Weird and Religious
In medieval Christianity, pieces of saints’ bodies were treated as powerful objects. Churches claimed to possess multiple skulls or bones of the same saint, sometimes more body parts than one person could physically have had. Pilgrims still travelled long distances to see them.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1572, Paris and other French cities. Catholic mobs killed thousands of Huguenot Protestants in the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre. Violence was justified as defending Catholic faith from heresy and protecting the kingdom from supposed Protestant plots against God’s order and divinely sanctioned monarchy.
Fact
In Buddhism, non self is a key teaching, meaning that Buddhism holds that there is no unchanging, permanent soul behind a person, but rather a collection of changing processes.
Risking Exclusion
Social dependence is part of the religious trap. Humans are intensely social animals, and belonging is not optional. Isolation hurts in the same way physical pain does. From early childhood, the brain learns which beliefs are rewarded and which lead to rejection. Religion ties belief to identity, morality, and family. To doubt the belief is not just to question an idea; it is to risk exclusion. The brain treats this as a threat, survival instincts engage, and rational analysis retreats. The belief remains intact, protected not by logic but by fear of loss.
Quote of the day
“All thinking men are atheists.” Ernest Hemingway.
Ask the right question
If a perfect being inspired scripture, why is interpretation so disputed that thousands of denominations and sects exist?
Religious Crooks
Shin Ok-ju led the Grace Road Church movement linked to Fiji, presenting prophetic authority and was later convicted in South Korea for abuse of followers, with reports including coercion and mistreatment within a closed religious setting.
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Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.