Truth in Religion
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05 Nov 2025 Edition

Weird and Religious

In some ancient Near Eastern traditions, there are references to child sacrifice associated with the god Molech. Texts describe children being passed through fire as part of worship. Later religious writers strongly condemned the practice, but its existence shows how sacrifice could be directed at the most vulnerable.
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In the name of religion

1839 to 1842, Qing China. The Taiping movement, led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed a Christian inspired divine mission, began rebellion that became a massive war. Followers justified violence as establishing a heavenly kingdom, destroying demons, and carrying out God’s will on earth.

Fact

In Jainism, truthfulness is a key vow, and Jainism teaches avoiding falsehood and harmful speech.

No answers or false answers?

Human understanding is shaped and constrained by perception, language, and intuition, all evolved for survival rather than comprehension of cosmic truth. We expect causes, beginnings, and goals because our lives follow that pattern, yet those expectations may be meaningless when applied to the universe itself. The fact that humans struggle to frame coherent questions about ultimate existence does not justify inventing answers that feel emotionally complete. Some aspects of reality may lie beyond our capacity to conceptualise, let alone explain, and accepting this possibility is not despair but maturity. Religion cannot tolerate such uncertainty because it erodes authority. A system built on obedience depends on answers, even false ones, to maintain control. Science, by contrast, remains open-ended and self-correcting. It advances without promising final revelation. There may never be an ultimate explanation for why existence exists at all, and that possibility must be faced rather than hidden. The search for understanding becomes meaningful in itself, not because it offers completion, but because it refuses to lie.

Quote of the day

“I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.” Clarence Darrow.

Ask the right question

Why do different religions claim exclusive truth while relying on the same type of personal conviction and ancient texts as evidence?

Religious Crooks

Valdemiro Santiago is a Brazilian evangelical church leader who built a large religious network and has faced legal actions and accusations regarding financial practices, with critics describing high pressure fundraising tied to promises of miracles. 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. Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.

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