Weird and Religious
Some early Christian monks believed that demons caused distracting thoughts, including ordinary desires or random ideas. A stray thought about food or comfort could be treated as a literal attack by an invisible being rather than a normal mental process.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1099, Jerusalem in the Levant. Crusader armies captured the city during the First Crusade and killed many Muslim and Jewish inhabitants while seizing holy sites. Leaders described the assault as a sacred duty to liberate Christ’s tomb, forgive sins, and serve God through sanctioned holy war.
Fact
In Sikhism, initiation into the Khalsa is significant for many, and Sikhism includes a ceremony in which individuals commit to a disciplined religious life.
Sincere prophets
Some of God's so-called messengers are sincere and mistaken. They experience visions, voices, or overwhelming convictions and interpret them through the cultural framework available to them. In a world steeped in superstition, internal experiences are easily externalised. Dreams feel like messages. Intuition feels like command. Emotional surges feel like revelation. These individuals are not lying in the ordinary sense. They are convinced. But conviction is not evidence. History is full of people who believed extraordinary things about themselves and were wrong.
Quote of the day
“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” John Lennon.
Ask the right question
Why does divine revelation depend so heavily on the time, place and culture of the people receiving it?
Religious Crooks
Sergei Torop, known as Vissarion, founded the Church of the Last Testament in Siberia, claiming messianic status and leading a remote community where followers gave up property and income, later detained amid allegations of financial and psychological exploitation.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.