Weird and Religious
In ancient Greece, people visited healing temples dedicated to Asclepius, where they slept in the temple hoping the god would appear in dreams and prescribe a cure. Priests then interpreted the dreams as medical advice.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2010, Jos, Nigeria. Christian and Muslim communities engaged in cycles of massacre and reprisal. Each side justified violence as protecting their faith group, defending land tied to religious identity, and avenging earlier attacks.
Fact
In Islam, the Qur an is the sacred scripture, and Islam teaches that it is the direct word of God as "revealed" to Muhammad.
Sacred obligation
As human populations grew, hierarchy became inevitable. Leadership roles hardened, authority demanded justification, and religion provided it. Chiefs and kings began to claim divine ancestry or favour, transforming obedience from a practical duty into a sacred obligation. Laws acquired supernatural endorsement, and punishment became moral rather than social, framed as cosmic justice rather than human enforcement. Gods began to care not only about rituals but also about conduct, and morality entered religion not through enlightenment but through control. A society governed by divine law required less negotiation and produced more stability than one governed by human debate.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about.” Sam Harris.
Ask the right question
Why do near death experiences vary so much across cultures if they are glimpses of the same afterlife?
Religious Crooks
Herbert W. Armstrong founded the Worldwide Church of God, preaching apocalyptic messages while building a media and education empire funded by tithes, with later internal scandals and financial controversies after his leadership period.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
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.