Weird and Religious
Some Buddhist traditions describe entire realms of existence where beings suffer extreme conditions for vast periods because of past actions. These hell realms are not eternal but can last longer than the entire span of human civilisation.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2007, Pakistan, Lal Masjid crisis. Islamist militants clashed with security forces in Islamabad. Militants justified resistance as defence of Islamic law and opposition to an un-Islamic government, framing confrontation as religious struggle.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, belief centres on one supreme deity called Ahura Mazda, and Zoroastrianism teaches that this being represents truth, light, and wisdom.
Faith forbids error
Faith shields belief from accountability. When religious ideas cause harm, responsibility is shifted to misinterpretation rather than to the belief itself. Terrorists are branded as misunderstanding their own religion when in fact they are following it to the letter. Faith is immune to anything. When predictions fail, the failure is reframed as divine mystery. When prayers go unanswered, the believer is told to have greater faith. The belief is never blamed. This produces a closed system incapable of learning because correction would require admitting error, and faith forbids such admission.
Quote of the day
“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain.
Ask the right question
If heaven is perfect, do people there still have free will, and if not, why was free will necessary on earth?
Religious Crooks
Ravi Zacharias was a prominent Christian apologist whose ministry commissioned an independent investigation after his death, which concluded that he had engaged in sexual misconduct and exploited women while using his religious reputation as cover.
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History tells us that wherever fools gathered, there was always a religious crook to take advantage of them. The best way to stop the crooks is not to be a fool.