Weird and Religious
In medieval Europe, people believed in “changelings.” If a child was ill, disabled, or behaved differently, families sometimes thought fairies had stolen the real child and left a substitute. This belief led to cruel treatments intended to force the fairy to return the original child.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1857, northern India. During the Indian Rebellion, massacres and reprisals occurred on both sides. Religious fears over conversion and defilement played a role. Participants justified violence as defending Islam or Hindu tradition and protecting sacred customs from perceived foreign religious threat.
Fact
In Christianity, forgiveness is emphasised, and Christianity teaches that believers should forgive others as God forgives them.
From literal to metaphor
Religion did not collapse when science emerged but instead adapted to survive. As specific claims were disproven, they were reinterpreted, and as literal explanations failed, metaphor was introduced. Gods retreated from weather into morality, from disease into meaning, and from creation into abstraction. The domain of belief shrank, but the belief itself persisted. The original role of religion as a universal explanation was forgotten and replaced by claims of spiritual depth and timeless wisdom, yet the underlying structure remained unchanged, relying on assertion without evidence and confidence without accountability.
Quote of the day
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ask the right question
If karma explains suffering in Hinduism and Buddhism, why do people not remember the actions from past lives that supposedly caused their present suffering?
Religious Crooks
Paul Sanyangore is a Zimbabwean preacher known for staged miracle and prophecy demonstrations, with sceptics alleging that religious theatre is used to generate income and public attention.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.