Unveiled Artist
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....religious rituals?
Can you explain the logic behind the answer?
Can you explain the logic behind the answer?
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Ditto, although those that they flail themselves and make themselves bleed leave much to be desiredNothing?
I'm not even bothered if it's just by rote. If someone does a ritual since it makes them feel secure as it's familiar, no problem.Nothing if people do them from the heart and not just as a rote observance.
What? Like a wedding? I agree.Nothing if people do them from the heart and not just as a rote observance.
Otherwise they're just a waste of time.
Yeah, I side eye Catholics and Shia Muslims who whip themselves bloody and torture themselves. I highly doubt that the creator of the human body supports you harming it. At least self-mutilation makes sense in Aztec theology as the gods in that religion were said to have mutilated themselves to create the universe, so they were just giving back what the gods gave. Not so in Abrahamic religions.Ditto, although those that they flail themselves and make themselves bleed leave much to be desired
Holy masochism.Yeah, I side eye Catholics and Shia Muslims who whip themselves bloody and torture themselves. I highly doubt that the creator of the human body supports you harming it. At least self-mutilation makes sense in Aztec theology as the gods in that religion were said to have mutilated themselves to create the universe, so they were just giving back what the gods gave. Not so in Abrahamic religions.
....religious rituals?
Can you explain the logic behind the answer?
If they harm others, e.g.. ripping one's beating heart out, or not,....religious rituals?
Can you explain the logic behind the answer?
....religious rituals?
Can you explain the logic behind the answer?
If you're referring to the Aztec sacrificial ritual of cutting out people's hearts, you should keep in mind that that was mostly done to soldiers captured in war as the Aztecs aimed to capture their foes for sacrifice rather than killing them on the battlefield. So then you have to decide if killing someone immediately in combat is inherently more ethical than killing them later? Either way, they die and gruesomely at that.If they harm others, e.g.. ripping one's beating heart out, or not,
You're thinking of OCD, and your generalization is incorrect.Ritualistic behavior is a sign of mental disorder (psychosis).
It depends what you mean by success.No scientific basis perhaps?
No consistent way to measure the success of a religious ritual.
So is British Israelitism, but that's not ritual's only possible function.Ritualistic behavior is a sign of mental disorder (psychosis).
It may be a disorder...Ritualistic behavior is a sign of mental disorder (psychosis).
It does not matter, and not only soldiers but special raids before special events, e.t,c. ;putting victims in fattening pens.If you're referring to the Aztec sacrificial ritual of cutting out people's hearts, you should keep in mind that that was mostly done to sospecial event, fed a ther than killing them on the battlefield. So then you have to decide if killing someone immediately in combat is inherently more ethical than killing them later? Either way, they die and gruesomely at that.
So is British Israelitism, but that's not ritual's only possible function.
It depends on what you mean by success.
If success is defined as the ritual bringing someone happiness, security, feelings of familiarity or closeness to deity, rituals tend to be very successful.
I didn't say they killed only soldiers. But to be honest, they weren't any worse towards others than anyone else at that time was.It does not matter, and not only soldiers but special raids before special events, e.t,c. ;putting victims in fattening pens.