Diana Walsh Pasulka

But this guy studied the Dead Sea Scrolls, which is the oldest version of the Bible that we know of.

And the Dead Sea Scrolls is a particularly meticulous transcription.

The way they had to transcribe this is very bizarre.

Because it's written on parchment, which is animal skin.

So they had to do DNA tests on the various pieces of parchment to make sure that they came from the same piece.

Because the idea that they'd be from different cows.

So they take this parchment skin.

They're laying it out.

They do DNA tests on it to make sure it's all from the same.

And then they try to piece together what it is.

And not all of it is even available.

Jamie, check me that out.

Behind you to the right.

Thank you.

And...

His conclusion after all of this, the summary of his conclusion was the entire Christian religion was all about psychedelic experiences and fertility rituals.

And that this was what all these stories really meant.

And he even connected the word for Christ to an ancient Sumerian word, which meant a mushroom covered in God's semen.

And that these ancient people believed that when it rained, it was God having an orgasm on the earth.

And that these mushrooms, which if you've ever seen mushrooms appear after the rain, they come up out of nowhere.