Weird and Religious
The Aztecs believed certain eclipses were signs that cosmic balance was failing. Pregnant women wore obsidian blades or amulets to protect themselves from supposed harmful forces released during the event.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1804, Haiti. During the revolution, violence included killings of French settlers. While largely anti colonial, some rebels drew on Vodou religious elements and spiritual authority, framing struggle as divinely supported liberation from Christian slaveholders and oppressive religious order.
Fact
In Buddhism, insight meditation aims to see reality clearly, and Buddhism uses close observation of experience to understand impermanence, dissatisfaction, and non self.
Women and Islam
Islamic scripture and jurisprudence leave little ambiguity. Women are placed below men in status, authority, and legal standing. A man’s testimony carries more weight than a woman’s. A man may take several wives, while a woman may not. A man may divorce with ease, while a woman’s access is restricted. A man may discipline his wife, while she is commanded to obey. These are not peripheral interpretations but foundational principles reinforced by centuries of scholarship dominated entirely by men. The veil is often defended as modesty or protection, but its purpose is transparent. Women are made responsible for male behaviour, and their bodies are treated as public threats requiring control. Hair, skin, and shape are recast as moral hazards. The message is unmistakable. Men are assumed to lack self-control, and women are required to compensate for it. This is not dignity but blame disguised as virtue.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the dream of the human mind.” Ludwig Feuerbach.
Ask the right question
Why do religious revivals and movements follow social and psychological patterns that can be studied scientifically?
Religious Crooks
Edir Macedo founded the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Brazil, building a vast religious and media empire, and has faced accusations and legal cases over financial practices, with critics describing aggressive fundraising tied to promises of divine reward.
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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.
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.