Posted by Dr. Bob on October 5, 2013, at 15:51:46
In reply to Re: Ameranglican ethnocentricism » HomelyCygnet, posted by sigismund on October 4, 2013, at 14:46:20
> the Andean cultures were not so enthusiastic about sacrifice. I found that culture very warm in comparison to my own. A religion with sacrifice as the instrument of redemption......let me start again......it is easy enough to see the Holocaust as the action providing access to a belief system, fruit at the alter of the Fuhrer's genius, it seems so sacrilegious to even say what for a big enough minority was the case......but many Marxist Leninist governments were the same, utopian in nature with sacrifice required, as one might think of the wars then and since. There was an American theologian here talking about culture and bellicosity, I can only recall him talking about sacrifice and the need to make sure it was worthwhile.
Thanks for posting that. You got me thinking about the culture here, where a cygnet is ready to sacrifice himself and the community often seems ready to sacrifice Lou.
Do you see a connection between sacrifice and redemption? And between redemption and sin?
How is conflict handled in the Andean cultures?
Bob
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