Weird and Religious
In some Pacific cultures, ancestors were believed to return as sharks or other animals, and harming such a creature could be seen as harming a relative. The line between human and animal identity was not fixed.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1649, Drogheda in Ireland. Oliver Cromwell’s troops stormed the town and killed many defenders and civilians after surrender disputes. Supporters portrayed the killings as divine judgement against Catholic enemies and rebellion, using biblical language to defend harsh punishment and intimidation.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, belief centres on one supreme deity called Ahura Mazda, and Zoroastrianism teaches that this being represents truth, light, and wisdom.
Confirming belief
Reason operates by testing ideas against reality, demanding coherence, consistency, and evidence. It accepts uncertainty and revises conclusions when new information appears. Faith does the reverse. It begins with a conclusion and defends it regardless of contradiction. Discrepancies are reinterpreted, absence of evidence becomes a test, and failed predictions become mysteries. Every outcome is made to confirm belief because belief has been placed beyond evaluation. This is not strength but insulation.
Quote of the day
“The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.” George Bernard Shaw.
Ask the right question
If sacred texts contain timeless truth, why do they require modern science to be reinterpreted as metaphor?
Religious Crooks
Claude Vorilhon, known as Raël, founded the Raëlian movement claiming extraterrestrial revelations, building an international organisation that critics say operates as a personality centred system sustained by member donations and paid events.
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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.