Weird and Religious
In ancient Rome, there was a festival called Saturnalia where normal social order was briefly reversed. Slaves could mock their masters, gambling was allowed, and public behaviour loosened. Religion created a scheduled period where rules were suspended under divine approval.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1947, Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India. Mass killings, abductions, and forced migration accompanied the creation of India and Pakistan. Mobs and militias justified attacks as defending Sikh, Hindu, or Muslim communities, avenging wrongs, and securing territory for their religious group.
Fact
In Buddhism, the ultimate aim is freedom from ignorance, and Buddhism links ignorance to misunderstanding the nature of reality, which in turn fuels craving and suffering.
Evolution
Before evolution, complexity looked mysterious. Eyes see, wings fly, hearts pump, and brains think. Without a mechanism to explain how such structures could arise gradually, invention seemed like the only option. A designer filled the explanatory gap. This was never evidence. It was desperation disguised as understanding. Darwin did not remove meaning from life. He removed a bad explanation and replaced it with a better one.
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 designer use the same anatomical flaws, such as the blind spot in the eye or the risk of choking due to a shared airway, in so many species?
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.