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
2005 to 2014, northern Nigeria. Boko Haram carried out bombings, massacres, and mass kidnappings, including schoolgirls. The group justified violence as rejecting Western education, enforcing strict Islam, and punishing Muslims and Christians seen as collaborators, promising divine approval for warfare.
Fact
In Christianity, Jesus Christ is regarded as the Son of God, and Christianity teaches that his life, teachings, death, and resurrection are central to God’s plan for humanity.
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
“The invisible and the non existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown.
Ask the right question
If a god wants to be known, why is the evidence for that god so indirect and open to doubt?
Religious Crooks
Jean Vanier founded the L’Arche communities for people with disabilities and was widely admired as a Catholic spiritual figure, but an internal investigation after his death found he had engaged in manipulative sexual relationships with adult women under the guise of spiritual guidance.
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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.