Weird and Religious
Some early Christian groups argued fiercely over whether Jesus had one nature or two, divine and human. These debates were so intense that riots, political purges, and even wars followed, showing how abstract theology could shape real violence.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2010, Jos, Nigeria. Christian and Muslim communities engaged in cycles of massacre and reprisal. Each side justified violence as protecting their faith group, defending land tied to religious identity, and avenging earlier attacks.
Fact
In Islam, pilgrimage to Mecca, known as hajj, is required once in a lifetime if a person is able, and Islam presents this as a major act of worship and unity.
Religion and civilisation
Religion did not build civilisation because it was true; it attached itself to civilisation because it was useful. When usefulness diminished, belief had to be defended with force, habit, or fear. The stone cathedrals that still stand are not monuments to divine presence but to a successful social technology that learned to grow with human power and to name that growth sacred.
Quote of the day
“Faith is the great cop out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.” Richard Dawkins.
Ask the right question
Why do moral instincts such as empathy appear in social animals that have no religion?
Religious Crooks
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s case is highly contested and usually treated as a theological dispute rather than fraud, so instead a clearer example is Wayne Bent, leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church, who claimed prophetic authority while controlling followers’ lives and finances, later convicted on charges related to abuse of minors.
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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.