Weird and Religious
In parts of West Africa, belief in witchcraft can focus on the idea that spiritual power is inherited within families and can be used unconsciously to harm others. Misfortune such as illness or business failure may be explained through these unseen forces rather than chance.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1998, Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Christian and Muslim militias clashed in communal warfare, burning villages and killing civilians. Both sides justified violence as defence of their Christian or Muslim faith communities, protection of churches or mosques, and resistance to domination.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, ritual purity is important, and Zoroastrianism includes practices aimed at keeping body and environment free from pollution.
Just like humans
Gods do not behave like forces of nature, they behave like people. They get angry, feel offended, demand loyalty, reward obedience, punish disobedience, forgive selectively, and hold grudges for generations while loving, hating, envying, threatening, and negotiating in ways that reveal their origin. This resemblance is not subtle but the clearest clue available to understanding where such beings come from. A mind responsible for the universe would not share the emotional fragility of a primate, yet gods consistently do because humans did not model gods on reality but on themselves.
Quote of the day
“The invisible and the non existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown.
Ask the right question
Why do religions warn against doubt rather than encouraging open and critical examination of their claims?
Religious Crooks
Brigham Young led the early Mormon community in Utah, combining religious leadership with political and economic control, with historians noting concentrated power over property, labour, and settlement structures tied directly to church authority.
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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.