil in his anointing oil to cure people. I haven&#8217;t given this any thought since I have never read anything that claims CBD heals leprosy or brings the dead back to life. 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