Weird and Religious
Among the ancient Celts, the human head was considered the seat of the soul. Skulls of enemies were sometimes kept as trophies, not just as symbols of victory but as objects thought to hold spiritual power.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1209, Béziers in southern France. Forces in the Albigensian Crusade attacked the city and killed large numbers of residents while targeting Cathar believers. The campaign was justified as eliminating heresy, defending Catholic truth, and restoring religious unity under papal authority through violent purification.
Fact
In Judaism, prayer is structured and regular, and Judaism includes daily prayers as well as additional prayers on Sabbaths and festivals.
Personal experience and truth
The idea of subjective truth is often defended as a recognition of personal experience, but it becomes dangerous the moment it leaves the private realm and enters public decision-making. A person may prefer chocolate over vanilla, and no harm follows from that preference. Problems arise when subjective belief is treated as equivalent to objective fact in matters that affect others. Claims about health, history, morality, or reality itself cannot be resolved by personal feeling without consequences. Religion collapses this boundary deliberately. It takes unverifiable claims and demands public obedience to them.
Quote of the day
“Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions.” Frater Ravus.
Ask the right question
If revelation is clear, why do legal and moral systems based on scripture require endless interpretation?
Religious Crooks
Efraín Ríos Montt is more political, so instead take Efrain Rios Montt style cases out and use José Mercau, a self proclaimed Catholic mystic in Argentina, who was convicted of sexual abuse after presenting himself as a spiritual healer with special powers.
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Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.