Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:06:25 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Newton or einstein?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 10:51 AM 5/13/05 -0400, Madeleine Yeh wrote:
>On Fri, 13 May 2005 07:20:55 -0700 (PDT)

>   You are assuming that human sacrifice has some benefit
>and are merely trying to see whether it matters which
>category the victims fall in.
>  You should try
>    a)  Do nothing
>    b) sacricifice unwanted animals
>    c)  sacrifice large valuable animals
>    d) sacrifice criminals
>    e)  sacrifice high priest/king
>
>Of course droughts aren't that common so it would be hard
>to get collect enough examples to reach a valid
>conclusion.  Also people tend to panic when faced with
>hunger and starvation and death.

Yeah, and if you are in a food shortage due to crop failure, the fewer
mouths to feed, the better, eh?

Of course, why start with the innocent young virgins?  Why not get rid of
the useless old priests who apparently didn't manage to keep the gods happy?

The answer to that is simple enough: people aren't good at thinking, they
are much better at "feeling", which makes them much easier to lead around
by the emotions, and since the priests are doing the leading, are often
supposed to be celibate, and virginity is a condition so easily altered...

Jim and Tammy Fay weren't the first ones to use religious belief as a scam
for personal benefit.

-- Mike B.
--
Feed the Hungry, Screw the Horny!