Weird and Religious
In ancient Greece, there were curse tablets where people scratched the names of enemies onto thin sheets of lead and buried them in graves or wells. They asked gods or spirits of the dead to harm rivals in love, business, or court cases. Religion functioned as a supernatural legal weapon.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1921, Malabar region in India. The Moplah Rebellion saw Muslim peasants attack Hindu landlords and others amid anti colonial unrest. Some rebels framed actions as religious struggle, invoking jihad language, while authorities and victims viewed violence as sectarian aggression.
Fact
In Shinto, offerings are made to kami, and Shinto presents food, drink, and symbolic items as signs of respect and gratitude.
Another contradiction
Religion claims humans freely choose actions and are therefore deserving of eternal reward or punishment, yet at the same time god is said to create each person knowing exactly how they will behave and where they will end up. Creating someone while knowing they will be tortured forever is not justice. It is premeditation, and the concept of Free Will does not rescue this but intensifies the moral problem.
Quote of the day
“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.” Richard Dawkins.
Ask the right question
If humans once lived for hundreds of years as some traditions claim, where is the biological evidence that such lifespans were ever possible?
Religious Crooks
Cho Hee-sung, leader of a South Korean religious group sometimes called the Victory Altar, was convicted of fraud and also faced allegations of sexual misconduct tied to his position as a messianic figure within the movement.
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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.