Weird and Religious
Ancient Romans kept household gods called Lares and Penates, small figures placed near the hearth. Families made daily offerings to them, treating the kitchen area as a religious centre rather than a purely domestic space.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1948, Jerusalem and surrounding areas. Irregular Jewish militias and Arab Muslim forces fought during the war surrounding Israel’s creation. Combatants used religious language about sacred land and holy duty to justify expulsions, killings, and control of areas tied to faith identity.
Fact
In Islam, financial dealings are regulated, and Islam forbids interest based lending in traditional interpretations while encouraging trade, charity, and fair contracts.
A broken system
Religion survives by demanding acceptance of its inconsistencies as features rather than flaws. Believers are told that divine truth transcends human logic while simultaneously being expected to reason their way into belief. Logic is used selectively and abandoned precisely when it becomes inconvenient. A belief system that requires contradiction to survive is not profound, it is broken. Truth does not require mutually exclusive claims to be held simultaneously, and reality does not need excuses. When a system can only function by teaching people to tolerate incoherence, the problem is not human reason. It is the system itself.
Quote of the day
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Carl Sagan.
Ask the right question
Why do different religions claim exclusive truth while relying on the same type of personal conviction and ancient texts as evidence?
Religious Crooks
Tony Alamo led a religious ministry that operated businesses staffed by followers, and he was later convicted on charges related to transporting minors for sexual purposes, with former members describing financial and personal control.
For more information, google the name.
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.