Weird and Religious
Some early Christian monks believed that demons caused distracting thoughts, including ordinary desires or random ideas. A stray thought about food or comfort could be treated as a literal attack by an invisible being rather than a normal mental process.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
622 to 630, Arabian Peninsula. Early Muslim community conflicts under Muhammad included battles such as Badr and the conquest of Mecca. Fighting was justified in Islamic terms as defence of the Muslim community, struggle against persecution, and establishing God’s rule over society and sacred space.
Fact
In Hinduism, life is often viewed as moving through stages, beginning with education, followed by family and work responsibilities, then gradual withdrawal from worldly focus, and finally deeper spiritual concentration.
Spiritual Awakening
Religion did not descend from the heavens. It emerged from predictable errors in perception, memory, emotion, and social behaviour. The gods were not revealed; they were inferred, assumed, and inherited. This is not an insult to humanity but an explanation of how deeply human religion really is. To move beyond it requires no spiritual awakening. It requires something far simpler and far harder. It requires accepting that the brain we trust to find truth was never built for that task and learning, at last, to compensate for its flaws.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.” Karl Marx.
Ask the right question
Why is questioning religious claims often discouraged if those claims are supposed to be true?
Religious Crooks
Tony Alamo led a religious ministry that operated businesses staffed by followers, and he was later convicted on charges related to transporting minors for sexual purposes, with former members describing financial and personal control.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
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.