So, in the same vain as my previous thread on animal sacrifice.
What makes human sacrifice wrong? And do we already do it in modern society?
I would say, yes, we do commit human sacrifice.
Any society that has the death penalty commits human sacrifice.
I am defining han sacrifice as follows: the killing of a person or person's to fulfill some ephemeral good/goal.
In the past human Sacrifice was often of captured warrior combatants, or willing participants. And these people were sacrificed in the name of the "greater good" and dedicated to the Gods.
I see no difference to that, and killing a criminal because of some transgressions. So that we can fulfill the ephemeral goal of "Justice", "order" and "law". Just like past sacrifices were for the ephemeral Gods.
These concepts are just as fleeting and morphic as the Gods themselves. Changing with society and it's desires. Just like the desires of the Gods change with the times.
What makes human sacrifice wrong? And do we already do it in modern society?
I would say, yes, we do commit human sacrifice.
Any society that has the death penalty commits human sacrifice.
I am defining han sacrifice as follows: the killing of a person or person's to fulfill some ephemeral good/goal.
In the past human Sacrifice was often of captured warrior combatants, or willing participants. And these people were sacrificed in the name of the "greater good" and dedicated to the Gods.
I see no difference to that, and killing a criminal because of some transgressions. So that we can fulfill the ephemeral goal of "Justice", "order" and "law". Just like past sacrifices were for the ephemeral Gods.
These concepts are just as fleeting and morphic as the Gods themselves. Changing with society and it's desires. Just like the desires of the Gods change with the times.
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