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Yev · 03-02-2007, 01:09 PM

I am curious as to why you would compare religions involving human sacrifice with the religion of the Amish and Quakers. I thought that the Amish and Quakers were variants of Christianity. I also understood that in Christianity Jesus died a human death as the ultimate sacrifice, so I would have considered the Amish and Quakers as being amongst the religions in which the God is appeased by human sacrifice.

I am no expert on Christianity, so maybe I have got it wrong. But if Jesus died a divine death then God is dead and the whole question of religion would fall away. If he did indeed die a human death, what makes the Amish and Quakers different?

03-02-2007, 01:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
Yev Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Durban, South Africa Posts: 30	Curious Comparison I am curious as to why you would compare religions involving human sacrifice with the religion of the Amish and Quakers. I thought that the Amish and Quakers were variants of Christianity. I also understood that in Christianity Jesus died a human death as the ultimate sacrifice, so I would have considered the Amish and Quakers as being amongst the religions in which the God is appeased by human sacrifice. I am no expert on Christianity, so maybe I have got it wrong. But if Jesus died a divine death then God is dead and the whole question of religion would fall away. If he did indeed die a human death, what makes the Amish and Quakers different?