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- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Meme[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] - Cultural idea, social practice, concept or action that becomes a norm and begins to repeat itself consciously in a society
-term coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene 1976
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- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Meme - A thought that spreads through society taking a life of its own [/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]At some point in Earth's time, a meme was established for human sacrifice. That thought-form repeated itself throughout the whole of humanity and possibly into the land that humans reside. Such a powerful inclination it was that in all parts of the world, human sacrifice was not only accepted, but it was a way of life. Human sacrifice was used for many purposes: to bring good crops, fertility, protection (over a village or home), to instill fear into neighboring tribes, atonement for sins, and possibly population control.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]For many modern people in Western societies, the topic of human sacrifice is met with shivers, scowls, and disgust. The irony is that their morality is often based upon religious structures which were built upon the meme of human sacrifice, including Judaism. Scholars, such as Hyam Maccoby, have devoted much research into human sacrifice in the Bible.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The topic of the
Akedah, the binding of Isaac, continues to spur much debate among Jews. In his book
The Sacred Executioner: Human Sacrifice and the Legacy of Guilt, Hyam Maccoby points out that human sacrifice was very common among the people of Abrahams day, even up through the time of the Old Testament prophets. For that reason, Abraham may not have considered human sacrifice as a gruesome ritual. In fact, the modern Biblical account shows no signs of protest from Abraham. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Even in this modern age, human sacrifice remains a part of the practiced beliefs for people all over Africa and in remote parts of Chile, Peru and other native lands. As Isaiah Oke, a former Juju high priest, wrote in his book
Blood Secrets: The True Story of Demon Worship and Ceremonial Murder, the governments and courts all over Africa knowingly and purposefully turn a blind eye to any such killings in the name of the powerful Juju cult. And again in the book
The Highest Altar: Unveiling the Mystery of Human Sacrifice, Patrick Tierney, author, reveals that anthropologists for the native peoples of the Andean mountains and surrounding areas are afraid to speak on the subject of human sacrifice for fear of losing their access privileges into those countries. So powerful is the meme of human sacrifice, to this day, those modern governments still protect the belief in it.[/FONT]
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The human sacrifice meme (in all beliefs from all parts of the world), for the purposes of atonement, goes something like this:[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] A group of people choose a victim for their ritual. Usually the sacrifice is a child, a member of royalty, a person of a warring tribe, a strong male, or a parentless or unwanted child (or another member of the society who is undesirable). [/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The group then collectively heaps their sin onto the victim through mockery and torture during the ritual.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During such rituals, it is common for the participants to be covered in the blood of the sacrifice. The blood of the sacrifice is considered to have magical healing and atoning properties.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Once the victim is dead, the victim is thereafter prayed to as a saint, god, or messenger. That is done to raise the spirit of the dead into eternal life by remembering the person, their death and sacrifice. It is also for the purposes of reminding the victim to take their message to the higher deity(s).[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Furthermore, in some ceremonies, it is common to partake of the victims blood and/or flesh.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] It is even common to establish a symbol, location or belief structure surrounding that sacrifice in order to keep the sacrifice valid and alive through remembering.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Also, it was/is considered that the location of the ritualistic killing is done in an important area. Often this would mean a mountain or a hill, such as seen with Abraham or Golgotha[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Human sacrifice is a strong powerful force that manipulates a certain group consciousnessfrom a hierarchy of principalities which influence this worldthat drove the Roman government to create and establish a religion based upon it. The meme keeps reproducing itself and blending into every culture worldwide as an accepted means to atonement.[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Modern Christians withdraw at the mirror when it comes to the subject of human sacrifice. Yet, as missionaries pour into the lesser-civilized parts of the world, they are shocked at their own reflection. Read this excerpt from
The Highest Altar: Unveiling the Mystery of Human Sacrifice by Patrick Tierney, p. 303:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Its commonly supposed among Aymara Indians that the communion waferswhich, after consecration, become the body of Christare fabricated from stolen bits of human bodies, and that changing themselves into flesh-sucking vampires is the real, professional occupation of Catholic priests and nuns. A woman came to the church here in town and demanded to see Father Edmundo, recalled Sister Liticia. She wanted to buy human flesh from him.[/FONT]
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]And in the book
Blood Secrets: The True Story of Demon Worship and Ceremonial Murder, by Isaiah Oke, the author explains that the Juju priests mimicked some of the practices they saw while watching the Catholic priests perform rituals. The Christians had given the Juju worshippers ideas! ...but not necessarily "good ones." The author told how the Juju priests were especially pleased with how the Catholic priests would spray or sprinkle the congregation with special tools.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The parallels of the black magic ritualistic killing and Christianitys core theme are startling. In fact, it is my own opinion that priests and preachers have warned their followers not to study such subjects in order to keep people from seeing the obvious meme of human sacrifice.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]Many people argue that communion is symbolic. Yet look at the Catholic belief in transubstation, where the wine and bread literally change into the blood and flesh of their savior. Furthermore, even in symbolic form, the meme continues, by the mere belief that human sacrifice is necessary. Many claim that the communion is symbolic; however,
if the belief follows that there is/was a real necessity for a physical sacrifice, then it nixes out the possibility that the communion can merely be symbolic.
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