Weird and Religious
In parts of medieval Christianity, people believed that animals could be excommunicated. Insects that damaged crops were sometimes formally cursed and ordered to leave an area in the name of the Church.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2021, Afghanistan after Taliban takeover. Islamist Muslim Taliban enforced strict religious codes, with reports of reprisals and executions. The Taliban justified actions as implementing Islamic law, preserving moral order, and eliminating corruption and un-Islamic behaviour.
Fact
In Sikhism, community kitchens called langar are important, and Sikhism serves free meals to all people regardless of background as a sign of equality and service.
Created for punishment
The concept of creation is riddled with inconsistency. God is said to create humans with desires, impulses, and limitations, then punish them for acting on those traits. This would be unacceptable in any human context. Designing a flawed system and blaming its components for failure is not wisdom but abdication of responsibility, and religion insists this is justice only because god is exempted from the standards applied to everything else.
Quote of the day
“Religion divides people. It has been a bloody business.” Christopher Hitchens.
Ask the right question
If a religion claims scientific miracles in its scripture, why do these claims usually depend on modern reinterpretations rather than clear original meaning?
Religious Crooks
Marcial Maciel was the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order, and was later found by Vatican investigations to have sexually abused minors and seminarians over many years while using his religious status to avoid scrutiny.
For more information, google the name.
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.
Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.