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https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/psychedelics-mormon-church-divine-assembly-1375027/?s=09
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https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/psychedelics-mormon-church-divine-assembly-1375027/?s=09
Footstepsofdawn
You know what? Good for them!
abradfield1
Good for them.
iusedtodream
Good. That cult does weird and horrible things to their congregation, especially kids.
RedTailedHawk
JackingMeHoff
Fuck religion.
SXSam
Amanita.
Urgalicity
When you ban alcohol, sex, and all other outlets for young people what do you expect?
Rhythmaster
Well that's just a big improvement, isnt it? Shrooms > Mormonism.
JimFromMarketing
Look up "The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross". Theory is that mushrooms caused religion
SXSam
I could certainly see that. Hopefully they can help get us past it.
JimFromMarketing
Yes, interesting, let's hope
ketro2099
from a cult to a drug infused ...well cult... but hey no one gets hurt and you dont force anyone go for it
Fishkeeper
This second thing might not be a cult. Cults are defined by an unhealthy dynamic; sometimes a bunch of weirdos is just a bunch of weirdos.
Fishkeeper
Another thing about cults is that, because of said dynamic, they're inherently harmful. Whereas some weirdo groups are perfectly fine.
WhyWeDoThis
All religions are cults of different sizes, change my mind!
inthepines
Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Shrooms?
r0twhylr
Come on in. I have all afternoon.
SXSam
I do, as a matter of fact.
EroticZombiePants
So like the late 60s again.
SXSam
Similar, but this the first time we've ever been here.
LunaSolisSagA
And they shall find him!
CatchySensibleName
When people who lack the cognitive tools for critical thinking take psychedelics, they usually end up believing crazier things than before.
SXSam
People believe crazy things just from watching TV.
SithElephant
Seer Shrooms.
SXSam
Sight beyond sight
manhands
There's a fascinating theory that the altered state of consciousness from mushrooms helped us evolve intelligence. Going back to roots.
SXSam
I'm familiar with one such version from the late Terrence McKenna.
MysteriousAsTheDarksideOfTHEMOOOOOOOOOOON
We’re just a bunch of stoned apes
SXSam
Certainly feels that way on a nice dose
tucker148
GiveMeCorndogOrGiveMeDeath
Well sign me the fuck up. I need off this bullshit ride.
HumanFromPlanetEarth
The Dead are dead. Everything old is new again.
SXSam
What?
Mediathug
Now we’re talking.
SXSam
I really do look forward to when more of us are talking about these things.
verbeckpaul1960
I rent my apt. from a moron who’s a republican and a member of the NRA. Something tells me he hasn’t caught on to the ?!
SXSam
We have to get these egos in check, the shrooms help with that.
Fishkeeper
Probably healthier than being in a cult!
AlwaysUpvotesCatgirls
Have a friend involved in this. It’s….interesting.
JimFromMarketing
Wtf is with the dots. Of course it's interesting that's why I'm reading these comments
SXSam
Dots?
JimFromMarketing
".. Interesting"
SXSam
Experience with shrooms is infinitely more than interesting, but yes.
somethingstupidandclever
So I have a friend involved with this and my first take is "cool, but isn't that just another bandwagon?" But whatever it takes to dismantle
SXSam
The article states that they don't push any ideology. That being said, we do have to guard and be wary of that kind of thing.
Daevram1123
As someone who grew up Mormon but has since gotten better I'm really bot that surprised. What a fucked-up cult.
DarthWaiterSE
Wanna hear something wild? I'm a direct descendant of Alice Edith Oatman, her father and Olive's father were brothers. 1/2
DarthWaiterSE
yes, THE Olive Oatman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oatman ... Always thought of her as 'Aunt Olive' ... still not Mormon though 2/3
DarthWaiterSE
My mom's grandparents tried to raise her as LDS and she hated it so much that she and I never went to church unless it was a wedding.
Thisusernameisalreadyinuse3000
I left the Mormon cult last year. 7th generation Mormon.
cardinal29
SXSam
It's a pleasure to encounter someone else who got away from church :)
Cat3508
You sure they aren't morons
IntrospectiveZombie
Congrats on getting out fellow exmos!
HellooooNurse
There are dozens of us!! DOZENS!!
MartyIndependence
Totally saw morons instead of Mormons
rouzuki
Feels like they're just rediscovering the wheel. How do they think a magical sky lord came into being in the first place?
OpenMouthHotKiss
I always thought it started with the burning bush
SXSam
Is it bad to rediscover something, or reexamine it? What if there are still new things to be found out?
rouzuki
I want to say it's not, hopefully existing religion has already hit rock bottom....but I also don't want to underestimate humanity....
seenunseen
God's not there but you can certainly find peace
Fishkeeper
Unless you've got dormant schizophrenia that kicks up from the shrooms. (Can happen with any psychoactive substance.)
SXSam
There's some analog to god if you go deep enough, and more.
seenunseen
Anything you come across is player driven content
SXSam
Idk about that, but I have more questions than answers at this point.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Well why not? Joseph Smith must have been on mushrooms when he recieved the spiritual book.
PicassoCT
I'm so horny, so horny so munch on shrooms, it's just me only sitting on my kitchen throne
PimpinKen
You forgot the quotes around the words "spiritual book"
pomery
When he fabricated the spiritual book*
fightingwithmyself
Fun fact, another faith actually wrote the book. He just modified it.
Canigetbannedagain2
"Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb"... South Park
MashMouth
‘Lucy Harris smart smart smart smart smart smart smart SMAAAAART’
sadcoyote
there’s actually quite a bit of evidence he was. the burned over district in western NY. along with being a notorious area for religious…
GreaterDog
It's very likely there were entheogens in the sacrament wine distributed during the Kirtland temple dedication, where many of the attendants
GreaterDog
had unique "visions" not shared by others there.
sadcoyote
grifters, the area is still recognized as having some of the best wild mushrooms in the country.
sadcoyote
and that’s where old Joey got his start. a combo of watching other grifters, mushrooms, and access to tin working machinery/tools.
babygirlzozo
I remember my cousin telling me this when I was a kid! I love how you explained it though. Thank you!