Jesus Saves

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...until fairly recently. But modern transportation has made mystical experience available to all but the most secluded citizen. Alcohol was, in olden times, the best vehicle to a mystical experience for the average Joe. More recently Pot has joined with Alcohol in that regard. Even more recently LSD has synergized with Alcohol and Pot to produce massive mystical experience in large populations. Mystical Experience is no longer the exclusive realm of 'the saints.'

This brings us up to date: Mystical Experience being not economically justifyable, modern culture has found a way to create a drugless ME in the name of Jesus. Alcohol was for a time outlawed but collective wisdom prevailed. As Pot and Acid came into ascendency the conservative public fell back on Jesus, and proved that Jesus was stronger than chemistry.

Words and ideas became the trigger for Mystical Experience in the conventional world. Jesus became the 'drug of choice' in the conservative culture.

Furthermore, Jesus was friendly to twentyfirst century economics. You could get rich and ignore the poor in the very name of Jesus.