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==Human Sacrifice==

==Human Sacrifice==

===Pagan religions===

===Pagan religions===

Human sacrifice was practiced by many [[pagan]] religions as being the most precious, valuable and pleasing offering in the sight of the gods. The [[Aztec]] and [[Maya]] [[Indian]] tribes were particularly prolific in this regard, prior to the arrival of the [[Spanish]] and the subsequent conversion of the indigenous peoples of Colonial Latin America to [[Christianity]]. In more recent centuries, [[Satanism|Satanists]] have been accused of practicing human sacrifice, even of offering their own children as a blood sacrifice on an altar.<ref>[https://www.learnreligions.com/human-sacrifice-facts-in-laveyan-satanism-95977 Facts and Fallacies of "Human Sacrifice" in LaVeyan Satanism: Do Satanists Believe in Human Sacrifice? by Catherine Boyer (July 04, 2018) (learnreligions.com)]<br>[https://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_satanists_sacrifice_babies How Do Satanists Sacrifice Babies? (answers.com)] ''The writer says it is a practice of [[Devil]] worshipers, not Satanists.''</ref>

Human sacrifice was practiced by many [[pagan]] religions as being the most precious, valuable and pleasing offering in the sight of the gods. The [[Aztec]] and [[Maya]] [[Indian]] tribes were particularly prolific in this regard, prior to the arrival of the [[Spanish]] and the subsequent conversion of the indigenous peoples of Colonial Latin America to [[Christianity]]. In more recent centuries, [[Satanism|Satanists]] have been accused of practicing human sacrifice, even of offering their own children as a blood sacrifice on an altar.<ref>[https://www.learnreligions.com/human-sacrifice-facts-in-laveyan-satanism-95977 '''Facts and Fallacies of "Human Sacrifice" in LaVeyan Satanism: Do Satanists Believe in Human Sacrifice?''' by Catherine Boyer (July 04, 2018) (learnreligions.com)]<br>[https://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_satanists_sacrifice_babies '''How Do Satanists Sacrifice Babies?''' (answers.com)] ''The writer says it is a practice of [[Devil]] worshipers, not Satanists.''<br>[http://listverse.com/2014/03/17/10-contemporary-cases-of-human-sacrifice/ '''10 Contemporary Cases of Human Sacrifice''' (listverse.com)]</ref>

===Substitutionary sacrifice===

===Substitutionary sacrifice===