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
1862, Minnesota in the United States. During the Dakota War, violence included attacks on settlers and reprisals. While driven by land and survival, some Christian rhetoric portrayed events as divine judgement or a struggle between civilisation and heathenism, shaping justification on both sides.
Fact
In Christianity, the Lord’s Supper, also called Communion or Eucharist, is observed, and Christianity uses bread and wine to remember Jesus and express spiritual unity.
Prophets or politicians?
What is striking is how ordinary prophets look once the divine coating is removed. They argue, negotiate, threaten, desire, and react like anyone else placed in a position of absolute authority. They are not moral outliers. They are power holders. The difference is that their power is framed as sacred rather than political, which makes it harder to resist and easier to abuse. Religion asks that these figures be admired, imitated, and obeyed. It discourages the most basic question of all. Why this person. Why this voice. Why these rules. Once those questions are allowed, the pattern becomes obvious. Gods do not choose messengers. Humans choose leaders, and some leaders learn that claiming a god is the most effective way to secure obedience.
Quote of the day
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.” Richard Francis Burton.
Ask the right question
What reliable evidence shows that rebirth occurs, beyond personal stories that can also be explained by memory errors or suggestion?
Religious Crooks
Brigham Young led the early Mormon community in Utah, combining religious leadership with political and economic control, with historians noting concentrated power over property, labour, and settlement structures tied directly to church 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.