Weird and Religious
In Ethiopia, the Beta Israel Jewish community preserved ancient religious practices for centuries in isolation, including unique interpretations of biblical law and ritual purity rules that differed from mainstream Judaism.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1096, Rhineland in present day Germany. Christian Crusader mobs attacked Jewish communities in cities such as Worms and Mainz, killing many people. Attackers claimed they were purifying Christendom before heading east, framing massacres as religious duty against those they labelled enemies of Christianity.
Fact
In Shinto, prayer often involves simple requests for health, success, or protection, and Shinto connects everyday life with spiritual presence.
Religious thinking
One of religion’s most corrosive habits is certainty about the unknowable. It does not merely claim to have answers. It claims to have final answers. Where honest inquiry would stop at we do not know, religion inserts confidence. This confidence is not earned. It is asserted. The believer is rewarded not for accuracy, but for conviction. Over time, this trains a way of thinking in which feeling certain becomes more important than being correct. This way of thinking does not remain confined to theology. It spreads. People accustomed to accepting claims without evidence become comfortable doing so elsewhere. They learn to defend belief rather than examine it. They learn to treat challenge as hostility. This is what can be called religious thinking, a cognitive style that prioritises intuition, loyalty, and identity over verification. It is no coincidence that populations with strong religious conditioning are often more susceptible to misinformation, conspiracy, and denial of scientific consensus.
Quote of the day
“The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.” Thomas Paine.
Ask the right question
After Noah's flood, how did animals unique to isolated regions, such as kangaroos in Australia or lemurs in Madagascar, return to those places?
Religious Crooks
Efraín Ríos Montt is more political, so instead take Efrain Rios Montt style cases out and use José Mercau, a self proclaimed Catholic mystic in Argentina, who was convicted of sexual abuse after presenting himself as a spiritual healer with special powers.
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Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.