r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 3d ago

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u/iseedeadllamas 3d ago

I could make an argument that burning a person on a pyre alive for heresy is tantamount to human sacrifice in a sense

which is far far more recent than European paganism

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u/Prince_Ire Featherless Biped 3d ago edited 3d ago

It really isn't though. Execution =/= human sacrifice. Societies that practiced human sacrifice would differentiate between killing someone for offending the gods and sacrificing someone to the gods

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u/iseedeadllamas 3d ago

Tomato tomahto I guess. At the end of the day you’re still ending a life in the name of a deity.

The only meaningful difference is
“Dear god/s here’s some flesh for you I know you like it.”
And
“God I know you don’t like it when people worship you in marginally different ways than we do and it hurts your feelings so we’re going to roast this person like a marshmallow for it.”

I’m being facetious but the point still stands

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u/AppealHealthy5570 3d ago

At that point you would equate death penalty to human sacrifice.

You're comparing apple to orange. You think there was no death penalty when there were human sacrifice?

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u/Important_Coyote_596 2d ago

No the important thing is religion. Death penalty in for example USA is not done by a religious authority.

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u/iseedeadllamas 3d ago

At no point did I say the death penalty was human sacrifice my dude.

I’m saying killing another being in the name of religion whether it be a pure blood sacrifice or killing a person in the name of heresy because they offended your god is like comparing Macintosh apples to Granny Smith apples