A church in Utah which takes psychoactive mushrooms as sacrament says they’re facing religious persecution just months after Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill into law bolstering religious freedom.
Now, amidst government raids, sacrament seizures, and even pending drug charges for the founder, a U.S. district judge has sided with the church, arguing that religious freedom must apply to all - even churches whose sacrament is technically against the law.
Meet the Mushroom Church
“A government entity may not substantially burden the free exercise of religion of a person,” reads Utah’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which was passed by the Utah Senate and signed into law in March of last year. Per the bill, the government may not impede actions “substantially motivated by a sincerely held religious belief,” - except, apparently, Singularism, a religious group based out of Provo, founded by a man named Bridger Lee Jensen.
Singularism promotes the consumption of psilocybin - the naturally occurring compound in hundreds of species of mushrooms which psychoactive effects to users - as religious sacrament. For a cost of some $1,600 per tea ceremony, Singularism adherents are able to consume the otherwise-illegal sacrament in a safe, controlled environment run by Jensen, which the Singularism website describes as “a sacred space where science and spirituality unite.”
But that all came crashing down on November 11, 2024, when Utah police raided the Singularism religious center, confiscating 450 grams of "mushrooms and mushroom-like material." Jensen was also later charged with a suite of drug-related criminal charges.
Now, Jensen is fighting back, filing an injunction against county officials to drop the charges and return his sacrament - an injunction which a district judge just granted.
Sacrament, or Loophole?
The law “must apply its protections equally to unpopular or unfamiliar religious groups as to popular or familiar ones if that commitment to religious liberty is to mean anything,” reads the preliminary injunction order penned by U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish. “Indeed,” she writes, “the very founding of the State of Utah reflects the lived experience of that truth by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Parrish dismissed skepticism that Jensen’s Singularism was some sort of legal loophole to consume illegal drugs, and ordered local agencies not to interfere with his “sincere religious use of psilocybin” while litigation is pending.
The state leveraged the “coercive power of its criminal-justice system,” she writes, “to harass and shut down a new religion it finds offensive.”
Ancient History
There’s no question that the use of psychedelics has a lengthy religious history. Indigenous communities in the Americas have utilized psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca in religious rituals for at least 3,000 years. And archaeologists have found evidence of psychedelic use in faith rituals in places as varied as Iraq, India, and Greece. It’s even been speculated by biblical historians that John of Patmos wrote the Book of Revelation entirely (and perhaps unwittingly) under the influence of hallucinogenic morning glory. This Utah church may be new, but their faith traditions certainly aren’t. Now the question is… are they legal?
At the heart of this story is the clash between one religious group’s otherwise-illegal sacrament and the state’s hardline anti-drug laws. The state has widespread religious protections, recently reinforced by the RFRA. But does that not actually apply to all faith groups? Does Utah’s religious freedom come with terms and conditions?
How far can the government go in dictating how one practices their faith?
77 comments
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Howard Michael Crawford
This is is sin....not huge but opening the door for more.
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Randy Lowell Mainer
Sounds good.
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Sandra L Daniels
Communion is taken with unleavened bread.
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Amy Varela
To what WORD are you referring? Religion did not start with Adam. There were many other religions before the bible was written. By men. Ostensibly because they were intimidated by the imagery of powerful female deities in ALL of the other earlier religions. So these men invented a male deity who gave all of the power to certain men, and everyone else was their slaves. Weak minds believe what they are told without question and without critical thinking. And, to be honest, the better thinkers who read the WORD change it into something better than it is. Just reading it, at its face, it is a ridiculous story in which the main character is a genocidal, infanticidal, misogynistic, racist monster who is also so insecure that he has to murder everyone who doesn't worship him completely. Lame. Have a nice day.
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Monica Faye Chaddick
I would like to address a few things I read here. First, while them driving under the influence of these mushrooms could pose a danger, they could be held under the same accountability as drunk drivers or people with marijuana prescriptions. Second, while adverse reactions could occur, the same could happen with wafers, wine, types of bread, and juices - all of which are served in various churches - in some to children as young as 7 years old. I am not in favor of children consuming the mushrooms, but I feel if they can justify it religiously then it should be allowed.
