Timeline for Is it possible for a developed society to practice human sacrifice as a ritual?
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 23:40 | answer | added | Trish | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 20:28 | answer | added | stix | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 16:16 | answer | added | DWKraus | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 23, 2021 at 16:13 | comment | added | John | see the Aztec civilization. | |
| May 23, 2021 at 7:31 | answer | added | Radovan Garabík | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Oct 28, 2014 at 10:32 | comment | added | Sumyrda - remember Monica | In "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, the elderly and also weak infants and anybody not following the rules of society is "released"="killed". Otherwise it is a pretty advanced society. They even have climate control. At least for the elderly the "Release" is accompanied with a big ceremony. So I guess you could count that as an advanced society with ritual sacrifices. | |
| Oct 19, 2014 at 13:29 | comment | added | user2338816 | Because it didn't in our history, the direct answer has to be "No." But alternate realities bring a potential "Yes." A possible difference would be religion. It might continue today in the Americas if religious European contact hadn't happened, if, e.g., a 'Spanish flu' epidemic had devastated Europe in 1491 and periodically thereafter. (It might even have had a resurgence in Europe in that case.) Is 'burning witches' a human-sacrifice ritual? | |
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| Oct 18, 2014 at 9:12 | answer | added | celtschk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 18, 2014 at 1:23 | answer | added | Christian | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2014 at 21:12 | comment | added | Schwern | I think @Techzen's tighter definition of sacrifice as, "the killing of a human for a non-material effects" is more interesting to discuss, emphasis on "non-material effects". Otherwise "sacrifice" can be expanded into the many economic and societal trade-offs we make about safety vs freedom vs convenience: guns and cars come to mind. | |
| Oct 17, 2014 at 18:22 | comment | added | Milo P | The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a similar idea in a (then-)modern setting. | |
| Oct 17, 2014 at 14:17 | answer | added | The Spooniest | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2014 at 1:21 | comment | added | O. Jones | There was plenty of human sacrifice during and after the time called "medieval" in Europe. Consider the persecution of so-called "witches." | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 23:22 | answer | added | Dean Kuga | timeline score: -2 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 21:10 | answer | added | Adam Davis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 21:06 | answer | added | TechZen | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 20:35 | comment | added | yters | If a socially approved institution and promotion surrounds the human sacrifice counts as ritual, then abortion would definitely qualify. People are sacrificing their unborn children to satisfy their personal desires and needs. | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 17:31 | answer | added | CAgrippa | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 16:21 | answer | added | AnthonyW | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 12:55 | comment | added | Darrick Herwehe | Population 436 is a good example of a story with modern day ritual sacrifices. | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 4:47 | answer | added | GreenAsJade | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 3:10 | comment | added | Vincent | plenty of examples on the wikipedia page | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 3:10 | answer | added | Ryan Polley | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 3:05 | comment | added | IQAndreas | For many societies before the classical age, the ritual of human sacrifice was a common practice. [citation needed] | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 2:52 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | @Vincent: What is a trial but a ritual? The vast majority of trials are not conducted according to any valid scientific methodology for determining guilt, much less for reducing the incidence of violent crime. They're a show to appease certain expectations: the public's expectation that somebody "pay" for a crime, the expectation of conviction rate on the prosecutor, etc. etc. | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 2:46 | comment | added | Jon Kiparsky | I see no reason why being a "developed" society should preclude this sort of behavior, unless we specifically constrain our definition of "developed" to rule it out. | |
| Oct 16, 2014 at 0:11 | answer | added | enderland | timeline score: 17 | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 23:01 | comment | added | Vincent | The Japanese hara-kiri or Seppuku is one non religious sacrifice, but it's a self sacrifice for honor, not to please the gods. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 22:58 | comment | added | Vincent | Without a ceremonial ritual, this is probably considered a murder. People did not sacrifice without reasons. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 22:48 | comment | added | Caleb Hines | Can you clarify what you mean by ritual (especially in a potentially non-religious case)? For example, some people consider their morning a routine a "ritual" (hopefully one that doesn't involve death!). How would you differentiate between a ritual vs. a non-ritual human sacrifice? | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 22:04 | answer | added | Myles | timeline score: 20 | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 21:54 | answer | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | timeline score: 7 | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 20:39 | comment | added | ChrisLively | Some would consider the modern day practice of the death penalty as a form of Human Sacrifice. It's not as a form of worship in a deity, but rather as a way to give into the population which is demanding blood for specific crimes. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 19:34 | comment | added | Tim B | It's a common idea (although dressed up differently) in science fiction as well. For example "The Running Man" could be thought of as human sacrifice, as could "The Hunger Games" and much more. | |
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| Oct 15, 2014 at 18:59 | history | asked | Vincent | CC BY-SA 3.0 |