Re: Back from Peru

On May 18, 11:43 am, The Real Doctor <ubergeek...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 15 May, 12:56, sar...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

It may be worth mentioning that the many of the
ancient and vibrant cultures eradicated by the Spanish
practiced human sacrifice on an arguably
unparalleled scale.

The heretic burnings (catholic) and witch burnings (protestant) which
were endemic across europe don't give much of a moral leg to stand
on ...

Ian

There is an important difference between cultures whose religions
demand
death for humans supposed guilty of grave crimes, and cultures whose
religions
demand the continual death of innocent humans purely to satisfy the
Gods.

Anthropologically it is known as a religion with 'hungry gods' and it
should not
IMO be confused with the more general issue of harsh/brutal elements
in a
religion and/or culture.

Andrew Criddle
.

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