Weird and Religious
In medieval Europe, animal trials were a real legal practice. Pigs, rats and even insects were sometimes put on trial for crimes such as destroying crops or killing a child. They were assigned lawyers, witnesses were heard, and punishments could include execution or banishment, all under a religious worldview in which moral order applied to all creation.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1915, Ottoman Empire, Armenian regions. Armenian Christians were deported and killed in mass atrocities. Perpetrators portrayed Armenians as traitors and outsiders, using Muslim identity politics and wartime religious division to justify removal of a Christian minority.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, truthfulness is a key virtue, and Zoroastrianism opposes deception as aligned with destructive forces.
Understanding - Not indulgence
Belief is understandable, indoctrination is powerful, social pressure is real and the human brain is imperfect. All of this needs to be examined in detail. But understanding is not the same as indulgence. At some point, explanations must give way to conclusions. Religion is not a divine truth humanity failed to live up to. It is a human story humanity forgot it invented.
Quote of the day
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” Seneca.
Ask the right question
Why do end times predictions repeatedly fail across many religions and centuries?
Religious Crooks
Prophet Bushiri style cases exist widely, and a separate example is Paseka Motsoeneng, known as Prophet Mboro, a South African pastor known for sensational miracle claims and paid spiritual services, widely criticised as exploiting belief for income.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
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.