Weird and Religious
In ancient China, oracle bones were used to ask questions of ancestors or gods. Priests carved questions onto animal bones or turtle shells, then heated them until cracks formed. The pattern of cracks was read as an answer from the spirit world, making burnt bone a decision making device.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1478 onward, Spain. The Spanish Inquisition targeted Jews and Muslims who had converted to Christianity but were suspected of false belief. Arrests, torture, and executions were justified as defending Catholic orthodoxy, purifying society, and saving souls from heresy and divine punishment.
Fact
In Hinduism, samsara is the continuing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, in which the inner self moves through many lives rather than existing only once.
Merging gods
As societies became more complex, the functional gods were merged, ranked, or replaced. Their responsibilities expanded. War gods absorbed justice. Fertility gods absorbed family structure. Agricultural gods absorbed calendars and law. What began as narrow functions slowly turned into broader authority. This expansion was not driven by revelation. It was driven by social need. Religion followed power and necessity, not truth.
Quote of the day
“The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Ask the right question
If religious law is timeless, why do believers quietly ignore many old rules while insisting others remain binding?
Religious Crooks
Roch Thériault led a breakaway religious sect in Canada known as the Ant Hill Kids, presenting extreme spiritual authority while subjecting followers to abuse, forced labour, and total control over their property and income.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.