Weird and Religious
Across many cultures, human sacrifice was often justified as a trade. A human life was offered in exchange for rain, victory, fertility, or protection. The act was framed not as cruelty but as a transaction with unseen powers believed to control survival itself.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1990, Kashmir region. Armed Islamist groups targeted Hindu Pandit civilians, leading to killings and mass displacement. Militants justified violence as jihad to free Muslim land and remove perceived collaborators, while victims were labelled enemies of the faith or obstacles to religious self rule.
Fact
In Jainism, strict self discipline is valued, and Jainism encourages control over desires, speech, and physical actions.
Why religion survives
One of the ways religion persists is by claiming ownership of morality and meaning, framing departure as perilous. Believers are taught that without god, life collapses into chaos or nihilism. This claim is false but effective. It portrays disbelief not as an intellectual position but as moral irresponsibility. Many remain within religion not because it convinces them, but because they fear what lies beyond it.
Quote of the day
“The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” Mark Twain.
Ask the right question
Why does divine revelation depend so heavily on the time, place and culture of the people receiving it?
Religious Crooks
Julio César Grassi is an Argentine Catholic priest who founded a charity for vulnerable children and was later convicted of sexually abusing minors in his care, with investigations showing how his religious and charitable status helped shield him for years.
For more information, google the name.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.