[VOA]

I had an interesting feeling when watching the PBS series "Conquistadores"
with host Michael Wood.
Wood described how Cortes and some of his officers were taken to the
killing room at the top of one of the temples.
Montezuma tried to give Cortez and his buddies a lesson in Aztec theology,
explaining how well ripping the hearts from their victims made the Sun happy
and kept the world going round.
The speech was obviously intended to sell Cortez on the Aztec worldview.

Wood related at how absolutly angry Cortez and his buddies got when they
heard this "Isn't sacrifice by ripping out hearts GREAT!" speech.

And I thought of how absolutely angry I got in the days following 9-11.
And how, even if you aren't a noble person (like Cortez) and you come
from an imperfect society (like 1500s Spain)...
you can still spot the savages.

[glorgau]

I've always thought that if someone is recommending sacrifices, then they should be first in line.

Re: Hillary "We're going to take things from you for your own good".

[Quix]

And I thought of how absolutely angry I got in the days following 9-11.
And how, even if you aren't a noble person (like Cortez) and you come
from an imperfect society (like 1500s Spain)...
you can still spot the savages.
= = = =

INDEED.

. . . though . . . much more difficult is spotting the savagry in the heart of each of us . . . that usually requires Holy Spirit's deep search light in many cases . . . and/or unusual circumstances.

[Natural Law]

The Spaniards had spent centuries driving the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula. During this time they had adopted a theology that placed value on the human soul, not the human being. The logic went that animals were less than humans because they had no soul. Further, humans who had forfeited their souls to Satan, Allah or a pagan demon were less than animals because they had chosen their fate.

[stripes1776]

Wood described how Cortes and some of his officers were taken to the killing room at the top of one of the temples. Montezuma tried to give Cortez and his buddies a lesson in Aztec theology, explaining how well ripping the hearts from their victims made the Sun happy and kept the world going round. The speech was obviously intended to sell Cortez on the Aztec worldview. Wood related at how absolutly angry Cortez and his buddies got when they heard this

Did that meeting actually happen, or was this something Michael Wood was guessing about?