Weird and Religious
Some Inuit groups traditionally practised name sharing, where a newborn was given the name of a recently deceased person. The child was treated as carrying something of that person’s identity, blurring the line between individual lives.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1096, Rhineland in present day Germany. Christian Crusader mobs attacked Jewish communities in cities such as Worms and Mainz, killing many people. Attackers claimed they were purifying Christendom before heading east, framing massacres as religious duty against those they labelled enemies of Christianity.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, belief centres on one supreme deity called Ahura Mazda, and Zoroastrianism teaches that this being represents truth, light, and wisdom.
Shift into metaphor
As education spread and knowledge advanced, literal claims such as Noah's Ark and the Great Flood or the Prophet Muhammad ascending to the heavens became embarrassing. Floods could be measured, species could be counted, and the sky could be explored, and suddenly the old wonders looked childish. Religion responded not by admitting error but by retreating into metaphor. The flood became local rather than global, and the ascension became spiritual rather than physical. What had once been insisted upon as literal truth was quietly reclassified as symbolic depth.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.” Arthur Keith.
Ask the right question
If sacred history is essential, why is archaeological evidence so often unclear or contradictory?
Religious Crooks
Claude Vorilhon, known as Raël, founded the Raëlian movement claiming extraterrestrial revelations, building an international organisation that critics say operates as a personality centred system sustained by member donations and paid events.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
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.