Weird and Religious
Some Native American traditions include stories of trickster gods who lie, cheat, and behave foolishly. These figures were not purely evil but showed that the sacred world included chaos, humour, and moral lessons delivered through absurd behaviour.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A suicide bomber linked to Islamist groups attacked US Marine barracks, killing many soldiers. The act was justified as jihad against foreign forces in Muslim lands, framed as religiously sanctioned resistance and martyrdom.
Fact
In Shinto, respect, sincerity, and gratitude are key attitudes, and Shinto links these qualities to proper relationship with kami and people.
Another contradiction
Religion claims humans freely choose actions and are therefore deserving of eternal reward or punishment, yet at the same time god is said to create each person knowing exactly how they will behave and where they will end up. Creating someone while knowing they will be tortured forever is not justice. It is premeditation, and the concept of Free Will does not rescue this but intensifies the moral problem.
Quote of the day
“The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.” George Bernard Shaw.
Ask the right question
How did language diversity arise so suddenly in stories like the Tower of Babel without leaving any linguistic or archaeological trace?
Religious Crooks
Eddie Long was a megachurch pastor accused in civil suits of coercing young men into sexual relationships while using his spiritual authority, with the cases settled out of court and ongoing debate about financial and power dynamics in his ministry.
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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.
Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.