[aristeides]

Sounds as though the Thugs are back. I wonder why this article doesn't use the word.

[Restorer]

Sounds as though the Thugs are back. I wonder why this article doesn't use the word.

The Thugs were a very specific sub-group of Kali-worshippers who ambushed, murdered and robbed travelers. They were by no means the only human-sacrificing group among those who worshipped her.

Oddly enough, some Thuggee were Muslims. How they rationalized combining human sacrifice worship of Kali with Islam is a darn good question.

[thmiley]

I thought the Thugs killed their victims by strangulation.

[Destro]

aristeides, the Thugs were (was?) an organized cult. These seem to be independent isolated cases. Thugs killed strangers to rob them of their purses and killed by strangulation, it was forbidden to draw blood.

By the way (no flames please-and no I'm no Hindu lover) but what is the Christian crucifixion but a human sacrifice and what is the Christian mass but a pantomime of that sacrifice, complete with the drinking of the blood and cannibalism? Substitute the pumpkin for Kali with wine and bread. Even the rule that the victim be a willing one for the Kali-Hindu's has parallels to Christ's willingness to sacrifice himself for our sins.

But Christ came to end such practices. His was the last human blood sacrifice God was willing to accept from humanity.

[Destro]

aristeides, the Thugs were (was?) an organized cult. These seem to be independent isolated cases. Thugs killed strangers to rob them of their purses and killed by strangulation, it was forbidden to draw blood.

By the way (no flames please-and no I'm no Hindu lover) but what is the Christian crucifixion but a human sacrifice and what is the Christian mass but a pantomime of that sacrifice, complete with the drinking of the blood and cannibalism? Substitute the pumpkin for Kali with wine and bread. Even the rule that the victim be a willing one for the Kali-Hindu's has parallels to Christ's willingness to sacrifice himself for our sins.

But Christ came to end such practices. His was the last human blood sacrifice God was willing to accept from humanity.

[Destro]

aristeides, the Thugs were (was?) an organized cult. These seem to be independent isolated cases. Thugs killed strangers to rob them of their purses and killed by strangulation, it was forbidden to draw blood.

By the way (no flames please-and no I'm no Hindu lover) but what is the Christian crucifixion but a human sacrifice and what is the Christian mass but a pantomime of that sacrifice, complete with the drinking of the blood and cannibalism? Substitute the pumpkin for Kali with wine and bread. Even the rule that the victim be a willing one for the Kali-Hindu's has parallels to Christ's willingness to sacrifice himself for our sins.

But Christ came to end such practices. His was the last human blood sacrifice God was willing to accept from humanity.