Religious superstitions are silly

Well, this thread is just going to be links to things that we think are weirder than this.

Case in point. (new window)

In before the bier snobs.

I was expecting something of Lovecraftian proportions. This is just. . . pedestrian.

so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

I want to be cremated, my ashes scattered at favorite spots that I liked, and no memorial headstone of any kind.

I suspect Subby has never been to Japan, spiritual home of the weird.

The. Weirdest. Thing. Ever

Subby must be new here

They could just secretly bury their dead relative and say the relative was kidnapped by a cremation gang.

Alistoclats!

todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.

Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought


First I LOL'd. Then I wondered if that has ever occurred to them.

Stay classy, China.

todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.

imfallen_angel: Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.

So what's the difference between superstition and religion? Not being snarky. Just... if locals in a certain place believe in a certain supernatural thing, is that not religion?

Well, cremation is a ridiculous waste of energy and this brand of religious superstition is no more silly than burying people in expensive wooden boxes decorated with metal bits the way we do now.

I wish I could just be put in a bag, buried somewhere and be left to decompose in...peace. But that would be illegal so cremation it will have to be.

imfallen_angel: todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.

Only the truly delusional think that there is a difference between having a laundry list of superstitions is different than a religion.

/only half kidding.
//maybe less than half.

todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


imfallen_angel Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.


I agree with todagst...
imfallen_anglel.... isn't that what religion is. So, they don't have a book, does that change what a belief system is???

I don't think so.

imfallen_angel: todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.

You do realize that your making a distinction without a difference, and that the very point is about superstitious thinking, right?

Or are you uneducated in logic?

Doesn't this deserve a SICK tag instead of a WEIRD tag?

I mean, c'mon, it's gangs trying to make money off of killing people and selling the corpses to families who don't want to cremate their dead loved ones. That's SICK!

One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.
--R.Heinlein

superlative submission inspired by a british tabloid leads to debating belief systems...

Fark is becoming Reddit.

IKillBugs:

Only the truly delusional think that there is a difference between having a laundry list of superstitions is different than a religion.

/only half kidding.
//maybe less than half.

Oh, I see you've already nailed this point. Thanks.

And by the way, there are millions of adherents to theistic religions in Asia...

matt_in_stl: Doesn't this deserve a SICK tag instead of a WEIRD tag?

I mean, c'mon, it's gangs trying to make money off of killing people and selling the corpses to families who don't want to cremate their dead loved ones. That's SICK!

I know, the prices the gangs charge are outrageous.

Meh... I did weirder. things. last. night!!!

todangst: IKillBugs:

Only the truly delusional think that there is a difference between having a laundry list of superstitions is different than a religion.

/only half kidding.
//maybe less than half.

Oh, I see you've already nailed this point. Thanks.

And by the way, there are millions of adherents to theistic religions in Asia...

I just read my post, and it looks like I had a stroke mid-sentence. I'm glad the point I was trying to make went through.

Chinchillazilla: Well, this thread is just going to be links to things that we think are weirder than this.

Case in point. (new window)

ok that was pretty sweet.

Not. Even. Close.

Anyone know how to get a hold of these people? I got a mother-in-law to sell.


/japan is much weirder

What an old person's hand may look like.

Chinchillazilla:
So what's the difference between superstition and religion? Not being snarky. Just... if locals in a certain place believe in a certain supernatural thing, is that not religion?

Religion has a figurehead, eg. Jesus for the Christians, Satan for the Satanists, L. Ron Hubbard for the Scientologists, etc.

/And Mary for the Catholics ... not sure where the bible says to worship Mary, but that's religious logic for you.
//I've never met (or heard of) a Christian who wasn't doing something obviously wrong which guaranteed him/her a ticket straight to Hell. Sad, ignorant bunch, the lot of 'em.

jimjazz: Chinchillazilla: Well, this thread is just going to be links to things that we think are weirder than this.

Case in point. (new window)

ok that was pretty sweet.

I know, but it pretty much cemented my fear of swimming in deep water.

/WHAT IF IT'S UNDER ME OH GOD

Chinchillazilla: imfallen_angel: Only the uneducated would not know that in most Asian countries, they do not have "religion" per say, but a few thousands superstitions, varying from place to place.

