Weird and Religious
In medieval Europe, animal trials were a real legal practice. Pigs, rats and even insects were sometimes put on trial for crimes such as destroying crops or killing a child. They were assigned lawyers, witnesses were heard, and punishments could include execution or banishment, all under a religious worldview in which moral order applied to all creation.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1991, Algeria civil conflict. Islamist groups targeted civilians, intellectuals, and foreigners during insurgency. Violence was justified as jihad to overthrow a secular state, enforce Islamic rule, and punish those seen as enemies of Islam.
Fact
In Taoism, leadership is ideally gentle, and Taoism often presents the best ruler as one who governs lightly and avoids harsh control.
Managing women
Sin became the central tool in maintaining male domination. Women were cast as moral liabilities, sources of temptation, and gateways to corruption. Female sexuality was treated as dangerous by default, while male sexuality was seen as natural and difficult to restrain. The burden of control fell solely on women. Dress codes, segregation, purity laws, and behavioural restrictions were imposed to manage male desire without ever questioning male responsibility. This imbalance appears throughout religions, yet nowhere is it more rigidly codified and actively enforced today than in Islam.
Quote of the day
“Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions.” Frater Ravus.
Ask the right question
Why would a designer use the same anatomical flaws, such as the blind spot in the eye or the risk of choking due to a shared airway, in so many species?
Religious Crooks
Ann Lee, leader of the Shakers, claimed divine visions and authority, requiring followers to surrender property and live communally, with critics describing the system as one where religious devotion translated into total economic control.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.