Weird and Religious
Some West African traditions include the idea that twins are spiritually powerful. In certain cultures, if a twin dies, a small carved figure is made to represent the lost child. The figure is washed, fed, and carried by the mother as though it were alive.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2017, Marawi in the Philippines. Islamist Muslim militants seized parts of the city, leading to months of fighting. The group justified the uprising as establishing an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia, enforcing Islamic rule, and resisting a government seen as illegitimate.
Fact
In Jainism, non stealing is a moral requirement, and Jainism links taking what is not freely given with spiritual harm.
Fear, death, and imagination
To understand religion, one does not need revelation or faith but an understanding of fear, death, and imagination. When those forces combine in a self-aware species trapped in a dangerous world, gods are not surprising; they are inevitable. The real question is not why humans believed in gods but why so many still do now that the original fears can finally be faced without inventing stories to hide from them.
Quote of the day
“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy.” Voltaire.
Ask the right question
Why would an all knowing being test humans when the outcome of every test is already known in advance?
Religious Crooks
Claude Vorilhon, known as Raël, founded the Raëlian movement claiming extraterrestrial revelations, building an international organisation that critics say operates as a personality centred system sustained by member donations and paid events.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.