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  • in reply to: World Cup #265325
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    Softball is still a family gathering sport, but business is also influencing softball

    in reply to: Jesus. #265324
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    And the majority of academics in universities still hold that there was an historical Jesus.

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    It is the opposite of what Engels said: That scientists are materialist in their laboratories and idealist in their private lives; they do not want to lose their jobs; fundamentalism has taken over our society . Two teachers were laid off because they were teaching the real fundamentals of world history; they want history based on the theological conception of history. They talk against feudal times, but this period is worse

    in reply to: Paper is better for the brain. #265323
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    I like to feel a book in my hands. I have been sending all my books to a bookbinding company, and they look beautiful in different colours. We were told to love our books, magazines and newspapers, and our books always carry paper covers to conserve them. We had occasional inspections of our textbooks . Now there is propaganda made by the governments to hate newspapers and journalists and to hate scientific books; religious fundamentalism is taking over our society; it is like a regression

    I have a Kindle, but I only use it on rare occasions. All my books have three or four markers made out of ribbons of different colours. I am an atheist, but I have Bibles from different translations and different versions, atheist read more about the bible than theists. I grew up in a small town, but the main entertainment of the young people was the town library. Long-distance education is going to be the future of pedagogy, and many universities are implementing that system

    in reply to: Jesus. #265314
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    The expansion of Christian fundamentalism has now, I see from new books and internet videos, at last sparked an academic (at least) exposure of the Jesus myth and of the biblical mythology in general.

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    The whole bible, the Quran, and the Torah have been debunked and proven to be just mythologies; Christianity have been proven to be based on a myth, and that Jesus and his apostles never existed; some places that he walked did not exist in his time; churches have been exposed as business establishments attached to the capitalis,t mode of production, but people still believe in mythology.. The Odyssey movie has collected more than 1008 billion in profits; it is a sign that most people believe in mythology and wars

    in reply to: Jesus. #265313
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    All Abrahamic religions are bloody and violent; the so-called crucifixion of Jesus is a bloody action. Jehovah love killing and revenge; the Old Testament is full of criminal actions. The so-called devil, compared to Jehovah, is a saint

    The Haitian voodoo religion and Cuban Santeria sacrifice chickens and goats for rituals; it is syncretism, which is a combination of African and catholic rituals.
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    Those who buy cannabis and other drugs from illegal sources in S. America don’t realise they are funding animal sacrifice. The smugglers are intensely superstitious and sacrifice animals to “St. Death” to ask for the success of their enterprises.

    A few years ago, on the US/Mexican border, they kidnapped a young US man, took him into Mexico and sacrificed him to St. Death, the skull-faced patron saint of cannabis smugglers (to whom marijuana is burnt as incense). There was later a big shooting battle between police and smugglers. At the smugglers’ hideout were found the remains of bloody animal sacrifices and also the bones of the youth.

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    This society, despite all the technological advancement, is still backward and reactionary and recalcitrant nationalism is spreading all over;d the first promoters of nationalism are the Leninists and the left-wingers; there is disregard for sciences, literature, arts and reading; they want libraries to be closed to save what they call taxpayers’ money. Why do they want to burn books when nobody is reading them? They are just collecting dust in the bookshelves

    People are experiencing a profound ideological retrogression, and many people do not care any more about caring for other human beings,

    They inherited those rituals from the Incas and the Aztecs who sacrificed animals for agriculture, prosperity and for rain

    You an see the case of the US christians nationalists, they do not care if children are killed, pregnants women in emigration jails dying, they just care about the so called homeland which does not belong to them, they do not have a job, they live in poverty, they do not have medical insurance and they supported the measures to reverse them and they support their o ers, they love the capitalist class, they do not care if peoples in others countries are bombarded and killed, it is all bread and circusses like the Roman empire.

    in reply to: Jesus. #265305
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    Cortes was able to win the battle because there was class division among the natives, and he used that to gain the support of some of them. Similarly, in the USA, some natives fought along with the English and the French against the American colonisers. The black slaves fought along with the Yankees during the Civil War

    in reply to: Edward Bernstein rides again #265303
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    in reply to: Jesus. #265300
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    The gods of the Inca and the Aztecs were different to the monotheistic god of the Jews; they were connected to nature and political dominance or to their mode of production.

    The Spaniard eliminted those religious practices, but they imposed catholicism and whoever resisted was killed and burned alive.

