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Re:Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice in Peru May Be World's Largest by dustincoates on Saturday April 28, 2018 @06:29PM (#16949763)
Incidentally, that's what "Holocaust" means, and why many instead use the word "Shoah."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Holocaust

> The word "holocaust" originally derived from the Greek word holokauston, meaning "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering," or "a burnt sacrifice offered to a god."

> In Judaism, Shoah (שואה), meaning "calamity" in Hebrew, became the standard term for the 20th century Holocaust[2] (see Yom HaShoah). This is because 'Holocaust' connotes a sacrifice, and Jewish leaders argue there was no sacrifice.

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Re:Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice in Peru May Be World's Largest by w0de0 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @09:47PM (#16950361)
Do 'Nakba' and 'Shoah' share an etymology?

Their etiologies are mixed, at least.

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Re:Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice in Peru May Be World's Largest by tptacek on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:42PM (#16950192)
Wow. TIL.
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