Were human sacrifices in Ancient Paganism real? I thought the gods were against sacrifice.
Were human sacrifices in Ancient Paganism real? I thought the gods were against sacrifice.
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Were human sacrifices in Ancient Paganism real? I thought the gods were against sacrifice.
Absolutely not. This would be totally anti-nature, anti-life.
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Were human sacrifices in Ancient Paganism real? I thought the gods were against sacrifice.
Absolutely not. This would be totally anti-nature, anti-life.
Even if people did make sacrifices, it’s important to understand that this is merely a human need. The Gods are the gods, they have everything. They don’t need sacrifices, only attention and strive for the truth.
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Even if people did make sacrifices, it’s important to understand that this is merely a human need. The Gods are the gods, they have everything. They don’t need sacrifices, only attention and strive for the truth.
Short version (but I still highly recommend reading the sources Egon's provided):
No, they didn't sacrifice anything other than flowers. Only fringe groups that Yehubor-ised themselves started committing unnatural acts like animal sacrifice and beyond, not "Ancient Pagans". It came after "Ancient Pagans" when people became progressively more ignorant.
One thing is saying a group of Canaanites did, another is saying all Canaanites do it. I doubt it. It's likely that these were Cannaanites of a certain ancestry.
Maybe read the source the AI slop you generated gave me before making a claim, and don't rely on AI on these things. Make your own answers from your own readings. The hairsplitting on whether Plato actually said it or not, and whether it was a group of Cannanites or all of Caananites and Carthaginians (the ancient historical accounts make no distinction and strongly imply it was a mainstream practice) is largely irrelevant on whether they did this or not.
Several Greek and Roman historians attest to this, it's a matter of record. It originated in Canaan, and carried over to Carthage. It was a common practice in that specific cultural lineage, something that didn't die out with the Caananite/Carthagianian culture either. Today they just do it in the open in Palestine.
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Short version (but I still highly recommend reading the sources Egon's provided):
No, they didn't sacrifice anything other than flowers. Only fringe groups that Yehubor-ised themselves started committing unnatural acts like animal sacrifice and beyond, not "Ancient Pagans". It came after "Ancient Pagans" when people became progressively more ignorant.
One thing is saying a group of Canaanites did, another is saying all Canaanites do it. I doubt it. It's likely that these were Cannaanites of a certain ancestry.
Maybe read the source the AI slop you generated gave me before making a claim, and don't rely on AI on these things. Make your own answers from your own readings. The hairsplitting on whether Plato actually said it or not, and whether it was a group of Cannanites or all of Caananites and Carthaginians (the ancient historical accounts make no distinction and strongly imply it was a mainstream practice) is largely irrelevant on whether they did this or not.
Several Greek and Roman historians attest to this, it's a matter of record. It originated in Canaan, and carried over to Carthage. It was a common practice in that specific cultural lineage, something that didn't die out with the Caananite/Carthagianian culture either. Today they just do it in the open in Palestine.
Maybe read the source the AI slop you generated gave me before making a claim, and don't rely on AI on these things. Make your own answers from your own readings. The hairsplitting on whether Plato actually said it or not, and whether it was a group of Cannanites or all of Caananites and Carthaginians (the ancient historical accounts make no distinction and strongly imply it was a mainstream practice) is largely irrelevant on whether they did this or not.
Several Greek and Roman historians attest to this, it's a matter of record. It originated in Canaan, and carried over to Carthage. It was a common practice in that specific cultural lineage, something that didn't die out with the Caananite/Carthagianian culture either. Today they just do it in the open in Palestine.
You cannot be reading everything all the time, and remember everything. You need to prioritise, especially when developing other areas of life.
I'm also not going to waste my time looking for insignificant details that I already know are false by virtue of lifetimes of advancement. So, I'm not going to. I'm going to focus on what's important and relevant, and I encourage you to do the same. Not to mention Claude is smarter than all other public AIs combined, and will effectively disprove any argument in the areas or classics and philosophy, which are its preferred domains of knowledge. I'd be cautious. If you wanna argue with Claude, start citing names, books, chapters, etc
There's also no hairsplitting there. It's like we make a Zevist country one day, and you there's a retarded niche that somehow decides it's a good idea to make sacrifices (they'd be non-Zevists and criminally prosecuted at that point). Would you find it proper to say at that point that Zevists sacrificed children, just because a small group of criminals engaged in that degenerate behaviour? Τhe question answers itself.
