Weird and Religious
In some African kingdoms in the past, human sacrifice was connected to royal funerals. Servants or captives could be killed to accompany a ruler, similar to practices elsewhere, reflecting the idea that social hierarchy continued after death.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1692, Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Government soldiers killed members of Clan MacDonald after a delayed loyalty oath amid sectarian tension. Though political, it was partly justified as enforcing a Protestant settlement and suppressing rebellion associated with Catholic and Jacobite loyalties.
Fact
In Islam, the Qur an is the sacred scripture, and Islam teaches that it is the direct word of God as "revealed" to Muhammad.
Special pleading
A religious apologist is an individual who engages in the systematic defense, justification, and explanation of religious doctrines, faith, and beliefs, often using logic, scripture, philosophy, and historical evidence. Apologetics relies heavily on special pleading. Rules that apply everywhere else are suspended when religion is involved. Claims that would be laughed out of court in any other context are treated as respectable when god is invoked. Lack of evidence becomes evidence of transcendence. Vagueness becomes profundity. Unfalsifiability becomes strength. The same mind that demands proof for ordinary decisions is trained to accept assertions without scrutiny when belief is threatened, creating a double standard that would be unthinkable anywhere outside religion.
Quote of the day
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.” Denis Diderot.
Ask the right question
If a god is the source of truth, why do honest investigation and doubt so often lead people away from religion rather than toward it?
Religious Crooks
Inri Cristo, a Brazilian religious claimant who presents himself as a reincarnated Christ, leads a small movement funded by followers, with critics describing it as personality driven and financially sustained through devotion to his divine claims.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.