Weird and Religious
In Tibet, sky burials involve placing bodies on mountaintops to be eaten by vultures. The body is seen as an empty vessel after death, and feeding other living beings is considered an act of generosity rather than disrespect.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1975, Lebanon civil war phase. Christian and Muslim militias attacked civilian neighbourhoods in sectarian cleansing campaigns. Leaders justified operations as protecting their religious communities, defending holy identity, and preventing domination by rival faith based factions.
Fact
In Buddhism, suffering is not seen as punishment, and Buddhism treats it as a natural part of conditioned existence that can be understood and reduced through practice.
Sacred myths
If a god wrote the scriptures, the result is inexplicable. The creator of reality chose to communicate through error, contradiction, cruelty, and ambiguity, then punished humans for misunderstanding the message. This explanation demands far more faith than the alternative. That these texts were written by people trying to understand their world, justify their power, and impose order using the myths available to them.
Quote of the day
“Faith means not wanting to know what is true.” Friedrich Nietzsche.
Ask the right question
If meditation or prayer can influence physical reality, why can this not be demonstrated reliably in laboratories?
Religious Crooks
José Luis de Jesús Miranda was a Puerto Rican religious leader who declared himself a divine figure and built a following that contributed money and loyalty to his ministry, with critics pointing to extravagant displays of wealth and claims that religious devotion was used to sustain his lifestyle.
For more information, google the name.
Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
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.