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IS IT A MUST TO APPEASE GOD WITH OFFERINGS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 09:15. animal sacrifice faith Gita Arjuna god human sacrifice krishna law of karma Mahabharatha Offerings religion IS IT A MUST TO APPEASE GOD WITH OFFERINGS? Prof Dr Colonel (Retired) K Prabhakar Rao
In all societies across the world and in various religions offerings are made to the God. Is it for appeasing him or as a sense of gratitude? Some do it as ritual while do it expecting some benefit. Does the God accept these offerings? Can he be influenced by such offerings? Will he make judgment by taking these into account or remains inert? Such questions need answering.
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Animal and Human Sacrifice in Religion: Is God Pleased?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 15:34. animal sacrifice Christianity Culture & Society Hinduism human sacrifice Islam Jihadism judaism religion sacrificeThe rituals involving animal sacrifice are age old in world religions. In fact all the world religions have tribal moorings and the rituals and religious customs appear to have originated from tribal ancient practices and primitive religions. Antiquity of this practice can not be established.…There were also some cannibals in some parts of the world who killed and ate human beings, mostly their adversaries. Some tribes sacrificed their victims and ate them while few tribes ate the dead. It was believed that the Gods, in whom the men believed, could be satisfied by offering fresh food as offering.…Regardless of its origin, the sacrifice of animals in homage to the gods was an idea that obviously had wide acceptance and this practice has been accepted by the words major religions and rituals infact sanctified these acts.
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