Weird and Religious
In Japan, there are Buddhist temples that hold memorial services for broken objects such as needles and even dolls. The idea is that objects have a kind of spiritual presence, and throwing them away without respect could be improper. Old dolls are sometimes burned in rituals rather than discarded as rubbish.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2014, Syria and Iraq under Islamic State expansion. The group massacred Shia Muslims, Christians, and others, destroying shrines and churches. It justified killings and enslavement through extremist interpretations of Islam, claiming divine command to eliminate unbelief and establish a caliphate.
Fact
In Christianity, salvation means being reconciled with God, and Christianity presents this as made possible through the life and work of Jesus Christ.
Redefining God
Faced with contradictions, scientific refutation, and moral embarrassment, many modern believers no longer defend the god their scriptures describe. They quietly replace him. God becomes energy, love, consciousness, the universe, the ground of being, or something intentionally undefined. These redefinitions share one feature. They remove all testable claims. A god who is undefined cannot be disproven but cannot be demonstrated either. This emptiness is presented as depth when it is merely ambiguity. A belief that cannot be questioned because it means nothing is not profound. It is hollow.
Quote of the day
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.” Denis Diderot.
Ask the right question
If miracles suspend natural laws, how can science function reliably in a world where laws can be overridden at any time?
Religious Crooks
Tony Quinn, an Irish spiritual teacher, led a movement where followers provided money and labour, with media investigations and former members describing a structure of financial exploitation and authoritarian control linked to his religious role.
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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?