Weird and Religious
In some strands of Hindu belief, the universe is created and destroyed in repeating cycles that last billions of years. Time is not linear but cosmic and circular, with countless worlds appearing and vanishing long before modern astronomy spoke of deep time.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1947 to 1948, Palestine. Fighting between Jewish and Arab Muslim forces included attacks on civilian areas and expulsions. Religious narratives about promised land, holy sites, and sacred duty were used by both sides to justify control and removal of populations.
Fact
In Judaism, dietary laws called kashrut regulate food, and Judaism distinguishes between permitted and forbidden animals and prohibits mixing meat and dairy.
Divine message?
Believers frequently argue that the problem with scriptures lies with interpretation, not the text. This is an admission that the text cannot stand on its own. A divine message that requires constant reinterpretation to remain defensible is indistinguishable from a human one struggling to survive changing knowledge. Clarity is not the enemy of truth, it is its hallmark. Confusion protects authority, not understanding.
Quote of the day
“Fear is the mother of all gods.” Lucretius.
Ask the right question
If divine truth is timeless, why does religious language reflect ancient cosmology and geography?
Religious Crooks
Hogen Fukunaga led Ho No Hana Sanpogyo in Japan, claiming spiritual diagnostic powers through foot reading, later convicted of fraud after authorities said followers were pressured into paying large sums for supposed spiritual cures.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.