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Lajah Mitchell
For me the problem is not the mushrooms it's the charging of $1,500 when you can buy the spores to grow them way cheaper. I feel that the problem with a lot of place that worship is that they don't really put money into the church more in a pocket and that needs to change
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Gotta say I agree. The price was a shocker. Couldn't do ceremonies very often unless you're wealthy, huh?
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Tony Fedele
That's not communion. It's a drug.
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Rev. Denise Ward
My concern with the psychedelic mushrooms is what if somebody has an adverse reaction and start going crazy or get real sick or start flipping out I mean it's just not a risk I would be willing to take
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Tecla Caryl Loup
For Pete's sake! How about lactose intolerance? How about lactose intolerance? Peanut allergies, which can be fatal? What about gluten allergies? Should we outlaw wheat, etc. because some people can't digest it? Or America's favorite, alcohol, a product of fermentation; one of the most common uses of the process is leavened bread. We are discussing mushrooms. Many kinds of mushrooms are used in food.
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Lajah Mitchell
Agreed because a lot of people also don't know that they have a fungus allergy
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Many more have mold allergies.
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Man of God
Only God the Creator created this Earth and all that is in it. Only the evil one (ones) attempts to make a claim as to what it all means. God the Father, sent his Son, Our Lord God-Jesus to make judgement on us. When we are not harming others, "Let It Be".
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Ray Ray Ray
I am not opposed to ritual human sacrifice, blood rites of atonement, ritual cannibalism, polygamy, pedophilism, or homosexuality, racism as a religiously protected doctrines. The law of the land shouldnt matter
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Rev Samantha Counihan
like it said at the beginning of this story it harmed people by consuming it, and jensen is fighting it because its a drug, an illegal drug, and the holy sacrament they eat is a cookie and water not mushrooms, its obvious this guy is addicted to a dangerous substance and dont care about others well being
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AKConiferious
Silly Utahoos... Gov Cox really meant for The Holy Covenant of plural marriage to be more accepted...
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
With the Bible’s ridiculous claims in general and Moses’ burning bush in particular(‘Sure hope Moses knows his roses), it seems rather certain that hallucinogenic drugs played a role in the composition of the Bible.
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Ari Joseph Bertine
I'm on the fence about this one. On one hand, freedom of religion and religious exemptions are a thing. On the other, why start a religion based on something that's illegal where you live instead of going somewhere where it's not illegal to do that? Failing to do so definitely makes it look like it's not a religion and that's just a story to try to get away with selling people very expensive shroom trips.
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ServantOfJudgement
The nonsense of "someone could drive" or it's illegal or bla bla bla is just what I said. Nonsense. They let people with narcolepsy drive. The only thing separating two oncoming cars from crashing and killing us is a 4 inch painted yellow line about 3/64 inch thick. Nothing at all about driving is safe, nothing.
I can go down to the carryout, buy or steal a bunch of gut rot, get completely trashed, get syphilis and herpes from a hooker I raped, run over a stroller, cause a 23 car pile up that kills 18 people, make it home, give my wife herpes and ruin her life, fall asleep and do it all again tomorrow. That's your alcohol guys. Y'all have that legal with your blinders on don't ya? Even cops, judges politicians, DARE officers and anyone you can think of all drive drunk all the time everywhere forever.
It's not about safety, it's about control and pushback from the control. Alcohol is the most destructive drug I've ever used and it's available just about anywhere.
You'll do none of that with psilocybin(C12 H17 N2 O4 P) mushrooms. None of it. And you can't do it day in and day out year after year. Like alcohol, heroin, meth, cocaine or sugar. Yes sugar (C12 H22 O11) is a drug. Probably you'll end up getting the message one day and hang up the phone, never to return to the mushroom. It gives one the chance to take himself to the woodshed for a good talking to. We all could benefit from a good talking to.
It's been used by man before paper was used to write laws outlawing it. If the paper goes away is it legal again?
If God exists, He said He gave Man plants to use for his purpose. Any law that restricts my access to any natural plant is AntiChrist in origin.
