Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin · Aired Oct 31, 2026
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Original church incense processions used cannabis to get worshippers high.
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What remains unresolved
Joe describes incense carried down a church aisle. The residue study often invoked in this discussion concerns an eighth-century BCE Judahite shrine at Arad, not a Christian procession. It establishes cannabis in that specific earlier ritual setting, but does not establish the Christian-origin story or prove cannabis was never used by Christians.
Read the supporting source · cris.technion.ac.il ↗Quick answer & review status
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Is it true that Original church incense processions used cannabis to get worshippers high?
We can't say yet. Joe describes incense carried down a church aisle. The residue study often invoked in this discussion concerns an eighth-century BCE Judahite shrine at Arad, not a Christian procession. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin, aired Oct 31, 2026, at 29:24. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is cris.technion.ac.il, linked below.
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