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Human sacrifice was widely prevalent in prehistory. It's present in the Bible (Abraham and Isaac), in Homeric legends (Iphigenia at Aulis), and countless other
by hodgesrm 7y ago
Human sacrifice was widely prevalent in prehistory. It's present in the Bible (Abraham and Isaac), in Homeric legends (Iphigenia at Aulis), and countless other ancient societies. [1] The notion that some must die that others may live is deeply ingrained in human behavior and still exists today.
The interesting question to me at least is why did it stop?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice
- irrational 7y ago>The interesting question to me at least is why did it stop? And will it make a comeback with the mass society upheavals I expect due to climate change?
- whatshisface 7y agoBecause religions that said not to do it took over the world.
- Retric 7y agoThat’s a restatement of the change not an explanation of it. The context when religions say to kill people has changed, why?
- dondawest 7y agoIt did not stop. Scapegoating remained the same through all of time. All that happened was we stopped killing our scapegoats explicitly and now choose to scapegoat them from afar so we can feel better about ourselves.