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Originally posted by AllIsOne
Random acts of evil can only be countered with random acts of love. Be a blessing and spread love today, don't delay!
Originally posted by fireyaguns
Dolls were given to the friends of the sacrificed children as a substitute.
The parents would sacrifice their child under the belief their crops would do well and all they do will be blessed.
Originally posted by ALLDRAFT
Lets not forget that western religion IE Christianity is based on a God who sacrificed his son for us. I think this idea is insane.
That being said, if educated and "civilized" countries can get behind the idea that the one true God of the universe sacrificed his son and something good came out of it then it is easy to understand how other "less civilized" countries could have doctrines of their own that espouse this horrific practice.
I don't want to hear Christians acting all horrified when their own religion is based on human sacrifice as well. They believe that God hates human sacrifice except when he does it. Sheeeesh!!!
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by ALLDRAFT
Lets not forget that western religion IE Christianity is based on a God who sacrificed his son for us. I think this idea is insane.
That being said, if educated and "civilized" countries can get behind the idea that the one true God of the universe sacrificed his son and something good came out of it then it is easy to understand how other "less civilized" countries could have doctrines of their own that espouse this horrific practice.
I don't want to hear Christians acting all horrified when their own religion is based on human sacrifice as well. They believe that God hates human sacrifice except when he does it. Sheeeesh!!!
This is a really weird comparison. I think humans sacrificing a baby is a little different than grown ups killing a grown up man who voluntarily chose his situation. You cant justify killing your own kid with that.
Originally posted by Heisenberg59
OP you didn't mention all the American child sacrifice to the holy doctor God of abortion.
Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual (ritual killing).
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Originally posted by windword
Get on topic! Abortion is done on an individual bases, one woman at a time, for reasons that the woman herself chooses to make. There are no religious rituals being performed when a woman takes the Morning After Pill or when a 12 week fetus is removed from her womb.
Hate abortion all you want, but it's not a religious ceremony of human sacrifice, and this isn't an "abortion thread."
Circumstances surrounding the murder led police to conclude that the boy had been the victim of human sacrifice. His stomach was found to have contained traces of carabar bean - a poisonous plant native to tropical Africa. It is likely that the effect of the plant would have left him paralysed but conscious when his throat was cut. Forensic analysis of his remains identified the boy as a native of Nigeria and established that he had probably been in the UK for only a matter of days prior to his death. These circumstances taken together with the manner of his murder have led police to conclude that he was probably the victim of a ritual or 'muti' killing in which children are sacrificed for either 'medical' reasons or to bring success in love or business. Similar murders still occur (with thankfully increasing rarity) in parts of Africa, but this is the only known case to have been committed in the UK.
Originally posted by The 5th
reply to post by Skyfloating
I am honestly surprised you have posted that Sky. It has been missrepresented on here so much that I can't believe anyone still believes it.
That statement was never intended to be taken literally. AC is known to write in parables for certain students of Magick to understand only. This statement you posted is not a literal statement, but is primarily concerned with sex magick and trantic practices. It is refering to Semen.
Originally posted by Logarock
Originally posted by windword
Get on topic! Abortion is done on an individual bases, one woman at a time, for reasons that the woman herself chooses to make. There are no religious rituals being performed when a woman takes the Morning After Pill or when a 12 week fetus is removed from her womb.
Hate abortion all you want, but it's not a religious ceremony of human sacrifice, and this isn't an "abortion thread."
If you think out of the box its easy to see the human sacrifice there.
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. 56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.