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
2014, Sinjar region in Iraq. Islamic State forces attacked Yazidi communities, killing men and enslaving women and children. The group justified actions through extremist doctrine labelling Yazidis as unbelievers, claiming religious permission for enslavement, forced conversion, and property seizure within a self declared caliphate.
Fact
In Hinduism, Brahman is the name for ultimate reality, understood as the underlying spiritual essence behind everything that exists, beyond all forms and names.
Confirming belief
Reason operates by testing ideas against reality, demanding coherence, consistency, and evidence. It accepts uncertainty and revises conclusions when new information appears. Faith does the reverse. It begins with a conclusion and defends it regardless of contradiction. Discrepancies are reinterpreted, absence of evidence becomes a test, and failed predictions become mysteries. Every outcome is made to confirm belief because belief has been placed beyond evaluation. This is not strength but insulation.
Quote of the day
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.” Thomas Paine.
Ask the right question
If religious morality is objective and unchanging, why do believers debate it so intensely?
Religious Crooks
Ryuho Okawa founded Happy Science in Japan, claiming to channel spiritual entities and producing a large catalogue of paid books, seminars, and films, with critics describing the organisation as driven by monetised revelations and centralised authority.
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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.