Weird and Religious
Among the ancient Aztecs, human sacrifice was not seen as cruelty but as a cosmic duty. They believed the sun needed nourishment in the form of human hearts and blood to continue rising each day. Without these rituals, they thought the world itself would end.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1675, New England in colonial America. King Philip’s War involved brutal fighting between English Puritans and Native peoples. Puritan leaders described the war in biblical terms, portraying Native groups as heathens and the conflict as a providential struggle for a godly society.
Fact
In Shinto, prayer often involves simple requests for health, success, or protection, and Shinto connects everyday life with spiritual presence.
Education enemy of Islam
Education poses a serious threat to Islam, which is why religious education so often avoids full exposure to the source material. Selected verses are taught, sanitised stories are repeated and context is curated. Violence, inequality, and cruelty are minimised or omitted entirely. When believers finally encounter the unfiltered text, often as adults, the shock is real. Many leave at that point. Those who stay usually do so by retreating further into authority and interpretation.
Quote of the day
“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.” Sigmund Freud.
Ask the right question
If divine truth is timeless, why does religious language reflect ancient cosmology and geography?
Religious Crooks
Ravi Zacharias was a prominent Christian apologist whose ministry commissioned an independent investigation after his death, which concluded that he had engaged in sexual misconduct and exploited women while using his religious reputation as cover.
For more information, google the name.
Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.