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An article with satire, insights, and a hearty dose of disbelief at how the Holy City keeps getting holier (and messier). JERUSALEM: WHERE HISTORY NEVER SLEEPS—AND NEITHER DO THE ARGUMENTS Jerusalem—an ancient city where prophets wept, emperors plotted, and real estate agents now offer condos with “historic views” of walls built by kings who probably didn’t believe in mortgages. In 2017, President Donald Trump flipped the diplomatic script by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City. Some called it a long overdue acknowledgment of reality. Others called it a diplomatic Molotov cocktail. Either way, the world was reminded: Jerusalem’s status is a multi-millennia drama starring Jews, Muslims, and enough theological footnotes to keep historians and lawyers employed forever. COMMENTS SECTION SPOTLIGHT @MiddleEastMemeLord : “Jerusalem: where everyone has a claim, no one has the deed, and tourists can’t find parking.” @HolyHustle :...

A satirical-analytical article exploring the mystique, the trial, and the epic WTF legacy of the Maid of Orléans. THE PEASANT GIRL WHO ROSE FROM MILKING COWS TO MAKING KINGS Domrémy, France—Picture it: a teenage peasant girl named Jehanne la Pucelle, who didn’t even know her last name, leading armored knights into battle and telling Charles VII, “Put this crown on and let’s party.” Joan of Arc wasn’t your average 15th-century peasant. She was illiterate, had visions of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret, and dressed like a man because medieval battlefields weren’t exactly sewing circles. Her divine pep talks turned her into France’s battlefield mascot and the world’s most famous teenage cross-dresser. And as it turns out, that’s exactly what got her in hot water with the English—who were, let’s be honest, a little tired of getting their butts handed to them by a French farm girl. JOAN’S ‘INAPPROPRIATE’ DRESS CODE: WTF LEVELS MAXED At her trial, the English and their ec...

From Viharas to Vishnu, Idols to Ideologies—Unmasking the Great Temple Plot That Nobody Wants to Talk About ACT I: Enter the Temple, Exit the Original Veda Imagine walking into a Hindu temple today: incense smoke curls through the air, bells clang like divine doorbells, and deities are decked in more jewelry than a Kardashian wedding. A priest in a dhoti mumbles mantras you don’t understand, but you feel vaguely spiritual—partly because you just donated ₹101 in a desperate bid for a visa appointment. But here’s a question the Rig Veda might just whisper from 1500 BCE: “What temple?” Let’s start at the beginning. In the early Vedic period, there were no temples. No sanctums. No idols. No priests in line to swindle you with an “urgent puja” package for ₹5,001. The Rig Veda—the earliest and most authoritative of the four Vedas—offers hymn after hymn to Agni, Indra, Varuna, and Soma, but never once demands you to build a stone structure with a donation box. The sacred was natural: the sun...

Jainism vs. Buddhism — A WTF Deep Dive into Ancient India’s Ultimate Enlightenment-Off By Your Favorite Philosophical Referee April 2025 | Satire | Religion | WTF Spiritual Smackdowns Division Opening Scene: Same Forest, Different Drama Imagine 6th century BCE India. It’s enlightenment season. Forests are full of monks meditating under trees, living on one meal a day (or one meal a month, if you’re showing off). Kings are debating Dharma policies like tech bros arguing over AI startups. Regular people are just trying to survive the rice shortage. Into this spiritual Hunger Games walk two VIP contestants: Siddhartha Gautama aka The Buddha : The Compassionate Cool Guy™ Vardhamana Mahavira aka The Hardcore Minimalist Monk™ Both are born into privilege. Both walk away from it. Both think ancient India has lost the plot. BUT , while Buddha goes for Mindfulness Lite , Mahavira chooses No-Sleep, No-Food, No-Possessions Deathm...

Exploring Why Sikh Scriptures Sometimes Sound Like Vaishnava Fanfiction — with Extra WTF Moments Included By Your Favorite Semi-Serious Satirical Dharma Detective April 2025 | Theology | Humor | Epic Crossover Stories Division

Was it Science vs. Religion — or Just One Big WTF Miscommunication Fueled by Egos, Bad Timing, and Poor PR? By Your Favorite Armchair Heretic April 2025 | Satire | Religion | WTF Science History Files Opening Scene: Galileo Steps on All the Rakes Picture Renaissance Italy: The Church: Fat with power, yet jittery from the Protestant Reformation. Science: Wearing its big-boy pants but still occasionally confused about basic astronomy. Galileo: Half scientist, half chaos goblin, 100% convinced he’s the smartest guy at the table — and determined to let everyone know. Cue the disaster montage: Publishing heliocentrism in the people’s language (Italian)? Mocking the Pope in print with a character named Simplicio ? Insisting on tides as proof of Earth's motion even though the Moon says "hello"? Galileo wasn’t canceled for discovering the truth. He was canceled for being that guy at the party who corrects your pronunciation, spills wine on your do...

A Deep Dive into Ancient Spiritual Mic Drops, Textual Roast Battles, and the Eternal “Who Copied Whom” Debate By Your Favorite Enlightenment Dropout April 2025 | Satire | Religion | WTF Ancient Philosophy Files Opening Scene: Buddha vs. the Brahmins — The Original Episode of “Spiritual Smackdown Live” Imagine this: Buddha: Cool, serene, having just unlocked Ultimate Reality™ under a tree. Brahmin Priests: Rolling up with VIP Sanskrit credentials, clutching Vedic hymn books, oozing ancient clout. They approach Buddha, expecting polite respect for their thousand-year-old industry of chanting mantras, sacrificing goats, horses and bulls, and promising fast-track tickets to heaven. Instead, what they get is the ancient Indian version of a TED Talk roast . Buddha calmly, surgically, hilariously dismantles the whole premise of Vedic authority with questions so savage they could have gone viral on TikTok today. Scene 1: Buddha’s Simple (Yet Savage) Questions Buddha basical...