Weird and Religious
In ancient China, oracle bones were used to ask questions of ancestors or gods. Priests carved questions onto animal bones or turtle shells, then heated them until cracks formed. The pattern of cracks was read as an answer from the spirit world, making burnt bone a decision making device.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2000, Maluku and Sulawesi in Indonesia. Continued clashes between Christian and Muslim militias involved bombings, village burnings, and killings. Each side justified attacks as defence of churches or mosques, protecting believers, and resisting religious encroachment.
Fact
In Buddhism, different schools have developed, and Buddhism includes traditions such as Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana, each with its own practices and interpretations while sharing core teachings.
From literal to metaphor
Religion did not collapse when science emerged but instead adapted to survive. As specific claims were disproven, they were reinterpreted, and as literal explanations failed, metaphor was introduced. Gods retreated from weather into morality, from disease into meaning, and from creation into abstraction. The domain of belief shrank, but the belief itself persisted. The original role of religion as a universal explanation was forgotten and replaced by claims of spiritual depth and timeless wisdom, yet the underlying structure remained unchanged, relying on assertion without evidence and confidence without accountability.
Quote of the day
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire.
Ask the right question
How can free will exist if a god already knows every future choice with certainty?
Religious Crooks
Paul Schäfer led Colonia Dignidad in Chile, presenting it as a Christian community while running an isolated compound where followers’ labour and assets were controlled, later exposed as a site of extensive abuse and corruption.
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Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.