Weird and Religious
Some Islamic traditions say that when a person dies and is buried, two angels named Munkar and Nakir come into the grave to question the dead person. The grave becomes a kind of interview room where answers determine comfort or distress until the final judgement.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2003, Iraq after invasion. Insurgent groups including Islamist militants targeted Shia pilgrims and religious gatherings with bombings. Perpetrators justified attacks as jihad against rival Muslim sects and foreign backed authorities, deepening sectarian religious war.
Fact
In Sikhism, honest work is valued, and Sikhism encourages earning a living through fair effort rather than exploitation.
The law to the rescue
In many parts of the world taking offense at criticism of religion is enforced, not socially but legally. In several Muslim-majority countries, criticism of religion is punished harshly, sometimes by death. Blasphemy and apostasy laws preserve control, not faith. They ensure that belief survives through fear rather than persuasion. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have enabled false accusations, mob violence, and judicial killings. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, Sudan, and Yemen all criminalise dissent to varying degrees. Even in states described as moderate, open criticism of Islam remains unsafe, and a belief that cannot survive questioning must prohibit it.
Quote of the day
“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.” Abraham Lincoln.
Ask the right question
How can eternal punishment be a just response to mistakes made during a short and limited human life?
Religious Crooks
Marcial Maciel was the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order, and was later found by Vatican investigations to have sexually abused minors and seminarians over many years while using his religious status to avoid scrutiny.
For more information, google the name.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.