Weird and Religious
Among certain Siberian shamanic traditions, shamans wore costumes covered in metal pieces and antlers to represent a spirit journey in which they symbolically died and travelled to other worlds. The clothing itself was seen as part of the transformation.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2022, Pakistan, Peshawar mosque bombing. An Islamist militant attacked a mosque, killing Muslim worshippers linked to security forces. The group justified the bombing as jihad against those seen as supporting an un-Islamic state, even when victims were fellow Muslims.
Fact
In Islam, angels are part of belief, and Islam teaches that they carry out God’s commands and record human actions.
Glorifying faith
The glorification of faith trains people to accept claims without understanding them, and this habit does not remain confined to religion. Once the mind has been conditioned to suspend scepticism in one domain, it becomes easier to do so elsewhere. Faith seeps into politics, pseudoscience, and conspiracy thinking. Authority becomes preferable to evidence, and certainty becomes more attractive than complexity. The damage multiplies beyond theology.
Quote of the day
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.” Benjamin Disraeli.
Ask the right question
How can an all powerful being be offended by human thoughts or private doubts?
Religious Crooks
Naasón Joaquín García, leader of La Luz del Mundo church in Mexico, was arrested and later convicted in the United States on charges related to sexual abuse of minors, with prosecutors stating that his religious status enabled access and control over victims.
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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.