Weird and Religious
In some Hindu traditions, certain holy men known as Aghori deliberately use things considered impure, including meditating in cremation grounds and using human skulls as bowls. They believe breaking social taboos helps them detach from illusion and fear.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1618, Bohemia in central Europe. Early Thirty Years War violence followed religious and political confrontation between Protestant nobles and Catholic authority. Each side justified armed action as defending the true Christian faith and resisting religious oppression imposed by rival confessions.
Fact
In Buddhism, different schools have developed, and Buddhism includes traditions such as Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana, each with its own practices and interpretations while sharing core teachings.
Dead and wrong
Perhaps the most telling feature of religion is that its ultimate cost is never felt by the believer. Those who die believing in heaven or hell will never know they were mistaken. The illusion collapses only for the living, who bear the consequences of belief in this world. Religion can make life feel easier and more meaningful, but it achieves this by trading truth for comfort. The exchange may soothe the individual, yet it keeps humanity tied to illusion, and that is a trade no longer worth making.
Quote of the day
“Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions.” Frater Ravus.
Ask the right question
If sacred sites are special to god, why do they correspond so closely to places important in local history and politics?
Religious Crooks
Ryuho Okawa founded Happy Science in Japan, claiming to channel spiritual beings and producing a vast catalogue of paid books, seminars, and films, with critics describing the organisation as centred on monetised revelations and personality driven belief.
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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.