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Subject: Re: Human Sacrifice in Traditional African Religion (was The
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Subject: Re: Human Sacrifice in Traditional African Religion (was The
>Matamoros Affair (was Palo Mayombe: The 'Dark S
>From: eballard@sas.upenn.edu (E. C. Ballard)
>Date: 8/13/00 11:46 AM EST
>Message-id:
>
>Olumide is a very dubious source for anything. He probably is describing=
>actual practices but he is rather sensationalist at times and is coming
>from a very christian bias. =
He does not hide his bias, and the discerning reader takes that into acco=
unt.
It is not however relevant to the *facts* at issue, which are corroborate=
d by
the teachers I have had who pass on the oral tradition. The facts do forc=
e us
to confront the issue of human sacrifice against the backdrop that most o=
f us
bring of Western churching and Western schooling. It is easy to confront =
this
issue as soon as you realize that at the core of Western Christianity is =
the
account of a human sacrifice allegedly to end all sacrifice. "Christ died=
to
wash away _your_ sins". Etc. Christ wasn't even a volunteer! How much mor=
e
noble the tale recounted in the Akan tradition of the priest who offered
himself as a sacrifice in order to save the people!
>Lastly he spends a great deal of time trying
>to tie Yoruban culture to ancient Egypt. This is a perfectly pointess
>endeavor. =
And why would that be so, pray tell? In my opinion, he does a very good,
meticulous job of proving a connection, citing linguistic, artifactual,
religio-cultural, and other evidence to prove the matter beyond doubt.
>In his favor, it was a theory that at the time was seriously
>considered, but that points to his credulity none the less.
And who has debunked it?
>
>As for the British Royal family being reptilian, this is the first speck=
>of wisdom I have read in this thread. I can truly sign on to that theory=
=2E
>Have any blood tests been performed? We know Victoria was cold-blooded -=
>that is somewhere to start!
>
You would have to check with the author, David Icke. =
What occurs to me now is that if the West are sustained in their global
domination by continual human sacrifices carried on on a vast scale under=
the
guise of wars, "war on drugs", "law and order" capital punishment, etc., =
etc.,
there was a second benefit to them, apart from the obvious one, of underm=
ining
the traditional gods wherever they went. To the extent they have done so,=
the
reptilians grow stronger in the 4th dimension, even as they secure world
domination in our 3rd dimension. Churched and schooled as we were to reje=
ct the
ancient traditions as backward, and even barbaric, we may have fallen pre=
y to
clever, reptilian deception, under which right was made to look wrong, an=
d
wrong was made to look right. But if you think about it, only the innate
goodness of the African, and of other indigenous peoples around the world=
,
would permit them to be so deceived. Irony of ironies: there are now more=
Anglicans in Africa than there are in Britain! Just trying to connect dot=
s=E2?=A6
>Eoghan
>
Peace,
Grisso
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