re: Mass child sacrifice discovery may be largest in Peru

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How do they know it was a child sacrifice ritual and not a burial site for children that succumbed to illness?

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The children show signs of being killed during wet weather, and were buried facing the sea, meaning they were probably sacrificed to appease the Chimú's gods.

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Why? Great movie.

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Ever listened to Cortez The Killer by Neil Young?

Great song but it talks up how peaceful and in tune with the Earth that Montezuma and the Aztecs were, even as they mention human sacrifices, before Cortez overthrew him.

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This is the kind of thing I was talking about. Starting in the late 60s the idea of the nobility of Indian culture began to be pushed. The truth of the matter though is most Indian cultures were Stone Age civilizations that were extremely brutal and violent.

And that’s not a knock against Indians, it’s simply the truth and the way of nature. Just as was the case in civilizations in Europe, Asia, and Africa, those groups who could conquer and subdue their lesser neighbors did so. The same was true here in America prior to the arrival of Europeans. The only difference is the civilizations here were still pretty much Stone Age societies.

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I would like for our resident moral relativists to tell us how they view Incan child sacrifices and on what basis they would condemn child sacrifices?

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well the fact that we no longer have widespread child sacrifices should tell you that morality is obviously relative

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Such a peaceful people until those no-good Europeans introduced them to violence.

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winner

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well then who are we to judge then

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So are you saying two wrongs do indeed make a right?

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Great song but it talks up how peaceful and in tune with the Earth that Montezuma and the Aztecs were, even as they mention human sacrifices, before Cortez overthrew him.

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That was the Aztecs. Totally different continent.

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well then who are we to judge then

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So you would say that statement applies for child sacrifices?

Your point earlier was to say that because a culture held a different moral view of the world previously, all morality must be relative correct?

Point is that Indian culture in both Americas is fetishized beyond belief despite a history of human sacrifices and other atrocities by a number of those tribes.


Did they all do this? No. But the example I gave is a perfect example of excusing it because it talked about “sacrificing some so others could live”. And the particular tribe we are talking about apparently committed sacrifices to their gods as well.