Weird and Religious
Human sacrifice was part of Aztec religion in Central America, where victims were offered to the sun god to keep the universe functioning. Priests removed the heart while it was still beating and lifted it toward the sky. This was not seen as murder but as a necessary cosmic duty to prevent the world from ending.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2001, Gujarat, India, post earthquake tensions. Some Hindu extremist groups attacked Christian missionaries and churches. Perpetrators justified violence as protecting Hindu society from conversion and defending the nation’s religious identity.
Fact
In Islam, hadith literature is important, and Islam uses reports about the words and actions of Muhammad as a major source for understanding religious practice and law alongside the Qur an.
Noah and the Great Flood
Geology provides no evidence of a global flood, zoology provides no evidence of mass redistribution from a single point, and genetics provides no evidence of recent universal population collapse. The story of Noah's Ark fails at every level, yet for centuries it was taught as historical truth and disbelief was treated as moral failure, because the goal was never explanation but submission. Accepting the impossible demonstrated loyalty while questioning it marked danger.
Quote of the day
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.” Richard Francis Burton.
Ask the right question
Why do religious leaders so often disagree on core doctrines if they are guided by the same divine source?
Religious Crooks
Peter Foster posed as a wellness and spiritual lifestyle entrepreneur with religious overtones in some ventures, repeatedly convicted of fraud, illustrating how spiritual language can be blended with classic financial scams.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Today we took a look at yet another religious crook but there are hundreds of thousands of them. You could spend a lifetime researching the topic.