Weird and Religious
Among the ancient Maya, human sacrifice was tied to astronomy and kingship. Captured rulers or nobles could be sacrificed during major calendar events. Blood was seen as sacred nourishment for the gods, linking political power, timekeeping, and violence in a single religious act.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1915, Ottoman Empire, Armenian regions. Armenian Christians were deported and killed in mass atrocities. Perpetrators portrayed Armenians as traitors and outsiders, using Muslim identity politics and wartime religious division to justify removal of a Christian minority.
Fact
In Islam, end times beliefs are present, and Islam includes teachings about signs before the final judgement, the appearance of major figures, and the eventual accountability of all people.
A natural alliance
The arrangement between rulers and religion has always served both sides. Political power gained unquestionable authority, while religious institutions gained protection, wealth, and influence. The alliance was natural and enduring. Kings were crowned by priests, laws were framed as divine commands, wars were declared holy, and conquest became righteousness. Violence acquired moral cover, and when power killed, it was not murder but obedience to god.
Quote of the day
“Devout believers are safeguarded in a world of their own, a protected microclimate of belief in which they can flourish, safe from the competing harshness of reality.” Daniel Dennett.
Ask the right question
Why would a god reveal different and conflicting rules to different groups of people?
Religious Crooks
Peter Foster posed as a wellness and spiritual lifestyle entrepreneur with religious overtones in some ventures, repeatedly convicted of fraud, illustrating how spiritual language can be blended with classic financial scams.
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Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
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.