Weird and Religious
The ancient Maya performed bloodletting rituals on themselves, including piercing tongues or genitals, because blood was thought to feed the gods and open portals to the spirit world. Pain was treated as a communication tool with the divine.
Religious image of the day.
In the name of religion
2021, Afghanistan after Taliban takeover. Islamist Muslim Taliban enforced strict religious codes, with reports of reprisals and executions. The Taliban justified actions as implementing Islamic law, preserving moral order, and eliminating corruption and un-Islamic behaviour.
Fact
In Hinduism, life is often viewed as moving through stages, beginning with education, followed by family and work responsibilities, then gradual withdrawal from worldly focus, and finally deeper spiritual concentration.
Religion and women
Every major religion claims moral authority, yet few areas expose their human origin more clearly than their treatment of women. The rules governing women’s bodies, choices, and lives are not subtle philosophical accidents but systematic, obsessive, and deeply revealing constructions. Across scriptures, women appear not as full moral agents but as problems to be managed, possessions to be guarded, or temptations to be controlled, and this is not divine wisdom but patriarchy given supernatural approval.
Quote of the day
“Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.” Arthur Keith.
Ask the right question
Why do so many religious rituals look like cultural habits rather than universal truths?
Religious Crooks
Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and founder of Rigpa, with multiple former students accusing him of sexual and physical abuse, leading to his resignation after an internal letter and subsequent scrutiny exposed long standing allegations.
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If a real God existed, would he allow crooks to act on his behalf?