Weird and Religious
In some ancient Near Eastern traditions, there are references to child sacrifice associated with the god Molech. Texts describe children being passed through fire as part of worship. Later religious writers strongly condemned the practice, but its existence shows how sacrifice could be directed at the most vulnerable.
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 Christianity, scripture reading is a regular discipline, and Christianity treats engagement with the Bible as a way to learn, reflect, and grow spiritually.
Redefining God
Faced with contradictions, scientific refutation, and moral embarrassment, many modern believers no longer defend the god their scriptures describe. They quietly replace him. God becomes energy, love, consciousness, the universe, the ground of being, or something intentionally undefined. Redefining God as energy is a failure. Energy is a defined physical concept with measurable properties. It is not conscious. It does not care. It does not command or judge. To equate god with energy is to misuse scientific language while abandoning every traditional religious claim. No one prays to kinetic energy, and no one obeys thermodynamics. This definition hides behind vagueness while pretending to engage with science.
Quote of the day
“You can safely assume that you have created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” Anne Lamott.
Ask the right question
If holy figures performed public miracles, why do we not see similarly clear events in the age of cameras and global media?
Religious Crooks
Roch Thériault led a breakaway religious sect in Canada known as the Ant Hill Kids, presenting extreme spiritual authority while subjecting followers to abuse, forced labour, and total control over their property and income.
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Every country in the world has its fair share of spiritual crooks.
Throughout history and still to this day, there has never been a shortage of religious leaders who were not always following their own spiritual advice.