Weird and Religious
In certain strands of Jewish mysticism, letters and numbers in sacred texts were believed to hold hidden codes about the structure of the universe. Rearranging letters or calculating numerical values was treated as a way to uncover divine secrets.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1857, northern India. During the Indian Rebellion, massacres and reprisals occurred on both sides. Religious fears over conversion and defilement played a role. Participants justified violence as defending Islam or Hindu tradition and protecting sacred customs from perceived foreign religious threat.
Fact
In Hinduism, the cow is widely respected as sacred, often symbolising nourishment and life, and this respect reflects broader values of care and non harm.
Angry Gods
Anger plays a central role in divine narratives because gods are often portrayed as easily offended and quick to rage. Natural disasters become expressions of displeasure, disease becomes punishment, and death becomes judgement. These stories reflect the human tendency to moralise misfortune, since when something bad happens, the mind searches for blame, and gods provide a convenient target. They turn chaos into consequence and randomness into intention, offering emotional satisfaction in place of understanding. Nature, however, does not punish or forgive; it simply behaves according to causes that have nothing to do with morality.
Quote of the day
“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” Isaac Asimov.
Ask the right question
If religious morality is objective and unchanging, why do believers debate it so intensely?
Religious Crooks
Eileen George was an American Catholic visionary figure who reported apparitions and attracted donations and devotional followers, with sceptics arguing that unverified supernatural claims were used to sustain a personality centred religious following.
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That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.