Weird and Religious
The ancient Norse believed that warriors who died bravely in battle were chosen by Valkyries and taken to Valhalla, where they would fight each other daily, die, come back to life, and feast every night. Eternal life was imagined as an endless cycle of violence and eating.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2003, Iraq after invasion. Insurgent groups including Islamist militants targeted Shia pilgrims and religious gatherings with bombings. Perpetrators justified attacks as jihad against rival Muslim sects and foreign backed authorities, deepening sectarian religious war.
Fact
In Buddhism, the ultimate aim is freedom from ignorance, and Buddhism links ignorance to misunderstanding the nature of reality, which in turn fuels craving and suffering.
Whose plan is it?
Prayer exposes yet another contradiction. Believers are told that god has a plan that cannot be altered, yet they are encouraged to pray to change outcomes. Either prayer affects events or it does not. If it does, then god’s plan is flexible and incomplete, and if it does not, prayer is ritualised self-deception. Saying that prayer changes the person rather than the outcome quietly abandons the original claim while preserving the habit.
Quote of the day
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.” Benjamin Disraeli.
Ask the right question
After Noah's flood, how did animals unique to isolated regions, such as kangaroos in Australia or lemurs in Madagascar, return to those places?
Religious Crooks
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s case is highly contested and usually treated as a theological dispute rather than fraud, so instead a clearer example is Wayne Bent, leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church, who claimed prophetic authority while controlling followers’ lives and finances, later convicted on charges related to abuse of minors.
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Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.