Weird and Religious
The medieval Catholic practice of selling indulgences promised to reduce time in purgatory in exchange for money or acts. This commercial approach to the afterlife later helped spark the Protestant Reformation.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1921, Malabar region in India. The Moplah Rebellion saw Muslim peasants attack Hindu landlords and others amid anti colonial unrest. Some rebels framed actions as religious struggle, invoking jihad language, while authorities and victims viewed violence as sectarian aggression.
Fact
In Hinduism, Brahman is the name for ultimate reality, understood as the underlying spiritual essence behind everything that exists, beyond all forms and names.
Scriptures age badly
In sacredt texts, moral obscenity is aggressively defended. Slavery is permitted. Women are treated as property. Violence is sanctified. Genocide is justified. Children are punished for the actions of their parents. Dissent is condemned. Obedience is prized over compassion. These are not fringe passages, they are central to the scriptures. When confronted, defenders claim morality was different back then. That admission alone destroys the claim of divine authorship. A timeless moral authority does not age badly but human law does.
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
Why does divine truth appear to require faith rather than clear, universally accessible proof?
Religious Crooks
Ann Lee, leader of the Shakers, claimed divine visions and authority, requiring followers to surrender property and live communally, with critics describing the system as one where religious devotion translated into total economic control.
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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.
Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.