Weird and Religious
In some Hindu traditions, certain holy men known as Aghori deliberately use things considered impure, including meditating in cremation grounds and using human skulls as bowls. They believe breaking social taboos helps them detach from illusion and fear.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2003, Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula carried out bombings against residential compounds. The group justified attacks as jihad against Western presence and un-Islamic rulers, promising religious reward for striking perceived enemies of Islam.
Fact
In Christianity, charity is encouraged, and Christianity teaches giving to those in need as a practical expression of love and faith.
Common flaws
The Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah are often treated as fundamentally different, but their flaws are remarkably similar. Each reflects the social structure of its time. Each encodes power relations. Each demands submission. Each resists scrutiny. Each claims perfection while requiring armies of interpreters to explain away its failures. If these books were presented today without their sacred status, they would be rejected as the products of their era, not revelations from beyond it.
Quote of the day
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.” Benjamin Disraeli.
Ask the right question
Why is questioning religious claims often discouraged if those claims are supposed to be true?
Religious Crooks
Raed Salah type political figures are different, so a clearer religious grift case is Peter Ajisafe, a Nigerian based prophet figure associated with miracle claims and fundraising appeals, reflecting a broader pattern of self styled pastors accused of using healing promises to attract donations.
For more information, google the name.
Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.