Weird and Religious
The Zoroastrian religion traditionally avoided burying or burning bodies because both earth and fire were sacred. Corpses were placed in stone towers where birds consumed them, to avoid polluting the natural elements.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2000, Maluku and Sulawesi in Indonesia. Continued clashes between Christian and Muslim militias involved bombings, village burnings, and killings. Each side justified attacks as defence of churches or mosques, protecting believers, and resisting religious encroachment.
Fact
In Confucianism, respect for tradition is strong, and Confucianism looks to the past for models of ethical and political order.
Survival - Not Accuracy
The human brain did not evolve to discover truth but to keep a fragile organism alive long enough to reproduce. Accuracy was optional while survival was not. This single fact explains far more about religion than any scripture ever written. The brain that emerged from millions of years of natural selection is impressive, creative, and deeply unreliable. It jumps to conclusions, invents causes, and clings to comforting stories. When that brain encounters a dangerous, unpredictable world, belief in gods is not surprising; it is expected.
Quote of the day
“The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.” Arthur C. Clarke.
Ask the right question
Why would a loving deity create a world where survival often depends on killing other living beings?
Religious Crooks
Jim Jones led the Peoples Temple, presenting a mix of Christian and socialist religious themes while building a tightly controlled movement that channelled members’ money and property into the organisation, ending in the Jonestown mass deaths after years of reported financial, psychological, and physical abuse within the group.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
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.