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
1839 to 1842, Qing China. The Taiping movement, led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed a Christian inspired divine mission, began rebellion that became a massive war. Followers justified violence as establishing a heavenly kingdom, destroying demons, and carrying out God’s will on earth.
Fact
In Hinduism, varna is a traditional way of describing social roles and duties, and it is historically linked to the later development of caste, which shaped expectations about work and responsibility.
Violent domination
Violence aided religion's survival as much as persuasion. Successful religions often spread through conquest, coercion, and law rather than through reasoned agreement. Belief followed armies, not arguments. Temples and churches were raised in lands already conquered, and conversion became an act of submission rather than conviction. The gods of victors displaced those of the defeated, and over generations this erasure was rewritten as revelation rather than domination
Quote of the day
“Fear is the mother of all gods.” Lucretius.
Ask the right question
Why do religious moral codes often lag behind secular ethical developments?
Religious Crooks
Prophet Passion Java is a Zimbabwean religious figure who blends prophecy, miracle claims, and celebrity style display of wealth, with critics arguing that religious authority is used to attract donations and fund a lavish lifestyle.
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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.