The use of the Bible as evidence that a god exists could likely be the documentation of men under the influence of psychoactive and hallucinogenic oils and remedies.
Using the Bible (old and New Testament) as evidence for the existence of a god is extremely poor quality evidence, because there are no original texts, multiple unconfirmed authors, and inconsistency in translations, but also, the authors, and witnesses were likely under the influence of hallucinogenic and psychoactive compounds in frequently used anointing oil and other remedies.
It's possible there is no god, and the evidence of god were only hallucinations. those who have had visions of god, and documented it in the Old and New Testament, may not have had actual visions of a god, but instead were under the influence of anointing oil, incense, and/or myrrh, which had strong phychoactive and hallucinogenic ingredients. Also, one of the reasons there are significantly less miracles and appearances of god could be the decline in psychoactive and hallucinogenic ingredients used in anointing oils, incense (including Frankincense), and myrrh; also, our standards of evidence have improved significantly over the past 2000 years. Evidence of a god and miracles are not considered high quality evidence from someone who is hallucinating or under the influence of psychoactive compounds.
There is speculation that hallucinogenic mushrooms and cacti, heavily influenced the major religions of India, Americas, Middle East and Europe, including Christianity [9, 17]. Entheogen in the narrow sense, is the psychoactive substance used in psychotherapy, religious, spiritual or shamanic context. The term is derived from two words of ancient Greek, (entheos) and (genesthai). The literal meaning of the word entheogen is “that which causes God to be within an individual”.
Early Christians used cannabis oil for medicinal purposes and as part of baptism to con rm the forgiveness of sins and “right of passage” into the Kingdom of Heaven [1]. According to the Living Torah, cannabis was an ingredient of holy anointing oil mentioned in various sacred Hebrew texts [7, 12]. The herb of interest is best known as kaneh-bosm (Hebrew). This is mentioned several times in the Old Testament as a bartering material, incense, and a component of the holy anointing oil used by the high priest of the temple [12].
Cultivation of Opium poppies for food, anesthesia, and ritual purposes dates back to at least the Neolithic (New Stone) Age. In Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Indian, Minoan, Greek, Latin, Persian and Arab Empires each made widespread use of opium, which is the most powerful form of pain relief then available, allowing ancient surgeons to perform prolonged surgical procedures.
http://nt-cmb.medun.acad.bg:8080/jspui/bitstream/10861/337/1/Radenkova-J-et-al_acta-medica-1-11.pdf
Kaplan, A. The Living Torah. New York, 1981,
The holy anointing oil (Hebrew: שמן המשחה shemen ha-mishchah, "oil of anointing") formed an integral part of the ordination of the priesthood and the High Priest as well as in the consecration of the articles of the Tabernacle (Exodus 30:26) and subsequent temples in Jerusalem. The primary purpose of anointing with the holy anointing oil was to cause the anointed persons or objects to become qodesh, or "most holy" (Exodus 30:29).
Originally, the oil was used exclusively for the priests and the Tabernacle articles but was later extended to include prophets and kings (I Samuel 10:1). It was forbidden to be used on an outsider (Exodus 30:33) or to be used on the body of any common persons (Ex. 30:32a) and the Israelites were forbidden to duplicate any like it for themselves (Ex. 30:32b).
Christianity has continued the practice of using holy anointing oil as a devotional practice, as well as in various liturgies...
Composition of anointing oil: Myrrh, cinnamon, cassia, olive oil, Kaneh bosem (5th ingredient)
"From tests on mice, chemists at the University of Florence have found that molecules in myrrh act on the brain’s opioid receptors"
https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/frankincense-and-myrrh/8106.article
Olive oil is an effective carrier for drugs to be absorbed more easily through the skin.
