Weird and Religious
Among the ancient Maya, human sacrifice was tied to astronomy and kingship. Captured rulers or nobles could be sacrificed during major calendar events. Blood was seen as sacred nourishment for the gods, linking political power, timekeeping, and violence in a single religious act.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1921, Malabar region in India. The Moplah Rebellion saw Muslim peasants attack Hindu landlords and others amid anti colonial unrest. Some rebels framed actions as religious struggle, invoking jihad language, while authorities and victims viewed violence as sectarian aggression.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, good thoughts, good words, and good deeds form a basic ethical formula, and Zoroastrianism links moral choice directly to spiritual outcome.
The darkness of faith
Faith demands submission of the mind, and religion calls that submission virtue. In practice, it is surrender. When faith is celebrated, questioning becomes dangerous and obedience becomes sacred. That is the point at which reason dies, not through argument lost but through curiosity forbidden. A belief that cannot endure scrutiny deserves none of its protections. Faith does not deepen understanding, it ends it. It does not open the mind, it closes it and then praises the darkness for its tranquillity.
Quote of the day
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.” Richard Francis Burton.
Ask the right question
If miracles suspend natural laws, how can science function reliably in a world where laws can be overridden at any time?
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.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.