as with many primitive cultures in history, those in charge seeking such atonement are using innocent subjects as their sacrificial lambs
I say, let them jump right on the funeral pyre themselves if they really believe atonement is so necessary. Certainly the ‘gods’ would appreciate the ‘much, much more valuable sacrifices’ of our “ruling elite” rather than just the worthless bodies of us untermensch
PS: all this ‘leading from behind’ is wrong. very unfair to the rest of us.
(he should leave it in his Chicago bath house)
Back when pagans did human sacrifice do you think it was the high muckety mucks that were chosen? That never happened. It was always some low level sucker.