So what's the difference between superstition and religion? Not being snarky. Just... if locals in a certain place believe in a certain supernatural thing, is that not religion?

Religions usually have a systematic cosmology that encompasses an ethical structure, superstitions are just a collection of 'recipes' for producing a supernatural result. Religious traditions are likely to contain such recipes, but are much more likely to place them in a wider context of moral behavior and a goal other than obtaining personal power through supernatural means.

'Screwing virgins makes you virile' is a superstition. 'A lifetime lived in sacrifice and service, accompanied by respect show to the correct supernatural entity, is, in itself, an indication of the favor of the gods' is a religion.

Also, yours is a superstition. Mine's a religion.

todangst: Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

This isn't just religion. It's the goddamn totalitarian state telling people what to do that takes this from mere backward, silly superstition to outright murderous barbarity.

I'm actually outraged and disgusted beyond words. I think I'm gonna go in a corner now, cower and weep over this.

Joce678: Chinchillazilla:
So what's the difference between superstition and religion? Not being snarky. Just... if locals in a certain place believe in a certain supernatural thing, is that not religion?

Religion has a figurehead, eg. Jesus for the Christians, Satan for the Satanists, L. Ron Hubbard for the Scientologists, etc.

/And Mary for the Catholics ... not sure where the bible says to worship Mary, but that's religious logic for you.
//I've never met (or heard of) a Christian who wasn't doing something obviously wrong which guaranteed him/her a ticket straight to Hell. Sad, ignorant bunch, the lot of 'em.

So having a laundry list of superstitions with a figurehead or leader is completely different than just having a laundry list of superstitions? Stupid heathens.

SherKhan: In before the bier snobs.

Awesome. Just awesome.

skwerl: Religious superstitions are silly

Funny thing though, it's a repressive totalitarian government that is ultimately responsible.

LOLOLOLOL. Those Chinese and their wacky beliefs!

Wow, 35 posts and no "wut" pear.

Miss Smartass: Wow, 35 posts and no "wut" pear.


Yes, I approve of this as well. Maybe, just maybe we'll have a thread that's on a level higher than 4chan.

TheGreatGildersleeve: Funny thing though, it's a repressive totalitarian government that is ultimately responsible.

Because people that would pay for a murdered corpse are completely blameless.

todangst: so, being cremated is 'bad for the soul' but murdering someone so that you can burn their body in your place is fine.


Ok.... only religion can allow for such a line of thought

No, no. I've heard of some very non-religious people who think it is a crime against humanity to hang a man who has murdered another man, but are enthusiastically in favor of killing off people who are too old and sick to be a "benefit" to society [however that might be defined].

The etymology of "weird" is anglo-saxon, meaning "fate". The connotation of "weird" implies purpose-- either the supicion, or the discovery, of a meaning. Most usage of "weird" is better served by is the word "strange".

I was going to say that muttering words over some crappy bread and wine magically changes them into the body and blood of god, but it looks like Gish21 took care of that

Link (new window)

There are stranger things.

IKillBugs: TheGreatGildersleeve: Funny thing though, it's a repressive totalitarian government that is ultimately responsible.

Because people that would pay for a murdered corpse are completely blameless.

Try again, I didn't say that, did I?

assimilateur: Miss Smartass: Wow, 35 posts and no "wut" pear.


Yes, I approve of this as well. Maybe, just maybe we'll have a thread that's on a level higher than 4chan.

Please don't tempt them. It never ends well...trust me!

TheGreatGildersleeve: Try again, I didn't say that, did I?

Yup, you did.

TheGreatGildersleeve: it's a repressive totalitarian government that is ultimately responsible.

\Also weird

at least since they are cremating them they can't come back as zombies.

UK NEWS is the section of the paper this was selected to go in. I was unaware that China joined the U.K.

sleep lack: I suspect Subby has never been to Japan, spiritual home of the weird.

Thank you, sleep jack! Came in thinking about how weird Chinese movies could get weirder if they had the freedom to make "non-party" films

/that's Japanese weird
//crazy (scary) weird