Weird and Religious
In ancient Mesopotamia, people carried small clay statues of gods in their homes, but if disaster struck they sometimes punished the statue, even throwing it away, as though the god had failed in its duty. The relationship with the divine could be treated like a contract.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1096, Rhineland in present day Germany. Christian Crusader mobs attacked Jewish communities in cities such as Worms and Mainz, killing many people. Attackers claimed they were purifying Christendom before heading east, framing massacres as religious duty against those they labelled enemies of Christianity.
Fact
In Christianity, sin refers to actions and attitudes that separate people from God, and Christianity teaches that all humans are affected by sin.
Adapting religion
Across centuries, religion displayed remarkable adaptability. When political orders shifted, gods shifted with them. When empires collapsed, religions rebranded. When science revealed natural causes, religion retreated into metaphor and symbolism. Its core claims changed shape to survive every intellectual and cultural transformation, and this flexibility has often been mistaken for depth. In reality, it marks a system designed for survival rather than accuracy, for truth does not require adaptation to power, but fiction does.
Quote of the day
“Men would never be superstitious if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune.” Baruch Spinoza.
Ask the right question
If a god values honesty, why reward belief based on faith rather than evidence?
Religious Crooks
Elizabeth Clare Prophet headed the Church Universal and Triumphant, promoting apocalyptic prophecies and building a large organisation funded by followers, with critics pointing to failed predictions and heavy financial expectations.
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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.