If there is no god then we've evolved to use that plant for our purpose. Its alkaloids plug directly into our neural network as if by design and an immediate expansion of thought and reality occur. The mind makes thousands of neural connections that can't otherwise be made.
Why can lifeless, bloodless corporations grow natural plants that living entities can not? Why do corporations have more rights than I do even in the privacy of my own home?
Money.
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Randy Lowell Mainer
Rev Randy Mainer Me personally, I believe it's an individual choice to participate or Not...and be controlled by state...by state and cities .. 🙏 in how they worship ... that's the very foundation of U L C, FREEDOM OF CHOICE
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Frank Michael Santora Jr
I say fine, as long as the circumcision is performed under the influence of mushrooms 🤣
Seriously, this is an ethical question that is not to be taken lightly. Vodoun (voodoo) practices animal sacrifice. Many ancient cultures practiced human sacrifice. We don't allow suicide, should we allow suicide cults or religions? What if the next church reveres the poppy plant and wants to allow people to shoot up heroin?
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness as long as it doesn't interfere with anyone else's, but also a lot of confused, mentally ill people and young aimless people are drawn into the fringe cults.
We can't start allowing people to start worshipping Tiamat and setting forest fires in the name of dragon religions, and we need to vet some groups for abuse of everything from tax to drug law "workarounds".
I don't pretend to have the answers.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Frank, Well said. Unfortnately we do have a bill of rights, BUT, there are a lot of "buts." We have freedom of speech, but not if we infringe on other's civil rights (hate speach), or it is weaponized to harm someone (libel), or it invokes a dangerous situation (inciting a riot or yelling "fire" in a crowded theater causing panic). We have the right to bear arms, but not use them against one another unless (short-list of acceptable actions, like self-defense). We have a right to peaceful assembly, but not to riot or allow it to escalate to violence. We also have freedom of/from religion but many traditions have had to alter their ways of performing certain rituals to fit inside the framework of the American form of juris prudence (animal sacrifice, for example).
The bottom line is, the bill of rights are not absolute, and change as the winds sweep over the political climate in this country (and the SCOTUS). I feel an extensive court battle coming on with this issue, unless the church runs out of money to continue to litigate and appeal the decisions. It will be interesting to see where the winds blow it.
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Elizabeth A Abshire
I don't see where the idea of using mushrooms as sacrament would be against the law if it was obtainable free of charge I've never known sacraments to have a charge to them otherwise I would consider it no offense to anyone as the selling and distribution of an illegal drug if it has a price tag to it not a judgment just a opinion not trying to be offensive at all to anyone
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Paul E. Fink
So does this mean that we could see the return of human sacrifice?
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James Trenton Smith
No. If we live by the letter of the Law we destroy the Law. The First Amendment does say that Congress shall make NO law proscribing an Institution of Religion or the free practice thereof. The caveat is that said rights of one individual cannot be used to disparage or infringe upon those of another.
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Michael Ray Lane
Mushrooms for communion is too ridiculous to comment on. Jesus was pretty clear bread and wine/juice of the day. Bread to remember his body was broken for our deserved punishment and his blood spilled for our forgiveness of sin. Now he didn't bleed himself or cut his flesh for them to partake so thinking a priest can turn the emblems into actual body and blood is about as ridiculous as the mushroom thing.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Sacraments are not exclusive to a Christian church. Nowhere does it say that this "church" is a part of the Christian faith. While I doubt the veracity of this "church" being part of any religion rather than an attempt to obtain a non-profit status and be exempt from DEA enforcement, this is another attempt by the Utah hyper-conservative movement to abolish anything non-Christian.
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James Trenton Smith
This is not a Church matter. This is a legal matter. Though I do not follow that path. On must consider that mushrooms are not drugs. They are mushrooms. Man did not make them. So, they are "good" as per Genesis 1:31.
