Weird and Religious
Some early Christian monks believed that demons caused distracting thoughts, including ordinary desires or random ideas. A stray thought about food or comfort could be treated as a literal attack by an invisible being rather than a normal mental process.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1990, Kashmir region. Armed Islamist groups targeted Hindu Pandit civilians, leading to killings and mass displacement. Militants justified violence as jihad to free Muslim land and remove perceived collaborators, while victims were labelled enemies of the faith or obstacles to religious self rule.
Fact
In Judaism, law and ethics are closely linked, and Judaism treats many everyday actions as having religious significance.
Gods of war
Survival of early civilisations often depended on winning conflicts over land and resources. Victory felt too important to leave to chance. Gods of war promised strength, protection, and favour. Defeat could be blamed on insufficient devotion rather than poor strategy or bad luck. This preserved morale and authority. Leaders could claim divine backing when successful and divine testing when they failed. Responsibility was displaced upward. The god took the credit or the blame.
Quote of the day
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.” Benjamin Disraeli.
Ask the right question
Why do sacred texts contain descriptions of the natural world that match ancient beliefs rather than modern scientific knowledge?
Religious Crooks
Kirtanananda Swami, a leader in the Hare Krishna movement in the United States, oversaw a large commune and was later convicted on racketeering related charges, with the community also associated with abuse and exploitation under religious authority.
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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.