Weird and Religious
Among the ancient Aztecs, human sacrifice was not seen as cruelty but as a cosmic duty. They believed the sun needed nourishment in the form of human hearts and blood to continue rising each day. Without these rituals, they thought the world itself would end.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2022, Pakistan, Peshawar mosque bombing. An Islamist militant attacked a mosque, killing Muslim worshippers linked to security forces. The group justified the bombing as jihad against those seen as supporting an un-Islamic state, even when victims were fellow Muslims.
Fact
In Hindu belief, karma describes the idea that every action, intention, and thought produces consequences, meaning that present circumstances are linked to past behaviour and future experiences will be shaped by what a person does now.
What sacred texts reflect
Sacred texts are full of scientific nonsense. This is not incidental, it is foundational. The universe is described as young and small. Life is created in the wrong order. Humans appear fully formed. Disease is moral rather than biological. Weather is controlled by mood. None of this reflects hidden wisdom. It reflects ignorance. Believers often respond by insisting these passages are metaphorical. This raises an obvious question. How does one distinguish metaphor from mistake, and why a god capable of creating galaxies would choose to communicate through riddles that reliably mislead for centuries.
Quote of the day
“You can safely assume that you have created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” Anne Lamott.
Ask the right question
If humans were specially created, why does human DNA contain remnants of ancient viruses and the same genetic errors found in other animals?
Religious Crooks
Cho Hee-sung, leader of a South Korean religious group sometimes called the Victory Altar, was convicted of fraud and also faced allegations of sexual misconduct tied to his position as a messianic figure within the movement.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
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.