Weird and Religious
In parts of Indonesia, the Toraja people keep the bodies of deceased relatives in the home for months or years. The dead person is spoken to, given food, and treated as sick rather than gone until a major funeral ceremony can be afforded.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2016, Syria, sectarian militias. Various Shia and Sunni Muslim militias committed atrocities during the civil war. Fighters justified actions as defending their branch of Islam, protecting shrines, and fighting heretics or unbelievers.
Fact
In Islam, sharia refers to the broad framework of religious law and ethical guidance, and Islam understands this as covering worship, personal conduct, family matters, and aspects of social and legal life derived from the Qur an, the sayings of Muhammad, and later interpretation.
Why religion survives
Religion embeds itself in family, culture, language, and community. To believe is to belong and to doubt is to risk isolation. Humans are social animals, and belonging is not optional. The threat of exclusion triggers the same fear systems as physical danger. Religion exploits this instinct expertly, ensuring that leaving belief carries social cost. That cost need not be enforced violently to be effective. Shame, disappointment, and loss of status are often enough.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” Karl Marx.
Ask the right question
If religious morality is objective and unchanging, why do believers debate it so intensely?
Religious Crooks
Peter Foster posed as a wellness and spiritual lifestyle entrepreneur with religious overtones in some ventures, repeatedly convicted of fraud, illustrating how spiritual language can be blended with classic financial scams.
For more information, google the name.
Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.