The point that we must consider is the Supreme Law of the Land, The U.S. Constitution states in the First Amendment regarding religion that Congress shall make no Law proscribing an Institution of Religion or the free practice thereof. The only condition that applies to this is that there can be no religious practice that infringes upon the rights of others. Therefore, we do not want Congress to have the power to tell them NO on this. Because we do not want Congress to have the power to tell us no about something else. It is important to note that you do not need to "Prove" you are of a particular religion to enjoy the religious freedoms enjoyed by them. Once a "religious right" has been acknowledged it pertains to everyone. Furthermore, there is much history concerning those who use Mushrooms, Peyote, Cannabis and the like for religious purposes. To do so does not infringe upon any other person's rights. However, the ritualistic practice of religious human sacrifice is obviously outlawed because ones right to Life takes precedent over ones right to end the life of another in the process.-
Patricia Ann Gross
Your point about "Man did not make them. So, they are 'good'" doesn't pass the BS test. Many substances occurring in nature and a natural environment can be highly toxic. Snake venom, for example can be highly toxic and deadly. So are venoms of other animals like jelly fish, stingrays, etc.
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Steven Wilbur
Mushrooms are a drug drugs are against the law. God doesn’t want anyone to put things into their body. They shouldn’t be there.
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Randy Lowell Mainer
Its a mushroom , not a control substance ..if you have ever experienced it , you would know that it only enhances your life's journey.. Rev Randy Mainer.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Seriously? How about the Last Supper?? You might like to read this synopsis about the use of consciousness-altering substances throughout the ages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen
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Cameron Lewis
The Native Americians have used psychedelic causing organic and mushrooms for centuries in the United States. Nothing new there. Religion is a personal belief nothing new there. Catholics use/used actual wine not grape juice for hundreds of years. Freedom of religion is about your personal beliefs to achieve a satisfying relationship with YOUR version of GOD and the spiritual universe. As a Reverend it is my duty to meet people where they are and help them expand thier relationship with God, if using God given organics enhances that quest so be it it...I say Utah lay down and do your homework and actually police the faiths abusing women and children.
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Jorge Andres Ruiz
Some of the Native American are excent of using Peyote. What is the difference here?
I am not a smoker, drug user legal or ilegal, I am just a free thinker,. Unless it is proven that this activity is dangerous, I can't see why it has to be illegal.
I do not know the intentions of the founder of this group, maybe it created this group as a way to legally use these mushrooms, the same that I do not know the intentions of some of the founders of other more "vanilla" churches or faiths, but IMO freedom of religion has to be equal to everybody, unless it is proven that is dangerous to the members or the community.
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Patricia Ann Gross
So you don't see stoned people leaving a church and getting behind the wheel of a car as a danger to the community?
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Who says they are driving? What about sacramental wine? What about walking to/from your place of worship? Are they leaving immediately after, e.g., an hour-long service? We are too auto-oriented.
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Patricia Ann Gross
You miss the point. Sacramental wine is a sip, less than a mouthful, and definitely less than what would put the person at an alcohol level of intoxication. What this article fails to communicate is how much is given, what effects they have and if the people are allowed to leave before the effects wear off. The inference in the article it was used in a way that infered that there was some form of intoxication involved, but didn't define what was meant by a "safe, controlled, environment" either.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
No, I don't miss the point. I think you are too concerned with regulation, as if that means anything. In this case, sounds like a hustle. Price is astronomical, not a good sign. And I was never interested in having someone "guide" me on any of my psychedelic experiences. Sorry; I just don't understand what the big deal is.
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Patricia Ann Gross
The point of this discussion revolves around whether or not regulating something potentially illegal steps over the line of freedom of religion. So, I guess we are on the same page on this. It is a scam to make money on an illegal substance.
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Rev Ned
Out of the about 10,000 religions in the world (I just Googled it), this one has an equal chance of being valid. As long as the mushrooms are the only issue, leave them alone!!
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BarbaraHaxton Haxton
as I remember anything of habit is a sin.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Ah, habits. Like eating? Sleeping?? Brushing teeth???
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Minister Holly B Lovey
People need to get back to the WORD and stop trying to change it. It wasn't given to us to turn it into whatever some people want it to be. Too many distorted and weak minds!
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Lionheart
The term "weak minds" is of course quite subjective. Those throughout the world that are basing their religious belief structure on what they have read, with no demonstrable evidence to support those beliefs, have very possibly been distorted by having weak minds.
