Weird and Religious
In parts of Southeast Asia, spirit houses are built outside homes or businesses to give local spirits a place to live. Offerings of food, drinks, or incense are made so the spirits do not cause trouble, creating a parallel unseen household beside the human one.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1996, Afghanistan, including Kabul. The Taliban seized power and imposed severe punishments, public executions, and strict social rules. They justified coercion and violence as enforcing Sharia, purifying society, and restoring Islamic order after chaos, labelling opponents as un-Islamic or corrupt.
Fact
In Taoism, rituals and deities appear in religious forms of the tradition, and Taoism includes temples, offerings, and spiritual beings in many communities.
Regulating behaviour
Pettiness exposes the human origin of Gods most clearly. Gods care deeply about clothing, diet, sexual habits, rituals, and words spoken in precise sequences, concerns that mirror the anxieties of the societies that produced them. These details reflect attempts to regulate behaviour, preserve identity, and enforce conformity through sacred justification. The universe has no interest in what humans eat or wear, but humans do, and their gods care because they do.
Quote of the day
“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain.
Ask the right question
Why would an all loving being create a system where the majority of humans through history never even hear the correct message?
Religious Crooks
Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram Yoga, built a global yoga movement with spiritual overtones and faced numerous lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and assault, with court judgments and settlements severely damaging his standing.
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That was just a tiny case in a vast ocean of religious crooks.