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Man wraps his entire body in plastic in order to protect against religious impurity while flying aboard commercial airline

// April 15th, 2013 // No Comments » // News

Ultra Orthodox Jewish man wrapped in a life-size plastic bag aboard an airplane

We don’t much like making fun of anyone’s religion but this must have been some sight to see for passengers of a recent commercial airline flight. A photo of an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man wrapped in a life-size plastic bag aboard an airplane has been posted online and is quickly going viral. It is believed the man may belong to the Kohen sect of Judaism, whose members believe they cannot come in close contact with dead in order to protect their higher-than-average holiness. However, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community in Israel, has recently found a solution to this issue, ruling that wrapping oneself in thick plastic bags while the plane crossed over the cemetery is permissible, which would explain the man’s bizarre protective travel gear.

Buddhist monk prays so many times each day – leaves footprints embedded in wooden floor

// January 4th, 2013 // No Comments » // Bizarre

Buddhist monk footprints in floor

70-year-old Hua Chi, from Tongren, China, seems disappointed that his aging body only allows him to pray 1,0000 times each day (only 500 if the weather is cold). In his younger days, his strict daily ritual consisted of 2,000 – 3,000 prayers each day. In fact, Chi has prayed in his Tongren monastery for nearly 20 years, in the same spot, each day. His prayer routine is so consistent, he has left 1 1/2 inch deep footprints ingrained in the monastery’s floor. Check out the photo montage below.

Shroud of Turin

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Weird

Face on the Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin, a 14 1/2 foot by 3 1/2 foot linen cloth, has been kept in Turin, Italy since 1578. The cloth bears the images of a man with wounds similar to those suffered by Jesus.

The Mark of the Beast

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // The Future

666 - The Mark of the Beast

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. Passage from the Bible describing the application of The Mark of the Best.

Opus Dei Religious Sect

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Organizations

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Religious organizations have long been known for their generosity and willingness to help others. But has a Catholic sect known as Opus Dei, under the guise of promoting Christianity and spreading goodwill, gone too far?

The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel – real life exorcism goes wrong

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a German Catholic girl who was “possessed by demons” and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Following the last exorcism and after warning her mother that she could take no more, Anneliese died in her sleep.