[norton]

" Those chosen to be sacrificed generally believed it to be a high honor as well at least with the Mayas."

I've always wondered just how someone today knows that the victims felt 'honored'.
I've never heard anyone suggest that Christians felt honored when they let the lions loose or that anyone said thanks to the Gestapo.

I'd be willing to go with 'hoplessly aware of what was coming next'. I'd believe generous application of locally grown drugs. I'm not willing to accept feeling honored, certainly not once they saw the knife.

[murphE]

I think you're probably right.

[justshutupandtakeit]

This was what was claimed by those who investigated the phenomenon. There is no similiarity to Christians in the Arena since the ceremony was not designed to glorify the power of the state versus a subversive religious group. Nor were the victims considered enemies of the Volk as were the Jews.

Those chosen for this from within were honored and treated with great consideration and solicitude prior to the knife.

Christians have often spoke of the joy of being a martyr for Christ.