Weird and Religious
In certain strands of Jewish mysticism, letters and numbers in sacred texts were believed to hold hidden codes about the structure of the universe. Rearranging letters or calculating numerical values was treated as a way to uncover divine secrets.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1975, Lebanon civil war phase. Christian and Muslim militias attacked civilian neighbourhoods in sectarian cleansing campaigns. Leaders justified operations as protecting their religious communities, defending holy identity, and preventing domination by rival faith based factions.
Fact
In Jainism, many followers practise vegetarianism, and Jainism extends dietary care to avoid harming even small forms of life.
Managing women
Sin became the central tool in maintaining male domination. Women were cast as moral liabilities, sources of temptation, and gateways to corruption. Female sexuality was treated as dangerous by default, while male sexuality was seen as natural and difficult to restrain. The burden of control fell solely on women. Dress codes, segregation, purity laws, and behavioural restrictions were imposed to manage male desire without ever questioning male responsibility. This imbalance appears throughout religions, yet nowhere is it more rigidly codified and actively enforced today than in Islam.
Quote of the day
“Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions.” Frater Ravus.
Ask the right question
Why would a just god create people knowing many would be born into the wrong religion and risk eternal punishment?
Religious Crooks
Roch Thériault led a breakaway sect in Canada known as the Ant Hill Kids, presenting extreme religious authority while subjecting followers to abuse, forced labour, and financial control, later convicted of multiple crimes.
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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.
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.