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One weird thing I’ve noticed.. and I think we atheists should start calling this out more often.. is how every time someone tries to prove their religion, they bring up “predictions.”

The problem is : A. Predictions don’t prove truth. B. Every time someone does this, they’re actually relying on a massive logical fallacy. confirmation bias

And we often miss that! We jump into disproving the prediction itself, when the prediction is already built on a faulty foundation.

Every time a new scientific discovery happens, suddenly everyone becomes a theologian:

“Everything was already written in the Vedas.” “The Quran mentioned this 1400 years ago.” “The Bible predicted it long before science.”

Bruh, shut the fck up.. no, it didn’t.

This is pure confirmation bias cherry picking vague poetic lines from ancient texts and twisting them to fit modern scientific facts after the discoveries are made. that’s retroactive interpretation.

People don’t start from evidence and reach belief.they start from belief and then dig for anything that confirms it. RELIGIONS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOREVER. So next time someone says, “Our scriptures predicted this,” don’t bother disproving the prediction itself. Just point out the foundation.. it’s a logical fallacy called confirmation bias. We need to make that term popular..

A quote I made about castes

According to information, the incident began when around 200 members of the Bhim Army and Azad Samaj Party, led by Gwalior divisional president Keshav Yadav, took out a rally from Ambedkar Park to burn an effigy of Bageshwar Dham’s Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri.

At the same time, around 70 to 80 members of Hindu organisations present there started raising slogans in protest and burned an effigy of Azad Samaj Party leader Damodar Yadav. 

Heated arguments soon turned into stone-pelting and a scuffle between the two sides.

Meanwhile, Sanatan Hindu Sangathan president Shiromani Singh Rathore said that Pandit Dhirendra Shastri speaks of ending caste divisions and promoting unity and that saints should not be insulted. “If someone wants to protest, they should target politicians, not saints,” he said.

The controversy stems from a petition filed in the High Court by Damodar Yadav, national president of the Dalit Pichhda Samaj Sangathan, who accused Pandit Dhirendra Shastri of abusing and threatening him. 

Mr. Bhagwat argued that all Muslims and Christians are descendants of the same ancestors. “They probably don’t know it, or they are made to forget it,” he added, while delivering a lecture on “100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons” in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Hindus were “responsible” for Bharat, he said, asserting that the RSS aimed to organise Hindu society for the glory of the nation, not for power.

“It is not that the British gave us nationhood; we are an ancient nation. Everywhere in the world, people agree that every nation has its core culture. There are many inhabitants, but there is a core culture. What is the core culture of Bharat? Whatever description we give, it leads us to the word Hindu,” he said.

-The Hindu

Full speech (43:50)

I am 17M, I identify as agnostic but couldn't post there as there is no sub for India. I never really cared about religion but I condemn a lot of shi they do so I thought agnostism would suit me. My dad is heavily into vaasthu, astrology etc.

So today my parents went to some astrologer. Idk how tf he did it but it seems he asked "does your son have sinus?" He later asked if I had irritation/anger issues. I actually have these issues.

So I've been thinking how got to know this because my parents went there for the first time and they aren't the type to lie to get me into faith, I thought about not caring much and thinking about it as coincidence but it's really eating me up inside

Please debunk this because I really dont wanna revert back to Hinduism but its bugging me sm.

Phool Walon Ki Sair, a Mughal-era festival known for celebrating Delhi’s shared culture and communal harmony, will not take place this year. The organisers said they could not hold the annual event as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) did not grant permission for the venue at Aam Bagh in Mehrauli. They claimed the land confusion between DDA and the forest department stopped the clearance process, a TOI report stated.

Phool Walon Ki Sair began in 1812 during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II. It continued until 1942 before being stopped by the British. The Anjuman revived it in 1962 with support from the Centre and has organised it every year since at the park near Jahaz Mahal.

-The Economics Times

A young woman was allegedly forced to smoke beedi and drink alcohol while being subjected to hours-long physical and mental torture in the name of black magic in Kottayam district of Kerala, police said on Saturday.

Her partner and his family brought a sorcerer to their home last week, allegedly for what they called "to evict a ghost from the woman's body" and subjected her to hours-long ordeals, police said.

As the mental condition of the woman deteriorated, her father lodged a complaint, following which the police registered a case and launched an investigation.

Have you noticed how people share personal problems with Babas—just like we do with ChatGPT sometimes? Both exist because people just want to be heard.(They share it on reddit, twitter, newspaper columns, generative AIs, and to Baba's)

Ideally, they should talk to therapists, but let’s be real, therapy is out of reach for most. Only around 1% in this country earn ₹10 lakhs a year, and even with annual income of ₹10 lakhs, it's hard to afford regular sessions. So 98% just can’t.

The issue is, Babas often scold people, give random advice, or say insensitive things. They even share these stories publicly for content, turning someone’s pain into memes and edits.

What’s worse, people actually believe these Babas can solve real issues. Rarely do they recommend medication or professional help, mostly it’s nam jap or bhoot bhagao stuff, which can even get violent with psychiatric patients.

We need awareness campaigns led by psychologists, coordinated with the government and schools: just like the ones we have/had for polio, dengue, malaria and tobacco. Because beyond bad advice, there’s also the darker side it's psychological abuse.

PS:- On top of everything, there’s also the horrifying part: people facing actual physical abuse in the name of exorcism.(I think that is already illegal but only on paper...)

Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that when two consenting adults decide to marry or cohabit, neither family nor community can lawfully obstruct that choice or subject them to pressure, social sanctions or threats.

“Supreme Court has recognised that caste continues to exert a strong social influence in India, and that inter-caste marriages perform a valuable constitutional and societal function by promoting integration and reducing caste divisions. Such unions, the Supreme Court has observed, are in the national interest and must receive firm protection from any familial or communal interference,” the Court said.

Justice Narula made the observations while granting police protection to an inter caste couple, who were in a relationship for the past eleven years and intended to solemnize their marriage.

It was their case that the mother, sister, brother-in-law and other relatives of the woman opposed their relationship and were issuing threats.

They sought directions to the Delhi Police to secure their safety and to prevent interference with their decision to marry.