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#74 Are DMT and Psychedelics Okay for Christians?
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What does the Bible say about dimethyltriptamine (DMT) and other psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs?
In this episode, you will learn how to respond to a friend who tells you that he is having positive spiritual experiences through using DMT or another hallucinogen.
(this is the fixed-audio version).
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Links to articles and sources I used to research for this episode:
“What is the Jesus drug (dimethyltryptamine)?” (Got Questions) https://gotquestions.org/Jesus-drug-dimethyltryptamine.html
“What does the Bible say about sorcery? (Got Questions) https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-sorcery.html
Drug Use (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/drug_use
Pharmakeia (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/pharmakeia
Sorcery (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/sorcery
“It’s Official: DMT Makes You Believe In God” (Vice) https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4dxk/its-official-dmt-makes-you-believe-in-god
“Ayahuasca” (American Shaman) https://americanshaman.org/ayahuasca/#Origins_in_Indigenous_Culture
“Does Joe Rogan Think the DMT Elves Are Real?” (Powerful JRE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQSIzJ9J-g
The Testimony of Pokemon and Bautista (Chief Shoefoot) (Faithful Moms) https://faithfulmoms.org/is-pokemon-safe-children-christian-perspective/
“Chief Shoefoot’s Rebuke” (Touchstone) https://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=11-05-012-v
“We make the spirits dance” – the world of the Yanomami shaman (Survival International) https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/3506-yanomamishaman
Ancient medicinal plants of South America (National Library of Medicine) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561247/
Galatians 5:20 commentaries: Ellicott’s, Meyer’s, Barnes’; Belgel’s Gnomen; etc. (BibleHub) https://biblehub.com/commentaries/galatians/5-20.htm
What Are DMT Elves and Who Reports Seeing Them? (HowStuffWorks) https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/drugs-alcohol/dmt-elves.htm#pt4
The Essential Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Part 3 (Galatians 5:16–25) (Grace to You) https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-332/the-essential-ministry-of-the-holy-spirit-part-3
The DMT ‘elves’ people meet while tripping (Big Think) https://bigthink.com/the-present/dmt-beings/
For OT and NT uses of “pharmakeia”:
The Septuagint (LXX) (Blue Letter Bible) https://www.blueletterbible.org/lxx/mal/3/1/ss0/rl0/s_928001
Greek New Testament https://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php
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Music Credits:
Energetic & Drive Indie Rock by WinnieTheMoog
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10443-energetic-drive-indie-rock
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Manage episode 409289341 series 2977453
What does the Bible say about dimethyltriptamine (DMT) and other psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs?
In this episode, you will learn how to respond to a friend who tells you that he is having positive spiritual experiences through using DMT or another hallucinogen.
(this is the fixed-audio version).
*** Join our new apologetics course starting April 1: https://thethink.institute/apologeticsfoundations ***
Links to articles and sources I used to research for this episode:
“What is the Jesus drug (dimethyltryptamine)?” (Got Questions) https://gotquestions.org/Jesus-drug-dimethyltryptamine.html
“What does the Bible say about sorcery? (Got Questions) https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-sorcery.html
Drug Use (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/drug_use
Pharmakeia (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/pharmakeia
Sorcery (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/sorcery
“It’s Official: DMT Makes You Believe In God” (Vice) https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4dxk/its-official-dmt-makes-you-believe-in-god
“Ayahuasca” (American Shaman) https://americanshaman.org/ayahuasca/#Origins_in_Indigenous_Culture
“Does Joe Rogan Think the DMT Elves Are Real?” (Powerful JRE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQSIzJ9J-g
The Testimony of Pokemon and Bautista (Chief Shoefoot) (Faithful Moms) https://faithfulmoms.org/is-pokemon-safe-children-christian-perspective/
“Chief Shoefoot’s Rebuke” (Touchstone) https://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=11-05-012-v
“We make the spirits dance” – the world of the Yanomami shaman (Survival International) https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/3506-yanomamishaman
Ancient medicinal plants of South America (National Library of Medicine) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561247/
Galatians 5:20 commentaries: Ellicott’s, Meyer’s, Barnes’; Belgel’s Gnomen; etc. (BibleHub) https://biblehub.com/commentaries/galatians/5-20.htm
What Are DMT Elves and Who Reports Seeing Them? (HowStuffWorks) https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/drugs-alcohol/dmt-elves.htm#pt4
The Essential Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Part 3 (Galatians 5:16–25) (Grace to You) https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-332/the-essential-ministry-of-the-holy-spirit-part-3
The DMT ‘elves’ people meet while tripping (Big Think) https://bigthink.com/the-present/dmt-beings/
For OT and NT uses of “pharmakeia”:
The Septuagint (LXX) (Blue Letter Bible) https://www.blueletterbible.org/lxx/mal/3/1/ss0/rl0/s_928001
Greek New Testament https://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php
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Please support this work! Give to the Think Institute at https://thethink.institute/partner .
----
Subscribe to the Think Institute YouTube Channel!
This channel will deliver even more knowledge on how to answer questions and objections to the Christian worldview! If you subscribe now, you'll get to hear the next video in this series...
----
Want to bring Joel to speak at your church or event? Go here.
----
Music Credits:
Energetic & Drive Indie Rock by WinnieTheMoog
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10443-energetic-drive-indie-rock
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Rock Guitar Intro 03 by Taigasoundprod
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Free download: filmmusic.io: search rock-guitar-intro-03-by-taigasoundprod
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