Cannabis Church Opens Its Doors

THERE IS A NEW TYPE OF CHURCH IN DENVER COLORADO, IT IS REFERRED
TO AS THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF CANNABIS, WHERE THE
CONGREGATION WILL CONSIST OF ELEVATIONISTS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL REFER TO THEMSELVES AS.
ELEVATIONISM.
THE CHURCH STATED PURPOSE IS "TO SERVE AS A HOME FOR ADULTS
EVERYWHERE WHO ARE LOOKING TO CREATE THE BEST VERSION OF
THEMSELVES BY WAY OF THE SACRED PLANT."
THE PROGRAM IN ñ THE PROGRAMMING ISN'T ñ EXPECTED TO INCLUDE
GUEST SPEAKERS, COMEDIANS, ARTISTS, POSITIONS AND FILM
SCREENINGS.
THE AMAZING PART OF ALL THIS IS, PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING
BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS JUST GOING TO BE A MARIJUANA
SMOKING CLUB, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND LIGHT
UP, BUT APPARENTLY NO MARIJUANA WILL BE SOLD AT THE CHURCH.
THEY MIGHT BE CONSUMING IT, BUT THE SALE OF MARIJUANA IS NOT
ALLOWED, AND ALSO IF YOU PRACTICE A CERTAIN TYPE OF
RELIGION ñ LET'S SAY YOU ARE JEWISH OR AN EVANGELICAL ñ YOU
ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE CHURCH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO BE
PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF CANNABIS, AND STILL
BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN FAITH.
MAYBE.
IS IT A CANNEVANGELIST WHO RUNS THAT?
I GREW UP IN A BAPTIST CHURCH, IT WAS REALLY BORING, BUT
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW BORING THIS CHURCH WILL BE?
WITH THE MAN OR THE WOMAN STANDING UP AT THE FRONT GOING,
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I SAW THE CRAZIEST THING TODAY, AND GOES
INTO A CRAZY DETAIL ABOUT THE STUFF, BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS
STILL STONED.
DO YOU GET PIZZA WHEN THE WORSHIP CEREMONY IS OVER?
I HOPE SO, THERE BETTER BE.
WHEN THE WORSHIP CEREMONY IS OVER DO YOU GET SHE DOES?
THERE HAS TO BE.
I ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A LOT
OF FUN.
FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN I'M UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE DEVILS LET US START WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME.
IF YOU ARE IN CHURCH?
I GET PARANOID, ACTUALLY.
I GET EVERY SERMON ENDS WITH, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT WAS I
TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A CHURCH?
ARE THEY CALLING IT A CHURCH BECAUSE IT IS HOUSED IN THE
FACILITY ñ IN A FACILITY THAT USED TO BE A CHURCH?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THEY ARE REFERRING IT TO A ñ REFERRING TO
IT AS A RELIGION OR A CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR SEARCHES.
MAYBE NOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL INTENTIONS ARE AT ALL,
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE UNFAIR TO THEM, BUT I JUST THINK ñ I THINK
THESE ARE JUST LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET TOGETHER
AND HAVE SOME FUN.
THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT IT IS GOING TO BE IN.
WOW, THAT'S TRIPPY.
I WISH I LIVED IN DENVER.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY ANYTHING ñ
I'D SAY THAT ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOS ANGELES, BUT
I WANT TO VISIT THIS, THIS LOOKS AMAZING.
FOR A TOUR.
I WORRY THAT THIS IS THE PLACE ñ NOT WORRY.
LOOK AT THAT PICTURE.
INTERESTING.
A MAN OF BRICK WITH A BEANIE ON.
IF THAT DOESN'T SEND YOU INTO SOME SORT OF PSYCHOSIS WHEN
YOU'RE AT CHURCH, I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WOULD GET PARANOID.
NOW THAT YOU REALLY DESCRIBE IT AND MAKE ME THINK ABOUT IT, I'M
LIKE, HMM.
I REMEMBER ANDREW KEEGAN, WHEN WE WERE HERE TOGETHER AT THE
YOUNG TURKS, HE STARTED HIS OWN CHURCH IN VENICE, AND I'M NOT
SAYING THAT HE HAS AN ELEVATIONIST CHURCH, BUT HE JUST
STARTED A CHURCH, THERE'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO BUILD, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THESE
CEREMONIES, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE DRUMMING AND POEMS AND
MUSIC, AND JUST LOVE.
IT'S LIKE A HIPPIE FEST.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE A HIPPIE TEST IS WHAT IT IS.
IF YOU WANT TO BE GREAT WHERE IT'S GOING TO FALL APART,
BECAUSE THIS NOTION OF, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN
COME AND BE THEM ñ BE THERE BEST SELF, SOMETIMES MEDIATING
MY BEST SELF MEANS THAT I'M INFRINGING ON YOUR BEST SELF.
SO, THESE LOOSE IDEAS OF HOW THEY ARE GOING TO OPERATE, AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HIGH, IT JUST MAY NOT BE GREAT.
I'M A BIG SUPPORTER, I LOVE IT.
I LIKE IT TOO, AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IT.
LET'S HEAR FROM THE COFOUNDER, SHE SAYS, "ELEVATIONISM IS ABOUT
ELEVATING ONE'S LIFE AND SPIRITUAL SELF DISCOVERY THROUGH
THE SACRAMENT OF CANNABIS.
I GREW UP IN AN EVANGELICAL, PENTECOSTAL RELIGION WITH
PEOPLE SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND FALLING ON THE FLOOR.
IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED A REAL RELIGION, THEN WHY NOT US?"
OKAY.
OKAY, THAT'S A DEVASTATING POINT, I'VE GOT TO KEEP IT REAL.
AND ON TO THE SACRAMENT OF CANNABIS.
THE POPE HAS THE MOST AMAZING SACRAMENT OF CANNABIS, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT.
YEAH, DON'T LEAVE OUT RATTLESNAKES TOO.
SNAKE HANDLERS.
PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEIRD SHIT THAT CONSTITUTES A RELIGION, SO
WHY NOT THE POT PEOPLE?
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CANNABIS SACRAMENT IS.
LET'S GO INVESTIGATE, BRIAN, YOU AND I.
LET'S DO A SHOW ABOUT IT.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AT ITS FINEST.
ABSOLUTELY.

Cannabis Church Opens Its Doors

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