From: here@is.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:32:14 GMT, Retrograde   
    wrote:   
      
   >There really isn't any evidence for what   
   >they're proposing.   
      
   I believe Muslims have chopped off hands/feet, but this religion was   
   not around then.   
      
   Aboriginal Australians did some body modifications, and iirc, when   
   coming of age, a female would get ganged fucked, and then the last   
   male to do it, would die with her via logs falling on them.   
      
   Aztec human sacrifice ritual - Estimates of the number of sacrifices   
   in relation to the population vary, however, it has been estimated   
   that up to 250,000 people were sacrificed per year. This is equivalent   
   to approximately one percent of the population. "This quarter of a   
   million figure, according to Borah (personal communication) is   
   consistent with the existence of thousands of temples throughout the   
   Triple Alliance alone and with the sacrifice of an estimated one   
   thousand to three thousand persons at each temple per year. "(Harner   
   1977:119)   
   http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1/student_projects97/aztec/ACosWorl   
   View.html/World1a.html   
      
   If one accepts out-of-body experiences are real, its possible a   
   "leader" had twisted ideas about this/that.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)