Weird and Religious
In ancient Egypt, priests of certain temples shaved every hair on their bodies, including eyebrows and eyelashes, every three days to avoid lice, which they saw as ritually unclean. Cleanliness was not just hygiene but a spiritual requirement.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1860, Mount Lebanon and Damascus. Druze and Maronite Christian communities clashed, with massacres of civilians. Combatants justified violence as defence of their religious communities, protection of honour, and retaliation, turning local power struggles into explicitly sectarian bloodshed.
Fact
In Judaism, circumcision of male infants is a key sign of the covenant, and Judaism performs this ritual as an entry into the religious community.
Different approach
Science welcomes the unknown and does not fear gaps in knowledge but identifies them as problems to be solved, treating the unknown not as sacred but as provisional, since every unanswered question is an invitation to investigate rather than an altar to kneel before, while religion does the opposite by declaring the unknown off limits and calling that declaration wisdom.
Quote of the day
“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain.
Ask the right question
How can free will exist if a god already knows every future choice with certainty?
Religious Crooks
David Koresh led the Branch Davidians and claimed exclusive prophetic authority, with former members reporting that he took multiple “spiritual wives,” including underage girls, presenting sexual access as part of his divine role.
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If a real God existed, would he allow crooks to act on his behalf?