Or what about a more neutral example? A small percentage of the population in the Netherlands is made of homosexual people. Would it be correct to say all Dutch people are homosexual?
High Priest also gave you a fantastic reply.
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Apologies if I'm being slow on private messages. I will get back to you at some point.
Maybe read the source the AI slop you generated gave me before making a claim, and don't rely on AI on these things. Make your own answers from your own readings. The hairsplitting on whether Plato actually said it or not, and whether it was a group of Cannanites or all of Caananites and Carthaginians (the ancient historical accounts make no distinction and strongly imply it was a mainstream practice) is largely irrelevant on whether they did this or not.
Several Greek and Roman historians attest to this, it's a matter of record. It originated in Canaan, and carried over to Carthage. It was a common practice in that specific cultural lineage, something that didn't die out with the Caananite/Carthagianian culture either. Today they just do it in the open in Palestine.
You cannot be reading everything all the time, and remember everything. You need to prioritise, especially when developing other areas of life.
I'm also not going to waste my time looking for insignificant details that I already know are false by virtue of lifetimes of advancement. So, I'm not going to. I'm going to focus on what's important and relevant, and I encourage you to do the same. Not to mention Claude is smarter than all other public AIs combined, and will effectively disprove any argument in the areas or classics and philosophy, which are its preferred domains of knowledge. I'd be cautious. If you wanna argue with Claude, start citing names, books, chapters, etc
There's also no hairsplitting there. It's like we make a Zevist country one day, and you there's a retarded niche that somehow decides it's a good idea to make sacrifices (they'd be non-Zevists and criminally prosecuted at that point). Would you find it proper to say at that point that Zevists sacrificed children, just because a small group of criminals engaged in that degenerate behaviour? Τhe question answers itself.
Or what about a more neutral example? A small percentage of the population in the Netherlands is made of homosexual people. Would it be correct to say all Dutch people are homosexual?
High Priest also gave you a fantastic reply.
Enlightened and actual cultures of the Gods, nope.
Deviants, freaks and insane pieces of people who do this existed in Aztec civilization, Ancient Israel (it's commonly stated in the bible that x or y ethnic people were sacrificed to YHWH), the phenomenon of both human war sacrifice and animal sacrifice exists also in Islam (all of jihad and holy war taking place is supposed to pretend it's "sacrifice to the one true god", existed in Ancient India before (remote villages - these were razed by the central India many times over this practice), and maybe (debatable) existed in Carthage.
In Christianity, the narrative is that "One man was sacrificed by God to save humanity from it's sins" in simulation of sacrifice upon a cross. A "man" is sacrificed and people apparently clap for it, call it necessary etc. Then after they do this they claim they are against human sacrifices and dark practices, while they engage in peak Yehubor simulation as the central core of their "religious" play-pretend.
I just don’t think it’s likely that the several Greek and Roman historians over centuries who wrote that both Cannanites and Carthaginians were doing these sacrifices were engaging in sensationalist propaganda.
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Enlightened and actual cultures of the Gods, nope.
Deviants, freaks and insane pieces of people who do this existed in Aztec civilization, Ancient Israel (it's commonly stated in the bible that x or y ethnic people were sacrificed to YHWH), the phenomenon of both human war sacrifice and animal sacrifice exists also in Islam (all of jihad and holy war taking place is supposed to pretend it's "sacrifice to the one true god", existed in Ancient India before (remote villages - these were razed by the central India many times over this practice), and maybe (debatable) existed in Carthage.
In Christianity, the narrative is that "One man was sacrificed by God to save humanity from it's sins" in simulation of sacrifice upon a cross. A "man" is sacrificed and people apparently clap for it, call it necessary etc. Then after they do this they claim they are against human sacrifices and dark practices, while they engage in peak Yehubor simulation as the central core of their "religious" play-pretend.
