Weird and Religious
In ancient Egypt, priests of certain temples shaved every hair on their bodies, including eyebrows and eyelashes, every three days to avoid lice, which they saw as ritually unclean. Cleanliness was not just hygiene but a spiritual requirement.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1990, Kashmir region. Armed Islamist groups targeted Hindu Pandit civilians, leading to killings and mass displacement. Militants justified violence as jihad to free Muslim land and remove perceived collaborators, while victims were labelled enemies of the faith or obstacles to religious self rule.
Fact
In Christianity, Jesus Christ is regarded as the Son of God, and Christianity teaches that his life, teachings, death, and resurrection are central to God’s plan for humanity.
Religions of peace?
Historically, religion has been the reason for countless bloodbaths in the name of god. Believers often claim that religion also inspires peace, but this argument misses the point. Any ideology can promote kindness when it agrees. The true measure of belief is how it behaves when it meets conflict. Religion resolves that conflict by prioritising obedience. When god commands harm, pity is overruled, and only systems claiming divine authority can silence conscience so completely. Killing is recast as duty, mercy as weakness, and doubt as treason. Violence is no longer judged by human consequences but by loyalty to faith.
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 religious disagreements so often mirror political or cultural divisions?
Religious Crooks
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh led the Dera Sacha Sauda sect in India and was convicted of rape, with the court case portraying a system where female followers were vulnerable to abuse under his religious leadership.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
History tells us that wherever fools gathered, there was always a religious crook to take advantage of them. The best way to stop the crooks is not to be a fool.