    They imposed slavery and working in the mines to extract gold and silver, and many used coca leaves to work harder and longer hours and thousands of them died.

    in reply to: Jesus. #265299
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    Human sacrifice by the Inkas was a deeply sacred, highly regulated state ritual known as Capacocha (or Qhapaq Hucha), which primarily involved the offering of children to local and imperial deities.

    Unlike the large-scale public executions practised by the Aztecs, Inka sacrifices were performed selectively to ensure cosmic balance, appease the gods during crises, and consolidate political control over a rapidly expanding empire.

    The Inkas used human sacrifice as a dual tool for spiritual devotion and imperial dominance:

    Sacrifices were triggered by major disruptions like environmental disasters (volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts), epidemics, or the death of an Inka Emperor.

    Offerings were made to the Sun God (Inti) and mountain deities (Apus) to secure successful harvests, steady rain, and general fertility.

    The state required local conquered chiefs to provide their own children for sacrifice.

    This bound peripheral regions to the capital of Cusco, transforming the victims into eternal deities that legitimised Inka rule over subject populations.

    The Inkas selected physically unblemished boys and girls, typically between the ages of 4 and 14, valued for their purity.

    Older girls, such as the 13-year-old Llullaillaco Maiden, were chosen from the Acllahuasi (House of Chosen Women).
    They were raised as priestesses and royal wives before some were selected for sacrifice.

    Families viewed selection as an extraordinary honour rather than a punishment, often elevating the social and political status of the child’s family.

    In the year leading up to their death, victims’ diets changed drastically to include elite foods like maize and meat.

    Analysis of mummy hair suggests victims heavily consumed intoxicating coca leaves and chicha (maize alcohol) to induce altered states and sedate them during the gruelling mountain ascents

    in reply to: Jesus. #265298
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    I believe it. It was reported by the Romans about Carthage, and the Carthaginians were Phoenicians, and Phoenicia was what is now Lebanon.

    Bizarre though, don’t you think? Children are a society’s future.

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    It is the same as in Exodus 11-29, when all the firstborn of Egypt were killed, but that event never took place. Some historians believe that a similar event took place in another region, but there was no killing. It is only a myth because the Exodus never took place

    in reply to: Jesus. #265297
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    However, ritual animal sacrifice persisted in some regional Iranian traditions well into the Islamic era before largely fading out.”

    Aren’t goats still sacrificed in Islam for Eid?
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    That is not the issue, and the Roman and Matthew Henry are not the issue either because he tried to cover it up.

    The main issue is the prophet Jeremiah, who did indicate that the jews were sacrificing their children for Baal, and Yahweh punished them; again,

    We come back to the issue of the gods’ defeat of that epoch: the pagan gods of the north defeated the god of the South; peoples had rejected Yahoe as they did in Sinai when Moses was on the mountain, and he killed thousands of people as a punishment.

    Yahaev spent all the Biblical narratives punishing his followers to avoid defeat

    in reply to: Jesus. #265295
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    There were three floods in three different places, but they were not universal; they were local, rivers overflowing that destroyed several civilisations, but it is not the same narrative as Genesis 6-9.

    They were produced by climatic changes, but they were not produced by a god’s punishment, and they were transmitted by different peoples that survived those floods

    The Jews learned about those floods when they were exiled to Babylon, and they took those narratives and applied them to their own world and to their own god, but merged them into one flood, and the most impressive one was the last flood because it was the one that produced more destruction

    Those floods took place before they were written in the Bible; therefore, the Noah flood did not occur as mentioned in the Bible. Ironically, it was written to say that Yahev is a god of promise and a god of morality; now we can see a materialist and earthly event transformed into a religious event

    in reply to: Jesus. #265289
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    Jeremiah 19:5 says: “They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind”

    Jeremiah 32:35
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    35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind—that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.

    2 Kings 16:3
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    3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

    https://thekingsbible.com/Concordance

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    Anything about the Bible can be found in this biblical commentary
    :: https://mhc.thekingsbible.com

    In his Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry fiercely condemns Jewish sacrifices to Baal, viewing them as the absolute pinnacle of spiritual apostasy and moral depravity.

    He analyses these rituals through several key historical and prophetic events: Child Sacrifices in the Valley of Hinnom. Commenting on Jeremiah 19:5, Henry addresses the historical reality of Jews building high places to “burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal”.

