The other day I was reading Killing Jesus by O'Reilly (not really impressed by the way though it did refresh some memories) and I stumbled upon that little episde in the life of Jesus
Right after this episode, Jesus and his disciples leave the place. When they come back the next day, the fig tree is completely dry and cannot bear fruit anymore...
Yesterday something dawned on me and I remembered the rice experiment. The spectrum of opinions is wide and there are very few people in the middle as you would imagine: on one hand the "skeptics" claiming it's balloney and on the other hand the proponents who got the same results over and over.
For those who don't know the rice experiment is meant to highlight the power of thought/intention. The experimenter puts rice in three identical jars. Every day for a certain amount of time, he flatters/talks gently to one jar, curses the other one and at last he doesn't do anything to the last one.
the result is that: mold appears quicker in the "cursed" jar than in the control jar. In the one that gets spoken gently, rice appears to be preserved.
Now I haven't done the experiment myself BUT I do like the idea. Now, for argument sake, let's assume that the results are positive, this would actually back up the aforementioned Bible extract.
For people who don't know the rice experiment see video below
Mark 11:12-14
12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.”And his disciples heard him say it.
Right after this episode, Jesus and his disciples leave the place. When they come back the next day, the fig tree is completely dry and cannot bear fruit anymore...
Yesterday something dawned on me and I remembered the rice experiment. The spectrum of opinions is wide and there are very few people in the middle as you would imagine: on one hand the "skeptics" claiming it's balloney and on the other hand the proponents who got the same results over and over.
For those who don't know the rice experiment is meant to highlight the power of thought/intention. The experimenter puts rice in three identical jars. Every day for a certain amount of time, he flatters/talks gently to one jar, curses the other one and at last he doesn't do anything to the last one.
the result is that: mold appears quicker in the "cursed" jar than in the control jar. In the one that gets spoken gently, rice appears to be preserved.
Now I haven't done the experiment myself BUT I do like the idea. Now, for argument sake, let's assume that the results are positive, this would actually back up the aforementioned Bible extract.
For people who don't know the rice experiment see video below