Talk:Sacrifice
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[edit] Self-Sacrifice/Social or Cultural Sacrifice
What about Self-Sacrifice? The essence of this is it involvers some personal cost, the extent of the cost being proportional to the extent of the self-sacrifice. It can be anything of value to the bearer including a forbearance of some pleasure, desire, or need upto sacrificing everything including ones life.
Indeed, there is an argument that unless a sacrifice comes at some significant cost, it is no sacrifice at all, or at the most a symbolic sacrifice. This aspect is particularly important in theological considerations of Sacrifice to God.
A reason for Self-Sacrifice (to God) is as penance for sin.
[edit] Other matters
kindly allow me to share my views,i have been fascinated by the number 7 ask me why?the answer is follows 1.sapta rishis
2.seven holy rivers in india
3.seven seas
4.seven colors
5.seven look alikes
6.seven musical notes
7.seven days in a week
8.seven continents
9.seven holy hills the abode of lord venkateshwara
10.draupadi weight was equal to 7 jasmine flowers
11.7 horses leading the chariot of sun god.
12. 7 swaras in Indian Music sa, re, ga, ma, pa, da, ni your reply in this matter is solicited. regards and thanks
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- (None of these mention the Biblical reasons for sacrifices. Will be added.)
from the list of explanations of the theology of sacrifice. It's been there for quite some time. There are Biblical explanations already in the list, although they may well be incomplete. Some potential Biblical explanations for sacrifice (atonement, asceticism) are also there, but stated as being of general application, as IMNPHO they should be. -- Smerdis of Tlön 19:08, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
[edit] recent sacrifice
There is an interesting account of a recent sacrifice of six bulls in the latest edition [Autumn 2005] of Sacred Fire magazine, in an article entitled "Divine Nourishment." Carptrash 14:08, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Christian human sacrifice
There are many accounts in folklore and arhelogical evidence that christians immured people in churches when new church was built and for protection from plague, I believe that it was form of human secriface and should mentioned, but I`m affraid that this could prove to be highly controversial, comments ? -- Xil - talk 20:20, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
- Check whether they did this because of a particular interpretation of their scripture or not. If they didn’t have any religious justification for what they were doing, it should not be included in the “Sacrifice in Christianity” part (maybe somewhere else in the article after making sure that it is a fact). But if they religiously justified it, then you can quote it from a reliable source and add it to the “Sacrifice in Christianity” part Aminz 23:20, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
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- For that matter, do you have a reference for the immuring itself? This was Celtic pagan practice -- deplored by the (pagan) Romans -- but we would need a reference that proves that Christians did it. Goldfritha 00:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Indian Poors sacrifice their children for Prosperity.
Indian Poors secrifice their children for Prosperity.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=79072
Parents sacrificing sons to be prosperous
Press Trust of India Posted online: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 at 1643 hours IST
Baripada (Orissa), January 3: Lured by promises of prosperity, a couple has allegedly sacrificed their two sons in Orissa's northern district of Mayurbahanj Padmalochan Gan and his wife Tuni had been advised by a 'tantric' to sacrifice their sons Harish (9) and Dipu (7) and hold a puja to set themselves on the path to prosperity, police said on Wednesday. The couple sacrificed their sons at their home at Tilapada village, about 55 km from here, after observing some rituals in the presence of the tantrik, identified as Jagannath Tudu, police said. Though the incident had occurred about a week ago it came to light only this morning, when the foul smell emanating from the decomposed bodies alerted the local people. They found the bodies of the two boys and informed the police, which have arrested the couple. The tantrik is absconding. The couple also has a two-month-old daughter, who had been spared, police said.
vkvora 04:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Judaism
The teachings of the Torah and Tanakh reveal Judaism's abhorrence of human sacrifices. This is quite a gloss on human sacrifice in the Judaic tradition. There is abhorrence, also ambivalence and contradiction. It's there and is rather interesting. Hakluyt bean 03:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
