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In reply to the discussion: Forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate possibly identified? Was it marijuana? [View all]MineralMan
(146,255 posts)62. How do you identify a fruit mentioned in a fable?
There was no fruit. There was no garden of Eden. There was a creation story told over campfires to answer questions that are impossible to answer. Every religion has creation stories. That one is just one of such stories.
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Forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate possibly identified? Was it marijuana? [View all]
ck4829
May 2014
OP
technically, it's "brussels sprouts". but perhaps in biblical times there was only one brussel.
unblock
May 2014
#10
they would have had to known how make a butter reduction to render the THC from the buds,
dionysus
May 2014
#4
really? i munched a few buds once and didnt notice anything. i thought you needed heat to render the
dionysus
May 2014
#8
i ate about a 2 bowls worth of dank, i didn't notice much, but the rice crispy treats i tried. OMFG!
dionysus
May 2014
#13
The active chemicals in both the dank you ate and the rice crispy treats was identical.
MohRokTah
May 2014
#15
Try it for yourself. Smoke a gram, eat a gram, make a gram into fat based cookies
Taitertots
May 2014
#29
No, precisely ZERO extraction from vegetative material has been done for you.
MohRokTah
May 2014
#40
In 1000 years they will find remains of the apple snow white bit into. n/t
951-Riverside
May 2014
#25
The "Forbidden Fruit" was from the "Tree of Knowledge". Adam and Eve were kept in the "Garden
Ghost in the Machine
May 2014
#46
"I've always really, really sucked at being a Christian. I tried, i tried really, really hard. it
Ghost in the Machine
May 2014
#53
Christianity, aka Paul, turned ancient religion/wisdom on its head, demonizing women and the
WinkyDink
May 2014
#56
Seeing that the story of Adam and Eve is nothing more than a fairy tale the forbidden fruit can be
Exposethefrauds
May 2014
#49
According to the story Adam and Eve did not have kids till they were kicked out
Exposethefrauds
May 2014
#57