Weird and Religious
The ancient Persians practised a ritual in which a dog was brought to look at a corpse. The gaze of the dog was believed to drive away evil forces associated with death. Dogs had a specific spiritual role in dealing with the dead.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2022, Ondo State in Nigeria. Islamist Muslim gunmen attacked a Christian church during mass, killing worshippers. Attackers invoked extremist Islamist narratives, justifying violence as jihad and punishment of Christians within a broader religious insurgency.
Fact
In Jainism, many followers practise vegetarianism, and Jainism extends dietary care to avoid harming even small forms of life.
Social order
Religion has provided explanations for social order by justifying why some people ruled, why others obeyed, and why rules existed at all. Divine authority reinforced hierarchy and enforced compliance, which was not an accidental feature but a stabilising one. Societies that tied authority to gods maintained order more effectively because obedience became sacred and resistance became sin. Religion thus explained not only the natural world but the human one, telling people where they belonged and why they should remain there, transforming social structure into cosmic order.
Quote of the day
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.” Bertrand Russell.
Ask the right question
Why do so many religious rituals look like cultural habits rather than universal truths?
Religious Crooks
David Berg founded the Children of God movement, later called The Family International, promoting radical religious teachings while encouraging followers to surrender money and, according to former members, using sexuality and spiritual pressure as tools of control.
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.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.