Some people believe dolphins and whales are actually a race of alien beings called the Nommos.
Primitive Baptist Universalists, a branch of Baptists…
Primitive Baptist Universalists, a branch of Baptists found in Appalachia, are known as “No Hellers” due “to their belief that Hell is actually experienced in this lifetime”.
When trains were introduced in the U.S, many people believed…
When trains were introduced in the U.S, many people believed that that “women’s bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour,” and that their “uteruses would fly out of [their] bodies if they were accelerated to that speed.”
So many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief…
So many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief that it would disperse thunder, that the practice was banned by the Parlement of Paris.
Those who believe in toilet gods hold that they can be appeased…
Those who believe in toilet gods hold that they can be appeased by praying, eating or offering rice, clearing one’s throat, or biting the toilet.
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because…
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its “intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs”.