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Human Sacrifice In The Pre-Columbian Americas
All That's Interesting ^ | 2017

Posted on 10/14/2019 4:29:02 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

In modern minds, the term “human sacrifice” conjures up macabre satanic rituals performed by bloodthirsty barbarians.

In the ancient Americas, however, cultures now considered to be highly influential and civilized saw human sacrifice as a necessary part of everyday life. Whether it was to appease the gods or ensure success in battle and agriculture, for the following peoples, the lines between sacrifice and simple survival were often blurred.

The Mayans are mostly known for their contributions to astronomy, calendar-making, and mathematics, or for the impressive amount of architecture and artwork that they left behind. They are also believed to be the first American culture to incorporate human sacrifice into daily life.

Blood was viewed as an incomparable source of nourishment for Mayan deities. In a time before scientific understanding, human blood became the ultimate offering and was kept flowing to protect their daily way of life.

The most common methods were decapitation and heart removal, neither of which would occur until the victim had been thoroughly tortured.

Heart-removal ceremonies took place in the courtyard of temples or at the summit of one and were considered the highest honor.

The Incas resorted to the practice of human sacrifice as a way to prevent, recover and cope with these regularly occurring upheavals. The Incas are most known for their sacrifice of children.

Many sacrifices were prisoners but archaeological records have proven that some children were actually raised specifically for these ritual killings.

For the Aztecs, even the sun god required a constant flow of human blood in order to exist.

During the reign of their empire, it’s estimated that an average of 200,000 people were sacrificed a year.


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TOPICS: History; Religion
KEYWORDS: aztec; christophercolumbus; columbusday; godsgravesglyphs; greatcivilization; highculture; history; incans; indigenous; mayans; megabortion; mexicosucks; noonecares; savages
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By contrast, post-Columbian Latin America boasts of some of the most pro-life countries in the world...Take Peru for example, where abortion is illegal in near every circumstance and yet their "March for Life" (Marcha Por La Vida) attracts this many people yearly:


1 posted on 10/14/2019 4:29:02 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Strange that those cultures didn’t survive. Hopefully the child sacrificing culture known as the demonicRAT Party will fare likewise.


2 posted on 10/14/2019 4:34:19 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

From what I am reading climate deniers will soon suffer the same fate.


3 posted on 10/14/2019 4:39:09 PM PDT by Cold War Veteran - Submarines
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To: Cold War Veteran - Submarines

One can hope.


4 posted on 10/14/2019 4:41:19 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The conquistador Hernán Cortés was one of the greatest humanitarians in history who almost single-handedly brought down one of the most evil, bloodiest cults in world history.

God bless Hernán Cortés.


5 posted on 10/14/2019 4:43:22 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
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To: Texas Eagle

Maybe they ran out of people lol

I’ve read they killed as many as 20,000 in a day.

Though i’m sure it was only for special occasions :)


6 posted on 10/14/2019 4:43:39 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Wow, some idiot put "no one cares" in the keywords.

7 posted on 10/14/2019 4:44:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Wonder if those countries have an ‘indigenous peoples day’ to celebrate their culture ?


8 posted on 10/14/2019 4:52:18 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: dp0622

Yeah. I’m sure when it got down to the last two Incans, they said, “You know what? I’m not so sure we’ve been sold a load of hogwash on this whole human sacrifice thing. What say we call it good and see if our coffee harvest isn’t affected?”


9 posted on 10/14/2019 4:54:08 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"In modern minds, the term “human sacrifice” conjures up macabre satanic rituals performed by bloodthirsty barbarians.

"In the ancient Americas, however..."

In the ancient Americas, however, it was a highly civilized act, preceded by thorough, methodical torture and accompanied by flaying and cannibalism of the most refined and cultured sort.

Much in common with Planned Parenthood.

10 posted on 10/14/2019 4:56:35 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially)
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To: SunkenCiv


11 posted on 10/14/2019 4:59:30 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Human Sacrifice In The Pre-Columbian Americas

Apparently Ted Kennedy prioritized these True Believers for immigration into America by giving them membership in the DemoRat Party and jobs at Planned Parenthood.

12 posted on 10/14/2019 5:02:44 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Mrs. Don-o

So true about Planned Parenthood’s barbarity. Hearkens to mind the almost banal sterility with which the Nazi Germans slaughtered the Jews and others.


13 posted on 10/14/2019 5:04:35 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

How many babies have been aborted in the Americas should in the last 50 years?

Now, how many children did the Mayan and Aztec sacrifice?


14 posted on 10/14/2019 5:12:19 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Texas Eagle

ROFLMAO!!!

I don’t get it.

How did they know if the sacrifices were working or really, why did they THINK they were working?

Christians pray for several reasons. Yes, to possibly cure a loved one or for the safety of loved ones etc.

But ALSO to get closer to God and for me personally it brings me a certain serenity.

How does killing a gazillion people in horrible ways accomplish that!?! :)


15 posted on 10/14/2019 5:18:01 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“Good looking mummy.”


16 posted on 10/14/2019 5:28:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
God bless Hernán Cortés.
With a hat tip to smallpox and measles.
17 posted on 10/14/2019 5:35:13 PM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: dp0622
Yes, I’ve always wondered who the first person was who said “hmmm, the sun has risen just fine for my whole life, but maybe it won’t rise tomorrow unless we feed it blood”.

Most likely it was just some ruler who wanted to exert dominance over some people group. It became institutionalized and grew from there as more and more people’s positions became dependent on it.
18 posted on 10/14/2019 5:36:28 PM PDT by fluffy
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

In the pagan world, human sacrifice actually made some sense.

Pagan religions are humanistic, relying on intuition and the fundamentals of “sympathetic magic”. It’s sort of the way brains are wired to survive - seeking safe or useful vs dangerous patterns. Kind of an obvious way to eventually figure out which plants or environments are hazardous.

But some things don’t fit that mold too easily like earthquakes, volcanoes, droughts, and other freaky weather or disease outbreaks. I’m sure the caribes figured out what season brought hurricanes but that’s too easy compared to those other disasters. When you attempt to apply the humanistic/naturistic mind to these problems, you get logical screw ups like human sacrifice.

You also have to realize that on a fundamental level, these folks are no different than folks today. If you were transported back in time and born in their world, you’d act just like them and vice versa. Same critters, so to say.

So if you think this apparently arbitrary and capricious world of nature is controlled by gods you might ask the same question people ask today after a disaster - how is it that god allows this to happen?

Well, maybe it’s because, like people, they get a little hungry. There’s this god of death, you see. So maybe like me when I haven’t eaten in awhile and I suddenly come upon some food, I notice I eat quite a bit more than normal.

Bingo presto, there’s your explanation for natural disaster - just a god getting hungry after a bit of a fast.

How to fix this? Simple! Just offer a regular diet of death and this will provide the satiety that precludes disasters from wiping out your tribe.

So start easy - criminals, enemy tribes, or just folks you don’t like. If the mountain starts rumbling, throw a couple hot chicks in there.


19 posted on 10/14/2019 5:40:28 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I don’t believe they actually believed it was necessary. I think it’s more likely that the people in charge knew it was a powerful tool to compel compliance. Just another variation of a fear society as Mayan Scharanski would have described it.
The mass murderer was a tool, not a belief. The Conquistadors rolling into those places is analogous to the Allied armies rolling into Nazi death camps. Thank God the societies were wiped out. Conquistadors were Heroes


20 posted on 10/14/2019 5:43:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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