Weird and Religious
During the Middle Ages, there were official church debates about how many angels could stand on the point of a needle. While partly exaggerated later, it reflects how abstract speculation about invisible beings was treated as serious intellectual work.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1096, Rhineland in present day Germany. Christian Crusader mobs attacked Jewish communities in cities such as Worms and Mainz, killing many people. Attackers claimed they were purifying Christendom before heading east, framing massacres as religious duty against those they labelled enemies of Christianity.
Fact
In Hinduism, samsara is the continuing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, in which the inner self moves through many lives rather than existing only once.
Free Will collapse
Believers are trained to stop questioning at the point where logic becomes uncomfortable. Mystery is invoked, faith is praised, and doubt is moralised, and the contradictions are not solved because solving them would collapse the belief structure entirely.
Free Will, in particular, functions as a universal excuse. It is used to absolve god of evil, justify punishment, and preserve the illusion of moral responsibility, yet it cannot coexist with omniscience, divine planning, or eternal judgement, and it collapses under even minimal examination.
Quote of the day
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ask the right question
If humans were specially created, why does human DNA contain remnants of ancient viruses and the same genetic errors found in other animals?
Religious Crooks
Apostle Johnson Suleman is a Nigerian televangelist known for miracle and prosperity preaching, frequently criticised for linking faith claims with large financial offerings and displays of wealth.
For more information, google the name.
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.