Why are a lot of people who smoke marijuana/do psychedelics atheists?

[phx123]

This has always bothered me, as I consider my work with marijuana and psychedelics a very real personal, spiritual and intellectual transformative process. It has me much more lucid about the realms of perception, the nature of the universe and the creation behind it (God).
Why do people like myself feel the presence of the ultimate oneness which is God and some issue a blind eye to it and do not feel the same way? I am ever so certain that there is consciousness, energy and a life after our physical being dies and a divine 'being' greater than us, and marijuana/psychedelics help me realize this in a much more direct and profound way.

phx123 Reviewed by phx123 on 12-14-2007. Why are a lot of people who smoke marijuana/do psychedelics atheists? This has always bothered me, as I consider my work with marijuana and psychedelics a very real personal, spiritual and intellectual transformative process. It has me much more lucid about the realms of perception, the nature of the universe and the creation behind it (God). Why do people like myself feel the presence of the ultimate oneness which is God and some issue a blind eye to it and do not feel the same way? I am ever so certain that there is consciousness, energy and a life after our Rating: 5

[biggmoneyme]

I smoke a lot of weed and also indulge in psychedelics and I'm Christian. I don't think that them doing marijuana or any other drug has a lot with them being atheist, well it could.

[meatw4d]

imo, christians as a whole might be considered more conservative and therefore might not be as likely to smoke pot.

[Purple Banana]

Simply because we don't believe in a theistic being doesn't mean we're unable to feel one with ourselves or nature. That's why psychedelic use in general is also very personal, because it's not only spiritual enlightenment, but intellectual enlightment and emotional discoveries. I don't need to believe in a deity in order to learn something from an insight or revelation, it simply occurs.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Drugs or no drugs, there have always been people, like myself, who were born with minds that cannot believe in deities or anything supernatural.

[Innominate]

I'm an Agnostic, and I've seen religion as a benefit and threat to society, however, it has brought human expansion so pleasantly far, but the atrocities have been boundless in the past and they will be in the future. But why should those who don't even believe in the spoken God, become the victims of religious hate through death, murder, rape, and secrecy? I'm a spiritualist and a man of life, enduring a difficult chapter of our planet, and seek to see truth in life. If I die at the hands of religion, all sides take the blame, but I consider this long threatening creation the great obstacle of my life to accept as natural.

I've been Agnostic since I can remember, only my thoughts on atheism vs. religion was much obscure before I started cannabis.

I've never been a junkie, God Forbid.

[Metaphor]

im an atheist but then again ive always been, way before weed or psychedelics [lsd and mushrooms just further confirmed my 'atheist creed']. If anything i think its the other way around. Possibly more atheists tend to gravitate toward weed because they dont have that central pillar of religion that their lifes revolve around. The idea of having a 'god' looking over and judging you might deter people from smoking weed. Im not sure though. I know plenty of people that are religous and smoke weed, I know the fiendiest of fiends that are devout catholic. I know atheists that smoke and trip.
I am pretty sure that your not going to get a clear answer though, thats just too vast of a generalization to make.

[phx123]

So psychedelic experiences only induce spiritual experiences depending on your mindset?
It's amazing the variation between experiences depending on different types of set and setting.

[Purple Banana]

I've never had anything 'spiritual' per say when it comes to psychedelic states, but that might be just me? The only thing close to spirituality is feeling one with the earth, or appreciating the complexity of nature from a scientific standpoint. It's interesting learning about physics, nature, biology, astronomy, ect when you're baked. Religious people might appreciate it for the fact it exists because they believe a god made it, but truly understanding the minute mechanisms of how nature works from a scientific standpoint is far more rewarding

[phx123]

I've never had anything 'spiritual' per say when it comes to psychedelic states, but that might be just me? The only thing close to spirituality is feeling one with the earth, or appreciating the complexity of nature from a scientific standpoint. It's interesting learning about physics, nature, biology, astronomy, ect when you're baked. Religious people might appreciate it for the fact it exists because they believe a god made it, but truly understanding the minute mechanisms of how nature works from a scientific standpoint is far more rewarding

You don't think that feeling of being one with the earth is spiritual? I do.