Weird and Religious
In some Pacific cultures, ancestors were believed to return as sharks or other animals, and harming such a creature could be seen as harming a relative. The line between human and animal identity was not fixed.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2022, Ondo State in Nigeria. Islamist Muslim gunmen attacked a Christian church during mass, killing worshippers. Attackers invoked extremist Islamist narratives, justifying violence as jihad and punishment of Christians within a broader religious insurgency.
Fact
In Buddhism, the ultimate aim is freedom from ignorance, and Buddhism links ignorance to misunderstanding the nature of reality, which in turn fuels craving and suffering.
Comforting Fiction
The human brain is deeply uncomfortable with mortality. It searches for escape routes, stories, and reassurances because it does not cope well with finality. Death feels wrong at an emotional level, even if it is biologically normal. This discomfort is not philosophical but visceral. The brain rebels against the idea of permanent disappearance, and out of that rebellion came the first comforting fictions. Death became a passage rather than an end. The dead went somewhere; they watched, waited, and returned. Gods were not yet required, but the groundwork was laid. Once death was softened, the imagination took over.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” Karl Marx.
Ask the right question
Why do different sects of the same religion accuse each other of serious error while using the same scripture?
Religious Crooks
Kakande Samuel is a Ugandan pastor known for dramatic miracle healing claims, with critics and former members alleging staged cures and heavy financial demands tied to promises of supernatural intervention.
For more information, google the name.
Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
If a real God existed, would he allow crooks to act on his behalf?