Weird and Religious
There have also been religions built around very recent figures. In parts of Melanesia in the twentieth century, “cargo cults” formed where people believed Western goods came from ancestral spirits. They built imitation airstrips and control towers from wood, performing rituals in the hope that planes full of supplies would return.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2015, Paris in France. Islamist Muslim extremists linked to Islamic State killed civilians at multiple sites. The group claimed the attacks were punishment for Western actions in Muslim lands and framed mass killing as religiously sanctioned jihad.
Fact
In Confucianism, filial piety is fundamental, and Confucianism stresses respect, care, and duty toward parents and ancestors.
Acceptance, not evidence
There is a distinction between claims that matter and those that do not. Everyday assertions are often accepted without scrutiny because the stakes are low. If someone claims there is an ant under the carpet, few people demand proof. If someone claims a god exists, dictates morality, judges behaviour, and determines eternal fate, the burden of proof is immense. Extraordinary claims that carry extraordinary consequences require extraordinary evidence. Religion offers none, yet demands acceptance.
Quote of the day
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.” Thomas Paine.
Ask the right question
Why should ancient testimony about supernatural events be trusted when we reject similar modern claims as unreliable?
Religious Crooks
Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church and built a global religious and business empire, later convicted of tax offences, with long running allegations that followers were subjected to intense financial pressure tied to religious devotion.
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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.