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Ronaldo
Some Indigenous Americans had used peyote and datura for religious rites long before the laws against drugs were created, and long before the European boat people who made these laws even arrived on these shores. When they were prohibited from using these substances, no other religions rose up and cried unfair. Now, a new religion, apparently not based on deity worship at all, but just for the purpose of using mushrooms, arose, and we have a major legal outcry. What will happen if another religion appears that demands virgin sacrifice as part of their ritual, or some other obviously illegal activity?
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Michael S Gould
During prohibition in the 1920s it was illegal to purchase or consume wine. The Volstead act made a religious exception for the use of alcohol as a religious sacrament. As with all things exploitation is always possible and should be frowned upon. The controlled use of psychedelics for religious rituals should be exempt from local laws, as it has been for 3000 years. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Roy S. Thorpe
Make anything you can dream up into a religion by calling it such! Any act or belief can be called a religion and should have freedoms of all types! Where will it end? Common sense and decency be thrown out the window for idiocracy? Maybe thousands of religions! Everyone make up their own! No sins !An interesting concept! Like the song line," and no religion too"! Maybe all the souls that are dreaming this stuff up should stop and listen to what God really wants his creations to do!
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Daniel W Booth
Humm! Sounds like some Jim Jones kind of stuff.....
I see time repeats it's self but with different methods with the same Demon.
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Steven Ferrell
To have people attend to get stoned is insane. They then get behind the wheel to drive home.
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
Not stoned, trippin’ balls to the walls.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Have to laugh!
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Merlin
So long as a church is not tax-exempt, it should be permitted to administer its sacrament, provided it causes no harm. However, the church and its pastor should be held liable for any resulting damages. Tax-exempt churches, by contrast, receive indirect support from both state and federal governments through their exemption from taxation, effectively making the government a participant by extending a form of credit.
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Rev. BH
Are the mushrooms illegal? Is peyote? LSD? I don't know.
But there's a multitude of really destructive drugs that are. Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, oxycodone. Let's put our time and effort into them. Let the Indians, hippies, Singularites, and Tim Leary acolytes do there thing. No skin off my nose.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Rev. BH, Yes, psychedelic mushrooms (not to be confused with the kind you put in stroganoff) are illegal, so is peyote (except on reservations and when used in Native American rituals). LSD is under the same schedule as herion and cocaine, so yes it is a dangerous drug. Psychedelic mushrooms and peyote can cause a euphoria that would result in a DUI and create as dangerous a driving situation as alcohol or marijuana.
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Rev. BH
Thanks for the info.
But, a funny true story. I was once heading on a long trip with a bunch of guys. The guy in the Cadillac I was riding with was drinking and flying along at about ninety MPH! Scared me to death. When we all stopped for gas I got out and into another guy's car who was smoking pot. He was doing about 20 MPH all the way. Got their later than everybody, but comfortably safe and sound.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
You're assuming that drugs schedules are the ultimate in truth. Nope, they are more about cultural/social norms and control. After all, we don't want people to be too far from the centerline, do we?? I took LSD many times in my youth At that time, it was largely unregulated. I'd grown up in a small Midwestern farming community, very conventional. Of course, beneath that smooth Leave-It-To-Beaver surface, all sorts of less conventional behaviors were going on. (I don't think I need list them--feel free to exercise your imagination!) To put it mildly, LSD and other similar substances broadened my horizons once I'd made good my escape into the larger world, and so I came understand matter and spirit in a way that I would never have reached otherwise. So please don't leap to judgments about US drug policies.
Here are some of the historical details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD
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Patricia Ann Gross
No assumptions. I am well aware of the movement of potentially dangerous drugs through the schedules, including alcohol, which for a time was prohibited by a constitutional amendment and then later recinded. Even Marijuana has been approved in many states for medicinal and some for recreational use with the same controls and taxes that alcohol has. There is a movement to change it to the same as alcohol rather than heroin (which I support, by the way). Do I necessarily agree with this? Not completely, but I do not agree that any drug that significantly alters brain function should be completely unregulated. Even cold medications are requiring limitations (mostly because they can be converted to substances like crack cocaine) and are limited to adults with ID's to monitor purchases.