I just don’t think it’s likely that the several Greek and Roman historians over centuries who wrote that both Cannanites and Carthaginians were doing these sacrifices were engaging in sensationalist propaganda.
Enlightened and actual cultures of the Gods, nope.
Deviants, freaks and insane pieces of people who do this existed in Aztec civilization, Ancient Israel (it's commonly stated in the bible that x or y ethnic people were sacrificed to YHWH), the phenomenon of both human war sacrifice and animal sacrifice exists also in Islam (all of jihad and holy war taking place is supposed to pretend it's "sacrifice to the one true god", existed in Ancient India before (remote villages - these were razed by the central India many times over this practice), and maybe (debatable) existed in Carthage.
In Christianity, the narrative is that "One man was sacrificed by God to save humanity from it's sins" in simulation of sacrifice upon a cross. A "man" is sacrificed and people apparently clap for it, call it necessary etc. Then after they do this they claim they are against human sacrifices and dark practices, while they engage in peak Yehubor simulation as the central core of their "religious" play-pretend.
By the way, is the concept of a Hecatomb in Greek mythology allegory? I always found it quite dramatic. I mean, at the time, slaughtering a hundred cows would be insane as cattle weren't in the huge numbers they are in today due to modern farming practices. Also, the specific number of a hundred is not a random choice.
Even the part in the Iliad where they make a truce and slaughter a white ram and black ewe sounds like allegory for the polarities of the soul being united (truce, coming together).
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Enlightened and actual cultures of the Gods, nope.
Deviants, freaks and insane pieces of people who do this existed in Aztec civilization, Ancient Israel (it's commonly stated in the bible that x or y ethnic people were sacrificed to YHWH), the phenomenon of both human war sacrifice and animal sacrifice exists also in Islam (all of jihad and holy war taking place is supposed to pretend it's "sacrifice to the one true god", existed in Ancient India before (remote villages - these were razed by the central India many times over this practice), and maybe (debatable) existed in Carthage.
In Christianity, the narrative is that "One man was sacrificed by God to save humanity from it's sins" in simulation of sacrifice upon a cross. A "man" is sacrificed and people apparently clap for it, call it necessary etc. Then after they do this they claim they are against human sacrifices and dark practices, while they engage in peak Yehubor simulation as the central core of their "religious" play-pretend.
By the way, is the concept of a Hecatomb in Greek mythology allegory? I always found it quite dramatic. I mean, at the time, slaughtering a hundred cows would be insane as cattle weren't in the huge numbers they are in today due to modern farming practices. Also, the specific number of a hundred is not a random choice.
Even the part in the Iliad where they make a truce and slaughter a white ram and black ewe sounds like allegory for the polarities of the soul being united (truce, coming together).
The fact that some pagans sacrificed for the Gods, doesn't mean that the Gods asked to perform that practice. Being accused for the crimes of someone else is stupid.
The Gods opposed any type of sacrifice, as they do now, and we in Zevism follow this sacred law. We celebrate life and creation.
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The fact that some pagans sacrificed for the Gods, doesn't mean that the Gods asked to perform that practice. Being accused for the crimes of someone else is stupid.
The Gods opposed any type of sacrifice, as they do now, and we in Zevism follow this sacred law. We celebrate life and creation.
Could it be possible we get a term for this practice in particular? As well as a prayer to banish it. It is very common unfortunately. Hundreds of millions of animals and even people are ritually slaughtered each year and the energy is harvested by Yehuboric entities.
May not be necessary anyway.
The prayer that would banish this would be Sahiburah: committing crimes and killings in the name of God or the Gods.
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Could it be possible we get a term for this practice in particular? As well as a prayer to banish it. It is very common unfortunately. Hundreds of millions of animals and even people are ritually slaughtered each year and the energy is harvested by Yehuboric entities.
May not be necessary anyway.
The prayer that would banish this would be Sahiburah: committing crimes and killings in the name of God or the Gods.