Weird and Religious
In medieval Europe, people believed in “changelings.” If a child was ill, disabled, or behaved differently, families sometimes thought fairies had stolen the real child and left a substitute. This belief led to cruel treatments intended to force the fairy to return the original child.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2020, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. Islamist Muslim insurgents attacked villages, beheaded civilians, and displaced thousands. The group justified violence as jihad to establish Islamic rule, punish those cooperating with the state, and cleanse society of un-Islamic influence.
Fact
In Confucianism, righteousness, known as yi, guides action, and Confucianism teaches doing what is morally appropriate rather than what is merely profitable.
Why religion survives
Religion does not persists because it answers questions well. It persists because it implants itself into early childhood, embeds itself deeply, and defends itself fiercely. Truth does not need protection. It survives any examination. Religion survives by avoiding it.
Religion is not primarily an idea. It is a social habit transmitted through generations, reinforced by fear, belonging, and repetition, and disguised as eternal truth. Once this is seen clearly, its endurance loses its mystery. The question is no longer why religion survives, but why anyone would expect habit, fear, and identity to produce truth at all.
Quote of the day
“Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help.” Jesse Ventura.
Ask the right question
How did language diversity arise so suddenly in stories like the Tower of Babel without leaving any linguistic or archaeological trace?
Religious Crooks
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho, led a wealthy spiritual movement that established a commune in the United States, where senior members carried out crimes including immigration fraud and a bioterror attack, with the movement widely criticised as financially exploitative.
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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.
Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.