Weird and Religious
In ancient Greece, there were curse tablets where people scratched the names of enemies onto thin sheets of lead and buried them in graves or wells. They asked gods or spirits of the dead to harm rivals in love, business, or court cases. Religion functioned as a supernatural legal weapon.
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 Confucianism, filial piety is fundamental, and Confucianism stresses respect, care, and duty toward parents and ancestors.
God needs prophets
Religion does not spread itself. It requires messengers. Gods do not announce their will directly to crowds. They speak to individuals who then speak for them. These individuals are called prophets, messiahs, seers, or chosen ones, but the pattern is consistent. A human claims exclusive access to divine truth and demands belief, obedience, or authority as a result. When examined closely, those who claim to speak for gods fall into a narrow and revealing range of human types. Some are sincere and mistaken, others are manipulative and others sit uncomfortably between delusion and calculation.
Quote of the day
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” Benjamin Franklin.
Ask the right question
If sacred stories are meant to teach moral lessons, why are many of the heroes morally questionable by modern standards?
Religious Crooks
Lesego Daniel leads Rabboni Centre Ministries in South Africa and became known for unusual miracle demonstrations, with critics accusing him of using spectacle driven religious claims to attract followers and donations.
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Religion is supposed to bring morality but it also seem to bring a lot of crooks who take advantage of people.