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Subject: Re: Another small question.
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Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 17:34:01 EST
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> 
> My question this time is . . . "Why should it not be a CHILD instead of a
> monkey???  (of course an unwanted child with birth defects who can't speak
> and whom we don't recognize as 'human' therefore)
> Dark Ages we seem to be plunging into headlong.  
> Ken Arndt

I don't see why the Gods have to be left out!  There have been many throughout
history that required human sacrifices and a good number of Gods worshiped
by cannibalistic nations/tribes.  Being easter we could talk about the
drinking of the blood (ew yuck) of Christ.

The Catholics in the crowd might argue that this has ritual and symbolic
meaning. I would argue that the nations that practice sacrifices (human
or otherwise) don't just do it for the h--- of it.

But I'm side stepping Ken's and my own original question: where do
morals come from... D---ed if I know.

		larry fast (Universty of Waterloo)
		broadcasting from exile