Near Dylan said:

It's based on extremely circumstantial evidence, usually no evidence at all. Believe what you want. But your experiences don't dictate history.

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Yeah I do believe what I want.

You expect me to believe what you want..?

Its based on my personal opinion which is based on two things.

1) what I have studied
2) What I have learned through direct experience which in many cases was the same stuff religions talk about.

Are you aware that ancient cave men had cave paintings of mushrooms labeled the "flesh of god" ? Is this circumstantial evidence...?

Enkidu said:

Eat less mushrooms... ? Maybe you should eat more.

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Infinitysquared said:

Cant tell if this is serious or not but ill bite.

To me, a bad trip can include all or any combination of the following:

• Thought loops that seem to never end
  
  
• Time dilation so extreme that makes you feel like you're trapped (similar to thought loops)
  
  
• Believing that you have actually gone insane and will never return to "normal consciousness" again
  
  
• Feeling like you shouldnt have taken the drug and you are a drug addict for doing so
  
  
• Nausea
  
  
• Physical DISCOMFORT while in the midst of a vision/stream of hallucinations
  
  
• Anxiety about anything and everything preventing you from relaxing
  
  
• Fighting the experience that it becomes a test of survival/getting through it
  
  
• Being unable to talk/communicate to another person
  
  
• Intense sadness
  
  
• Truths/perspectives that are contradictory and/or difficult to accept without experiencing intense emotional pain
  
  
• General confusion/lack of attention span
  
  
• Remembering past traumas and unsuccessfully understanding/accepting them causing the individual to "slide" into a negative headspace
  
  
• Overwhelming fear of the unknown
  
  

Did i miss anything? Some of these may lead to a positive outcome but this is the nature of the beast.

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Near Dylan said:

I base my claims on religion off of dedicating my life to pursuing a career in the field, getting an associates degree in theology, then bachelors in archaeology and classical antiquity, then masters in archaeology, then years of working as a historical interpreter and conservationist, and I didn't go through all that shit so that some shroom head on the internet can make false claims about "cavemen" religions, false claims about the Aztecs, refuse to acknowledge the fact that he got the facts wrong, and then tried to use his one and only piece of evidence supporting his claim, as the fact that he's got high before and felt something similar.

Basing your belief of the origins of the most influential ideology of all time, off of absolutely nothing, and peppering in downright made up and fumbled over claims to poorly try and justify why you challenged someones religion to their face and gave nothing to back it up but your inflated ego. If you're going to have a completely misguided and unsubstantiated opinion and refuse to give any evidence to support it, don't present it as fact. Maybe just keep it to yourself until you do actual research. Like I said, pretty important to a lot of eople. Not something some burnout hippie should be slandering just in passing while telling people to take drugs more often.

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Near Dylan said:

I base my claims on religion off of dedicating my life to pursuing a career in the field, getting an associates degree in theology, then bachelors in archaeology and classical antiquity, then masters in archaeology, then years of working as a historical interpreter and conservationist, and I didn't go through all that shit so that some shroom head on the internet can make false claims about "cavemen" religions, false claims about the Aztecs, refuse to acknowledge the fact that he got the facts wrong, and then tried to use his one and only piece of evidence supporting his claim, as the fact that he's got high before and felt something similar.

Basing your belief of the origins of the most influential ideology of all time, off of absolutely nothing, and peppering in downright made up and fumbled over claims to poorly try and justify why you challenged someones religion to their face and gave nothing to back it up but your inflated ego. If you're going to have a completely misguided and unsubstantiated opinion and refuse to give any evidence to support it, don't present it as fact. Maybe just keep it to yourself until you do actual research. Like I said, pretty important to a lot of eople. Not something some burnout hippie should be slandering just in passing while telling people to take drugs more often.

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You sound like an arrogant egotistical snob

You mad bro?

Did I fuck your wife or something ?