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Lionheart
At first, I thought this was going to be yet another article on circumcisions. 🤭
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James Riggle-Johnson
They created something the state doesn’t approve of—but isn’t that how many religions begin? The Mormon Church itself is less than 200 years old, yet Utah is now trying to discriminate against another faith. What’s good for one should be good for all. I have a feeling lawmakers assumed their new law would only benefit mainstream churches. As long as parishioners aren’t driving under the influence, why not let them practice their beliefs?
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Colleen McAllister
Sorry but I see no reason why illegal substances or practices should be allowed simply because someone says that is part of their worship? What about those religions that use killing in their rituals? What if some new religion comes up with something even more dastardly and illegal? I say no. Illegal drugs should not be part of a religious service.
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Reverend Paula Copp
In many indigenous cultures, holy people used psychedelic substances to reach higher planes and commune with their gods. I doubt you would tell our native peoples that their religious practices are illegal. What is the difference between psychedelic substances when all of them are used to connect with each other’s spirituality?
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Patricia Ann Gross
Paula, There is a reason these substances are illegal and/or regulated. If the substance was crack cocaine or LSD would you feel the same way? What is to stop someone from leaving the church before the effects of the drug wear off and get in a car. They would then be driving under the influence of a harmful substance. Even where Marijuana is legal, there are laws that still restrict where they can be used and whether or not they can contribute to a DUI charge. Nobody has been able to bypass the drug laws for the Rastafarians who use marijuana as a healing substance as part of their religion.
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James Riggle-Johnson
Colleen, sacrificing someone or an animal is a far cry from taking mushrooms. Their practices do not harm other individuals. And unless they’re driving around under the influence of psilocybin, then who are they harming? Besides, the use of hallucinogens has been a part of sacred, religious ceremonies for thousands of years… Long before Judaism or Christianity reared their heads.
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Lionheart
Ever wondered why the Book of Revelations is difficult to understand. It was written on the Isle of Patmos, which is well known, even to this day, for its Shrooms.
It's very clear that the author was obviously on something writing that book. 🤣
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Reverend Paula Copp
As long as “churches” and telepreachers are treated as if their sacraments are sacred, this “church” should have the same rights. Psychedelic mushrooms, to me, are better than symbolic cannibalism…
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Colleen McAllister
Rev Copp not all Christians see the Communion as actually drinking Jesus's blood. In fact the wine and bread are reminders of the Passover and represent - not are- the wine and bread used on that night. Jesus is telling us that His coming sacrifice will accomplish what the Passover did on the past. He is substituting for all of us so that we do not face Spiritual death. Read the Bible.
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
Read the bible? Done done dat. That’s what changed me from an apathetic non-believer to a militant atheist .
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Rev. Carol M Anaski-Figurski
wow what a concept. Lets bring (byob) bring your own beer & wine to church or have kegs & crafes at the end of the pew on sundays during service & add a foot ball screen with holy communion & blest be. the service would be full. lol!
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Cameron Lewis
I love the idea of communion with spirituality using beer, booze, wine and food. We could build a church around it ...wait it's a tavern sooo maybe taverns really are church's, you sure hear a lot of "oh God's" at at a tavern, we may have a new concept to get to the flocks. I am serious, I am going to actually look at the legality of this concept, in Atlanta two of the gay bars have a drag evangelical brunch, that does all the bible verses,sermon,hymns,amens and serves mimosas and eggs Benedict, people pay to eat but attended for the message straight and gay. Then there are the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgement, who folks seek out for counseling when they are out, legitimate counseling ...
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Stephanie A Willey
Amen sisters !
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Stephanie A Willey
I'll bet you wouldn't have too much trouble growing a congregation for that church.
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Douglas Robert Spindler
Happens every Sunday at Serbian Churches. They have a bar and several large screen TV's to watch soccer on during the service.
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John P Maher
WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM of RELIGION ???
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Douglas Robert Spindler
You have religious freedom only if it's Christian.
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James Trenton Smith
That's not accurate. I've had to fight school boards and other institutional policies that discriminated against Christians while allowing a pass to non-Christians for the exact same behavior or practice. On two occasions, said institutions conceded the point immediately when petitioned by non-Christians.
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
Interesting. Details?
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We must be mindful and obedient to what the word of GOD is directing us to do.