    He notes that this practice was a hideous violation of natural affection and divine law. Henry highlights God’s explicit declaration that child sacrifice was something He “commanded not… neither came it into my mind,” emphasising that God completely disowns such cruelty.

    Self-Mutilation and False Worship (1 Kings 18: )Reviewing Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, Henry focuses on the frantic nature of Baal worship. He points out that Baal’s worshippers cut themselves with knives until blood gushed out.

    Henry comments that Satan is a tyrannical master who delights in the physical torment and literal blood of his followers, contrasting this with the peaceful, rational worship required by God. The Just Retribution: Henry links the Jews’ horrific rituals to their ultimate downfall.

    Commenting on Jeremiah 19:9, he observes a grim divine irony: because the Jews willingly sacrificed and burned their own children to Baal in times of peace, God justly punished them during the Babylonian siege, forcing them into such extreme famine that they resorted to eating their own children.Would you like to examine Matthew Henry’s specific commentary on Elijah and the prophets of Baal, or look into how he compares Baal worship to Molech?

    in reply to: Jesus. #265287
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    The Jews also made human sacrifices to Baal. Prophet Jeremiah condemned human sacrifice made by the Jews.

    Jeremiah 19:5: Jeremiah explicitly accuses the people of Judah of building high places to Baal and burning their children in the fire as burnt offerings.

    Jeremiah 32:35: Mentions the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where they offered their sons and daughters to Molech, showing a frequent overlap in the text between these idolatrous rituals.

    2 Kings 16:3 & 21:6: Record that specific kings of Judah, such as Ahaz and Manasseh, “passed their son through the fire,” mimicking the detestable ways of the nations.Psalms 106:37–38:

    Laments that the Israelites shed innocent blood by sacrificing their sons and daughters to the idols of Canaan.

    Context in Ancient Israel: Strict Prohibition: The Torah strictly forbade human sacrifice, prescribing severe religious and legal punishments for anyone who gave their children to fiery rites (e.g., Leviticus 18:21). Prophetic Condemnation: The biblical narrative presents child sacrifice not as an authorised part of Yahweh’s worship, but as a severe corruption and apostasy into which the kings and people fell when they copied neighbouring pagan.

    It is later prohibited in the Torah, but several prophets mentioned it in the Bible. I know the Bible from the first page until the last one, and I have biblical commentary, specially Mathew Henry, where he mentioned human sacrifice

    in reply to: Jesus. #265279
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    The eucharistic is an old pagan tradition of anthropophagia, of eating meat and drinking blood. Still, in some places, they are drinking turtles’ blood as an aphrodisiac.

    Stone altars were a central and defining feature of Mithraism, an ancient Roman mystery religion dedicated to the god Mithras.

    These altars sat at the focal point of underground or windowless temples known as mithraea, where military members and initiates gathered for secret rituals.

    The altar typically showed Mithras killing a sacred bull. Solar Symbols: Carvings often included the sun god Sol, ravens, lions, and symbols of light or the cosmos.

    Roman soldiers and commanders frequently dedicated these stone monuments to fulfil vows or honour the god.

    Worshippers gathered around the altar in dim light, often illuminated by torches or backlighting through carved stone.

    Troops placed these altars across the Roman Empire, from Rome all the way to frontier posts in Britain and Scotland, to seek protection and strength.

    Abrahms used an altar to sacrifice his son. Yahev is a god that loves killing.

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    https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/holbach/index.htm. Holbach wrote about the bible and Jesus

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    Mithras is traced back to the Persians, and the altars come from the Persians. The Jewish religion is completely pagan or gentile
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    Ancient Persians practised animal sacrifice. Historical records—such as the Persepolis administrative texts and accounts by the Greek writer Herodotus—show that early Persian empires performed ritual animal slaughter (like horses, cattle, and sheep) to honour deities and share sacrificial meals .

    During the Achaemenid period, livestock was routinely provided for religious ceremonies and state-backed ritual distributions.

    Ancient historians noted that Persian priests (the Magi) performed various ritual acts, though some Greek accounts also exaggerated or misunderstood their daily customs regarding the killing of living creatures.

    Over time, mainstream Zoroastrianism shifted focus toward bloodless rituals, prioritising prayers, fire, and plant offerings like haoma. However, ritual animal sacrifice persisted in some regional Iranian traditions well into the Islamic era before largely fading out.
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