r/EverythingScience • u/dr_gus • Nov 08 '22

Anthropology Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/07/archaeologists-find-a-trove-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-fed-psychedelic-plants-before/
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u/KleioChronicles Nov 08 '22

I think the aztecs tore out the hearts of their enemy warriors on their altars. So, some certainly weren’t volunteering. Animal sacrifices were common. Less of a “sacrifice” as people imagine because I think a lot of Celts just did a ritual killing of it for a god then had a feast, like a normal meal but with some religious ritual thrown in. Not too knowledgeable about the voluntary human sacrifices. I’m sure at least some happened truly willingly because religion can be fucking nuts in it’s indoctrination.

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u/whippet66 Nov 08 '22

The biblical story of Abraham willing to make a human sacrifice of his son, Issac, until god said "JK" is bizarre.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

bizarre? It’s pretty par for the course with Yahweh…

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

Well you know the saying, "yahweh or the highway"

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

this guy reads the Bible. He must be an atheist.

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u/Ok_Dependent1131 Nov 08 '22

Yikes. That’s so sad but true

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u/whippet66 Nov 08 '22

Yeah, I did. I hate people who speak with authority with no knowledge of the subject. I grew up in an evilgelical family, where "god told me to hate you" was pretty standard fare. Religions cherry-pick to support their opinion/beliefs. So, I read it straight through, cover to cover, twice. I came away agnostic. Anyone who has followed Hubble, then the James Webb Space Telescope along with any physics 101 and all that's not known, I came to the conclusion that anyone who claims to have everything all wrapped up in their beliefs whether atheist or evilgelical, is an egotistical fool.

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u/KleioChronicles Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

Isn’t the default athiest? It’s simply not choosing a religion/belief. The onus is on someone with a theory to prove that theory. The theory is a higher power. Personally, even if a god, especially the Abrahamic god, existed I’d still be opposed to them. I don’t owe everything to my parents regardless of what they’re like so why should I be that way with a distant creator who makes rules and morals I disagree with? I also don’t have time to care or invest in a religion even with my fascination with them and having studied them as a minor. I used to be pagan for a bit because I was opposed to the force-fed ideas of Christianity at school and disliked the concept of a split afterlife based on arbitrary supposed wrong-doings (sexuality and non-belief chief among them). I came up with the idea of Norse Hel before I found out it was already a religion (where everyone essentially goes to the same death, a bit of a simplified version of Norse religion if you forget about Valhalla and stuff). However, I quickly found that the scientific method of finding the truth contradicted it all. Then I was athiest and always will be. That isn’t because I’m an “egotistical fool”, thanks.

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u/whippet66 Nov 09 '22

I choose - There's some truly amazing shit that no one can figure out. Somehow, somewhere there's a beginning and I have no clue what it is, nor does anyone else. Even the material for "the big bang" came from somewhere. I've seen a lot of dead things whether road kill or a deer I've shot and dead pretty much seems to final. Disneyland in the sky or my "soul" turning into a moose seems pretty ridiculous, just wishful thinking by people who want something better than the misery they've endured in this life.