Weird and Religious
In medieval Europe, maps sometimes showed mythical creatures and monstrous races at the edges of the known world. These beings were not just fantasy decoration but were considered possible parts of God’s creation, placed beyond familiar lands.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1692, Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Government soldiers killed members of Clan MacDonald after a delayed loyalty oath amid sectarian tension. Though political, it was partly justified as enforcing a Protestant settlement and suppressing rebellion associated with Catholic and Jacobite loyalties.
Fact
In Jainism, non possession is encouraged, and Jainism teaches reducing attachment to material goods and limiting desires.
Faith or reality?
Religion romanticises faith as courage in the face of uncertainty, but that description is false. Courage faces uncertainty without inventing answers. Faith avoids uncertainty by declaring it solved. It replaces the discomfort of not knowing with the comfort of imagined certainty. That comfort is seductive, yet it destroys intellectual honesty. The unknown is not confronted. It is buried beneath conviction.
This does not mean that humans must live without meaning or conviction. It means that meaning and conviction should rest on reality, not retreat from it. Questioning does not corrode understanding. It creates it. Doubt is not decay but a sign that a belief deserves attention. Reason does not destroy truth. It destroys error.
Quote of the day
“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” John Lennon.
Ask the right question
How were millions of animal species fed, housed and prevented from eating one another on Noah's wooden boat?
Religious Crooks
Edir Macedo founded the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Brazil, building a vast religious and media empire, and has faced accusations and legal cases over financial practices, with critics describing aggressive fundraising tied to promises of divine reward.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
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.