Weird and Religious
In some Central African traditions, certain masks used in ceremonies are not seen as costumes but as living spiritual beings once worn. The wearer is believed to disappear as a person and become the spirit represented by the mask, with a different voice and authority.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2018, Burkina Faso. Islamist militants attacked churches and Christian villages. Groups justified violence as jihad, targeting Christians and local Muslims who cooperated with the state, aiming to impose their version of Islamic rule.
Fact
In Jainism, careful speech is stressed, and Jainism teaches avoiding words that could cause harm or false understanding.
Sacred error
Truth must remain open to revision because evidence accumulates and understanding improves. A claim that cannot be questioned cannot be corrected. Science advances because it treats truth as provisional and revisable. Religion resists this because its authority depends on permanence. A clear example is the resistance to the idea that the Earth moves around the Sun. When early astronomers presented observations that contradicted long held scriptural interpretations placing Earth at the centre, religious authorities treated the claim as a threat to doctrine rather than a scientific question. Evidence from telescopes and planetary motion kept accumulating, yet acceptance was delayed because preserving theological certainty was given priority over adjusting beliefs to match observable reality.
When belief is frozen, error becomes sacred.
Quote of the day
“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy.” Voltaire.
Ask the right question
If suffering builds character, why does extreme suffering often destroy lives rather than improve them?
Religious Crooks
Kakande Samuel is a Ugandan pastor known for dramatic miracle healing claims, with critics and former members alleging staged cures and heavy financial demands tied to promises of supernatural intervention.
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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.