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“The magnitude of these shattering changes can perhaps be grasped by imagining that the invasion had been in the reverse direction and that the…

— Geoffrey Blainey

“there were gods who needed to be worshipped and placated, and the currency for that was blood.”

— Jo Nesbø

The Aztec gods and goddesses are, as far as we have known anything about them, an unlovely and unlovable lot. In their myths there…

— D. H. Lawrence

“They came with a Bible and their religion- stole our land, crushed our spirit... and now tell us we should be thankful to the…

— George Washington

“That's what people say about Mexico," Morgan said, "a death culture, the Indians and their blood sacrifices mixed with all the Moorish-Christianity of the…

— Janet Hobhouse

It is said that our indigenous ancestors, Mayas and Aztecs, made human sacrifices to their gods. It occurs to me to ask: How many…

— Rigoberta Menchu

“For while those like Señor Coma of Aragon were drawing a parallel between darkness of flesh and commitment to cannibalism—while Columbus and others were…

— David E. Stannard

“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped... Half gods are worshipped in…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.

— George Bernard Shaw

“We used to make gods, and we used to make sacrifices to them, and they would reward us. We're still doing it and we…

— Michael Montoure

“Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of your mind, waiting for our call. We…

— Stanley Kunitz

“our sacrifice did have a meaning.”

— Viktor E. Frankl