Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital

Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by partycoder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:32PM (#17382651)

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.

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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by azborder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:42PM (#17382706)

It sounds like you’re advocating stretching the definition of the term to support your own bias, when it has a pretty clear meaning.

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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by partycoder on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:02PM (#17382803)

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.

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Re:Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrific... by mike00632 on Saturday June 23, 2018 @05:23PM (#17383521)

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.

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