Weird and Religious
There are hadith in Islam that state a fly has disease on one wing and cure on the other, and that if it falls into a drink, it should be fully dipped before being removed. The idea treats a common insect as carrying both harm and remedy in a balanced way.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2019, Sri Lanka Easter bombings. Islamist Muslim suicide attackers targeted Christian churches and hotels, killing hundreds. The group pledged allegiance to Islamic State and justified the attacks as revenge and jihad against Christians and foreigners.
Fact
In Jainism, non possession is encouraged, and Jainism teaches reducing attachment to material goods and limiting desires.
Just and merciful?
Another religious inconsistency appears in the claim that god is perfectly just and perfectly merciful. Justice demands consequences proportional to harm, while mercy demands forgiveness, but eternal punishment for finite actions satisfies neither. A god who forgives everything is not just, and a god who punishes forever is not merciful, and trying to hold both qualities simultaneously results in definitions so vague they lose all meaning. Justice becomes whatever god does, and mercy becomes irrelevant.
Quote of the day
“Religion divides people. It has been a bloody business.” Christopher Hitchens.
Ask the right question
How does the existence of severe natural disasters and childhood disease fit with the idea of an all powerful and benevolent deity?
Religious Crooks
Inri Cristo, a Brazilian religious claimant who presents himself as a reincarnated Christ, leads a small movement funded by followers, with critics describing it as personality driven and financially sustained through devotion to his divine claims.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
If a real God existed, would he allow crooks to act on his behalf?