Weird and Religious
In some Hindu traditions, certain holy men known as Aghori deliberately use things considered impure, including meditating in cremation grounds and using human skulls as bowls. They believe breaking social taboos helps them detach from illusion and fear.
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In the name of religion
1804, Haiti. During the revolution, violence included killings of French settlers. While largely anti colonial, some rebels drew on Vodou religious elements and spiritual authority, framing struggle as divinely supported liberation from Christian slaveholders and oppressive religious order.
Fact
In Sikhism, honest work is valued, and Sikhism encourages earning a living through fair effort rather than exploitation.
Noah and the Great Flood
Geology provides no evidence of a global flood, zoology provides no evidence of mass redistribution from a single point, and genetics provides no evidence of recent universal population collapse. The story of Noah's Ark fails at every level, yet for centuries it was taught as historical truth and disbelief was treated as moral failure, because the goal was never explanation but submission. Accepting the impossible demonstrated loyalty while questioning it marked danger.
Quote of the day
“Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help.” Jesse Ventura.
Ask the right question
If divine communication is real, why is it so easily confused with mental illness, imagination or wishful thinking?
Religious Crooks
Sun Myung Moon’s case centres more on finances, so for sexual misconduct specifically take Mitsuo Matayoshi out and include T. B. Joshua’s associate Timothy Omotoso, a Nigerian pastor in South Africa, charged with multiple sexual offences, with prosecutors alleging that religious authority was used to recruit and control victims.
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Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.