Weird and Religious
Islamic texts describe a bridge called As Sirat that all people must cross after judgement. It is said to be thinner than a hair and sharper than a sword, suspended over hell. Some cross quickly, others crawl, and some fall. The afterlife includes what sounds like a cosmic obstacle course.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1992, Ayodhya in India. A large Hindu nationalist crowd demolished the Babri Masjid, followed by deadly communal riots. Participants justified the act as reclaiming the birthplace of the god Rama and correcting a historic religious insult, framing violence as sacred restoration and defence.
Fact
In Taoism, harmony with the Tao is the ideal, and Taoism encourages living in a way that flows naturally with the patterns of nature rather than forcing outcomes.
Spiritual Awakening
Religion did not descend from the heavens. It emerged from predictable errors in perception, memory, emotion, and social behaviour. The gods were not revealed; they were inferred, assumed, and inherited. This is not an insult to humanity but an explanation of how deeply human religion really is. To move beyond it requires no spiritual awakening. It requires something far simpler and far harder. It requires accepting that the brain we trust to find truth was never built for that task and learning, at last, to compensate for its flaws.
Quote of the day
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire.
Ask the right question
If religion brings peace, why has it so often been linked to conflict when mixed with power?
Religious Crooks
Theodore McCarrick was a high ranking Catholic cardinal who was laicised after church investigations concluded he had sexually abused adults and minors, with findings that his senior religious position enabled misconduct over decades.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
History tells us that wherever fools gathered, there was always a religious crook to take advantage of them. The best way to stop the crooks is not to be a fool.