Weird and Religious
In ancient Mesopotamia, people carried small clay statues of gods in their homes, but if disaster struck they sometimes punished the statue, even throwing it away, as though the god had failed in its duty. The relationship with the divine could be treated like a contract.
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 Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib is the sacred scripture, and Sikhism treats this text as the final and living Guru.
Fear and Death
Fear is not a weakness in human psychology but one of its oldest tools. Long before humans wondered about truth or meaning, they feared injury, abandonment, and death. Fear kept bodies alive, sharpened attention, and forced caution, yet it also demanded explanation. When early humans became aware of their own mortality, something changed permanently. Death was no longer just something that happened to others; it became inevitable, personal, and unknowable. The mind that could imagine tomorrow could also imagine its own end, and that realisation created a problem no animal before us had faced. How do you live knowing you will stop existing.
Quote of the day
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” Napoleon Bonaparte.
Ask the right question
Why do near death experiences vary so much across cultures if they are glimpses of the same afterlife?
Religious Crooks
Benny Hinn is a televangelist known for large healing crusades and prosperity preaching, long criticised for lavish lifestyle and opaque ministry finances, with investigations questioning how donated funds were used.
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Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.