Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by azborder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:29PM
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Are you saying we shouldn’t discuss an archaeological find because it makes a part of one civilization look bad? That kind of anti-science thinking is dangerous.
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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by TomMarius on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:40PM
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I'm not sure how did you come to this conclusion. The comment says nothing like this...?
Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by partycoder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:32PM
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I am saying that the term "human sacrifice" is rarely applied to European rituals of sacrifice involving humans.
You can use the term all you want, try to not use it in a biased manner.
Often depictions of human sacrifice in the Americas are used to justify the exploitation of the native people of the Americas.
Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by azborder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:42PM
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It sounds like you’re advocating stretching the definition of the term to support your own bias, when it has a pretty clear meaning.
Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by partycoder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:02PM
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So when superstitious Europeans kill their own for religious reasons in a ritual to please their god, that's not human sacrifice? Change my mind.
Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific...
by mike00632 on Saturday June 23, 2018 @05:23PM
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I understand what you mean. Christianity can be seen in a different light if we recognized it as being centered around human sacrifice to a monotheistic god. But I think the problem has more to do with too much veneration for Western religion than it does with biased labeling of Native American religious practices.