Weird and Religious
In ancient China, oracle bones were used to ask questions of ancestors or gods. Priests carved questions onto animal bones or turtle shells, then heated them until cracks formed. The pattern of cracks was read as an answer from the spirit world, making burnt bone a decision making device.
Religious image of the day.
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 Christianity, baptism is a significant rite, and Christianity uses it as a sign of commitment, cleansing, and entry into the community of believers.
The first explanation
Religion was the first comprehensive explanation humans ever built, offering answers to everything at once without hesitation or qualification. Weather was caused by mood, illness by offence, and death by intention, while dreams were treated as messages, success as reward, and failure as punishment. Nothing was seen as accidental or meaningless, for the world was interpreted as a network of deliberate causes and moral consequences. This was not sophistication but confidence filling a vacuum, and the strength of religion lay not in accuracy but in certainty delivered at a time when ignorance was overwhelming and alternatives did not exist.
Quote of the day
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ask the right question
Why do different religions claim exclusive truth while relying on the same type of personal conviction and ancient texts as evidence?
Religious Crooks
Sergei Torop, known as Vissarion, founded the Church of the Last Testament in Siberia, claiming messianic status and leading a remote community where followers gave up property and income, later detained amid allegations of financial and psychological exploitation.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
If a real God existed, would he allow crooks to act on his behalf?