Weird and Religious
In ancient Egypt, priests of certain temples shaved every hair on their bodies, including eyebrows and eyelashes, every three days to avoid lice, which they saw as ritually unclean. Cleanliness was not just hygiene but a spiritual requirement.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
1993, Mumbai in India. Muslim perpetrators from criminal networks influenced by Islamist narratives carried out coordinated bombings killing hundreds. The attacks were justified by organisers as revenge for anti Muslim riots and as defence of Muslim honour, blending crime, politics, and religious grievance.
Fact
In Zoroastrianism, belief centres on one supreme deity called Ahura Mazda, and Zoroastrianism teaches that this being represents truth, light, and wisdom.
A broken system
Religion survives by demanding acceptance of its inconsistencies as features rather than flaws. Believers are told that divine truth transcends human logic while simultaneously being expected to reason their way into belief. Logic is used selectively and abandoned precisely when it becomes inconvenient. A belief system that requires contradiction to survive is not profound, it is broken. Truth does not require mutually exclusive claims to be held simultaneously, and reality does not need excuses. When a system can only function by teaching people to tolerate incoherence, the problem is not human reason. It is the system itself.
Quote of the day
“Faith means not wanting to know what is true.” Friedrich Nietzsche.
Ask the right question
If spiritual experiences reveal truth, why can drugs, lack of sleep or brain stimulation produce similar experiences?
Religious Crooks
Theodore McCarrick was a high ranking Catholic cardinal who was laicised after church investigations concluded he had sexually abused adults and minors, with findings that his senior religious position enabled misconduct over decades.
For more information, google the name.
Almost all of the crooks appearing in this section have their own wikipedia page.
History tells us that wherever fools gathered, there was always a religious crook to take advantage of them. The best way to stop the crooks is not to be a fool.