Human sacrifices
This is truly sad: it was reported today that hundreds of people are killed in stampede at Hajj pilgrimage, apparently caused by people tripping over fallen luggage and then others piled on top of them.
I understand God may punish me for being blasphemous, but I can't help coming up with questions. Since, according to loonies like Pat Roberston (and many, many others), God gets pissed at us when we do something sinful, does this mean that these poor souls were actually committing a sin as they were trying to honor God (a.k.a. Allah)? Is He trying to tell us (well, them) that they shouldn't do the yearly pilgrimage? Or were they just the yearly sacrifice needed to complete the circle of honoring/pleasing God? If so, this means that the ancient Aztecs were right when they sacrificed humans to please their God(s).
Why is God so blood thirsty?
I understand God may punish me for being blasphemous, but I can't help coming up with questions. Since, according to loonies like Pat Roberston (and many, many others), God gets pissed at us when we do something sinful, does this mean that these poor souls were actually committing a sin as they were trying to honor God (a.k.a. Allah)? Is He trying to tell us (well, them) that they shouldn't do the yearly pilgrimage? Or were they just the yearly sacrifice needed to complete the circle of honoring/pleasing God? If so, this means that the ancient Aztecs were right when they sacrificed humans to please their God(s).
Why is God so blood thirsty?
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ByShqipo, this is an interesting commentary. I would also add that many people go to Hajj because they want to die there while they are visiting holy sight!!! I have talked to many religious Muslims who are all in unison that giving up lives at the time of Hajj is the highest sacrifice for the God. If this is a case; then, practice is showing a great progress on that part of demand. In addition, I still don’t understand whether is required to die while in prayer or e.g. sleeping in the hotel which collapsed couple weeks ago taking away over 50 lives??? We se the procedure, but what is a standard to get to the God??
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