Weird and Religious
In early Japan, there are legends of hitobashira, or “human pillars,” where people were supposedly buried alive at the base of bridges or castles to appease spirits and ensure the stability of the structure. Whether all accounts are historical or partly mythical, the belief shows a link between construction and sacrifice.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1921, Malabar region in India. The Moplah Rebellion saw Muslim peasants attack Hindu landlords and others amid anti colonial unrest. Some rebels framed actions as religious struggle, invoking jihad language, while authorities and victims viewed violence as sectarian aggression.
Fact
In Hinduism, pilgrimage to holy places such as rivers, temples, and sacred cities is considered spiritually beneficial, with journeys to these sites believed to support purification, devotion, and religious merit.
Sincere prophets
Some of God's so-called messengers are sincere and mistaken. They experience visions, voices, or overwhelming convictions and interpret them through the cultural framework available to them. In a world steeped in superstition, internal experiences are easily externalised. Dreams feel like messages. Intuition feels like command. Emotional surges feel like revelation. These individuals are not lying in the ordinary sense. They are convinced. But conviction is not evidence. History is full of people who believed extraordinary things about themselves and were wrong.
Quote of the day
“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain.
Ask the right question
Why do accounts of angels, demons and spirits closely resemble myths from surrounding cultures of the time?
Religious Crooks
Samuel Bateman, a breakaway Mormon fundamentalist leader, claimed prophetic status and controlled a closed religious community, later arrested on serious criminal charges, with authorities alleging that religious authority was used to dominate members and their assets.
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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.