Weird and Religious
Some Hindu traditions describe gods who take animal forms not as disguises but as full divine incarnations. A god appearing as a fish or a boar was not seen as a lesser form but as a direct intervention in cosmic events.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1921, Malabar region in India. The Moplah Rebellion saw Muslim peasants attack Hindu landlords and others amid anti colonial unrest. Some rebels framed actions as religious struggle, invoking jihad language, while authorities and victims viewed violence as sectarian aggression.
Fact
In Shinto, spiritual reality is expressed through kami, and Shinto teaches that these sacred presences are found in natural forces, places, and ancestral spirits.
Slogans to the rescue
Religious slogans often do the heavy lifting because most believers do not have the time or the energy to read sacred texts. For example, Islam is presented as a religion of peace, of justice, of mercy, and of equality. This is the opposite of what Islam really is but these phrases circulate endlessly, repeated in sermons, classrooms, and media appearances. They are rarely tested against the text itself. When the text contradicts the slogan, the contradiction is ignored, denied, or explained away by an authority figure. The believer is not expected to resolve these tensions personally. They are expected to trust. Most Muslims believe in what they have been told, not what is written in the Qu'ran.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” Karl Marx.
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
Marcial Maciel was the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order, and was later found by Vatican investigations to have sexually abused minors and seminarians over many years while using his religious status to avoid scrutiny.
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Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.