http://www.academia.edu/27946925/Effect_of_olive_oil_on_transdermal_penetration_of_flurbiprofen_from_topical_gel_as_enhancer
Kaneh bosem (possibility of 5th ingredient)
Acorus calamus: possible ingredient of Kaneh bosem
Most lexicographers, botanists, and biblical commentators translate keneh bosem as "cane balsam".[59][60] The Aramaic Targum Onkelosrenders the Hebrew kaneh bosem in Aramaic as q'nei busma.[61] Ancient translations and sources identify this with the plant variously referred to as sweet cane, or sweet flag (nl. the Septuagint, the Rambam on Kerithoth 1:1, Saadia Gaon and Jonah ibn Janah). This plant is known to botanists as acorus calamus.[62] According to Aryeh Kaplan in The Living Torah, "It appears that a similar species grew in the Holy Land, in the Hula region in ancient times (Theophrastus, History of Plants 9:7)."[63]
Chewing the rootstock of the plant can cause visual hallucinations, possibly because of the presence of alpha-asarone or beta-asarone.[34]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorus_calamus
Cannabis, and others: possible ingredient of Kaneh bosem. Edit Other possible identifications have also been made. Sula Benet in Early Diffusion and Folk Uses of Hemp (1967), identified it as cannabis.[67] Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan notes that "On the basis of cognate pronunciation and Septuagint readings, some identify Keneh bosem with the English and Greek cannabis, the hemp plant. There are, however, some authorities who identify the 'sweet cane' with cinnamon bark (Radak, Sherashim). Some say that kinman is the wood, and keneh bosem is the bark (Abarbanel)." [68] Benet in contrast argued that equating Keneh Bosem with sweet cane could be traced to a mistranslation in the Septuagint, which mistook Keneh Bosem, later referred to as "cannabos" in the Talmud, as "kalabos", a common Egyptian marsh cane plant.[67]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil#Identification_of_kaneh_bosem
Frankincense also affects mouse brains, and in a way that provokes fascinating questions about the intersection of culture and chemistry. "Most present-day worshippers assume that incense burning has only a symbolic meaning," Moussaieff says. But together with his Ph.D. adviser Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an international team of coworkers, he found evidence that a compound in frankincense resin exhibits depression- and anxiety-dampening effects in mice (FASEB J. 2008, 22, 3024). The team also demonstrated that the compound, a diterpenoid called incensole acetate, activates an ion channel involved in warmth perception in the skin. Although the results haven't been confirmed in humans, "it is possible that incensole acetate augments the euphoric feeling produced during religious functions," Moussaieff notes. Given that incense is one of the common threads in most major world religions and that immense symbolism is attached to incense burning, the Israeli team's findings "don't surprise me at all," Hughes says.
https://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/86/8651sci2.html
A number of ethnomycologists, including Terence McKenna,[25] have suggested that most characteristics of manna are similar to that of Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, notorious breeding grounds for insects, which decompose rapidly. These peculiar fungi naturally produce a number of molecules that resemble human neurochemicals, and first appear as small fibres (mycelia) that resemble hoarfrost. Psilocybin, the primary psychoactive molecule in the "Psilocybe cubensis" mushroom, has been shown to produce spiritual experiences, with "personal meaning and spiritual significance" when test subjects were evaluated 14 months later.[26]
In the Hebrew Bible, manna is described twice: once in Exodus 16:1–36 with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in Numbers 11:1–9 as a part of a separate narrative. In the description in the Book of Exodus, manna is described as being "a fine, flake-like thing" like the frost on the ground.[3] It is described in the Book of Numbers as arriving with the dew during the night.[4] Exodus adds that manna was comparable to hoarfrost in size,[3] similarly had to be collected before it was melted by the heat of the sun,[5] and was like a coriander seed that is white.[6] Numbers describes it as having the appearance of bdellium,[7] adding that the Israelites ground it and pounded it into cakes, which were then baked, resulting in something that tasted like cakes baked with oil.[8]Exodus states that raw manna tasted like wafers that had been made with honey.[6] The Israelites were instructed to eat only the manna they had gathered for each day. Stored manna "bred worms and stank":[9] the exception being that stored the day before the Sabbath (Preparation Day), when twice the amount of manna was gathered. This manna did not spoil overnight...
Matthew 6:16-18 jesus said: 16 “aWhenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they 1neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. bTruly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 17 “But you, when you fast, aanoint your head and wash your face 18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your aFather who sees what is donein secret will reward you.
Fasting, plus the use of anointing oil, increases effect of hallucinogenic and psychoactive ingredients. Leviticus 2:1-2
Oil is a widely understood symbol of the Holy Spirit and thus does not require a detailed explanation, but one scripture will suffice to link the Holy Spirit and oil directly:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. . . . (Luke 4:18)
https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/cgg/ID/8517/Oil-as-Symbol-Gods-Holy-Spirit.htm