Debate...In+ancient+civilisations+people+were+sacrificed+to+the+gods.........

Examine the affirmative and negative sides of the following statement: Sacrificing people to the gods was a good thing! Post your responses here...... . **I think sacrificing people to the gods was a good thing so that the person who sacrificed themselves to the gods would be happy and proud to give themselves to the god that they believed in. I also think sacrificing people to the gods was a bad thing because you would just waste your life when you could be having a peacful time. Also if people were sacrificed to the gods their familys might not like it. Crystal Mai** I think that it is wrong to sacrifice people to the gods because the gods created them in the first place so why would they want the people that they created to die? Angel

I believe sacrificing people was a bad thing because just killing yourself to please a god a little bit dumb especially if the god was fake. Why did people have to pass away for their gods? Why couldn't they just enjoy their life as it was? They could of had many interesting things ahead. Another thing is that the dead person's family and friends and friends would be sad and cry all day. Crystal Mai Sacrificing people to gods is not a good thing even though many people thought it would please the gods. They may not believe in the god they would kill them thinking that it was a good thing it may depress their families or friends. They would think they would eat them. If the gods created the humans why just take their unfortunate live to be wrapped in tissue and left in a cave to pass away. Their families or belief may think that this god should not be praised but their rulers are cruel and kill them for the gods pleasure. Albert Wong I agree with Albert - sacrificing people to the gods was not good at all. It doesn't matter what religion you are, you should be living life to the fullest possible. Enjoy it, don't choose to pass away. If you do, you will regret it when your spirit goes to heaven or hell  (you probably won't go to hell though :D) and you will look down at your body in grief. If your religion tells you to kill yourself to please a god, the god is probably greedy or maybe even fake, so I would recommend you to change your religion to one more fair. – Shenøå Søü†hgå†é (doesn't that look awesome?) I agree with the people who say sacrificing to gods wasn' t a good thing. If your god really loved you so much why would he wan't you to die and why would he or she want to have your body, it's not like they're going to eat yor body up if you are going to sacifice yourself for it. Anyway you don't even know if your god exists or not so live your life to it's longest and have fun. Joyce I agree with Shenoa. Life isn't forever so enjoy life. you wouldn't want to sacrifice your life to a god that might not exist. It might even be a statue ( do you believe it) that your giving your life to instead of living. Cordelia Hsu

I agree with everyone. Some people might enjoy doing this while others might not like losing their relatives. It all depends on what kind of person you are and if you really want to do it. If I were to be the person to be sacrificed, I would decline the offer because your life will be cut short, even though life is already short enough! This thing of sacrificing yourself to a 'god' is a comepletely stupid idea! Ancient people used to keep on sacrificing themselves to gods. In today's developed countries, we hardly hear of any people doing such thing, because we are now intelligent enough to understand that there are plenty of other things that we can do to show that we have faith in god, instead of killing ourselves in order to demonstrate our faith. Mark Zakoshanski

I think that sacrificing your precious life to a God is absolute dumb thing to do. Why we need an idol is that it can create a peaceful life and a mental reliance to us, more than making us suicide to his pleasure.We can do something more to show our faith.We can go to church, pray each night, suicide.(hohojustkidding) Killing yourself just to please the idol you worship is as horrible as cannibalism. Chris

People only sacrificed themselves because they knew they had no hope without food or shelter. By sacrificing themselves they wanted to make God give the people who were living have better luck even without shelter. If in a case that the past people wanted God to stop big flood they should have prayed or sacrificed other things instead. BTW I saw some people's responses get deleted. Charles Hui

I believe that sacrifices to the gods were not exactly the smartest thing that humans could come up with. In fact, I am struggling to think of something dumber. There is no point in ruining the lives of your relatives and depriving your society of a person that could have made a better world for some phony-belony god who probably wouldn't be praising you as if you had just surpassed Beethoven in music or Donald Bradman in cricket. It may have satisfied a few people, interested only in pleasing a so-called ALMIGHTY LORD. If you ask me, I don't know what is the more stupid out of the two; human sacrifices or a gorrilla walking along a cobble-stone street in three inch high heels. -Abhishek

The ritual of human sacrifices were common among some ancient civilizations. They did it to please the gods because they thought their destinies depended on the will of their god, so they sacrificed the most precious human possesion, life. They also believed that by sacrificing human lives, it would gain them their god's blessing and to bring rain, fertillized soil and a good years harvest.This is of course not true, but due to their ignorance, they believed that it was their obligation to their god and many lives were wasted. Luckily, as we came into the 20th century, this kind of ritual is totally unacceptable, not only is it barbaric, it's murder. So thank 'god' we aren't living at that time. BY LEON YAO I think that sacrificing people to the gods was a dumb thing to do. Even if the person that you are sacrificing to the gods is your biggest enemie in the world it would be dumb to sacrifice them to the gods, in which could even be a statue! I think that it would be mean to do so. If they decided to sacrifice YOU to the gods, would YOU be happy? ~ Alvie I believe that sacrifice isn't always intelligent. It is always very important to have an open mind to what others think. In the older days, there might be people who might want to sacrifice themselves to make their god happy. Others might object. Like now, for example, people who are catholics might not agree with the jewish, but they have to learn to live. Anyway, what people already did is done. You can't change time. I cannot agree with anyone, nor can I disagree. My opinion is that sacrifice is not dumb, but a way to express belief of a god, whether they exist or not. //By the way// we are not sure whether the gods exist or not. Maybe they do (not that I believe that) and decided to sleep for a long time, or maybe the don't exist.¿¿¿//Tim//

//I believe that sacrificing people to the gods is not very smart.It was not so good because people could be forced to kill someone and not want to do it and the priests would not be happy. And they could be captured and forced to be sacrificed to a god from a rival civilisation. Toby//

I think killing yourself is an absoutley DUMB (with captial letters) thing to do. No God would want you to Die. After all, God(s) did make you and why would souch a god will kill you for his(her) own gain? If a letter said that you need to sacrifce yourself on your bed, think again. Is it April Fools Day? Or maybe even a prank. Even if you are in danger and God says you have to sacrifce yourself to live, the god must be a fake because if it was real, he(she) will tell you how to escape the current danger. IN fact, i think it is dumber thing to do than trying to feget your knowledege........ Grace:p

I have something to add to my previous answer ~ even though it was a dumb thing to do, it is meaningful to those who really believe that sacrificing yourself to the gods would make them happy. Well, thats for those who really believe that their god is worth so much and is so awesome that you should sacrifice yourself and wish that he/she would eg. give your family good fortune etc. ~ Alvie

Believe it or not, The Aztecs have been known to have sacrificed up to 20,000 people after a campaign in Oaxaco. This is a must read website!: [], some very gross stuff (Read under the religion section).BY LEON YAO

I think sacrificing to the gods was a stupid thing to do. Some people like the Aztecs did this. They would sacrifice one person every day. The Aztecs beleived that if they sacrificed one person a day the sun would come out. This was silly. They only had one type of evidence that the gods were real. The sun came out every morning. That was how the Aztecs finally died out. What would your family and friends say? They wouldn't be happy. Life is precious. Make the most of it. You only get one life. So why waste your life trying to please gods when they might not even be real. Alexander Lin

Sacrificing people to please the gods is the stupidest thing ever to do. What could possibly be stupider than that? It is stupid because maybe the gods don’t even exist. Why didn’t people stay alive instead of sacrificing their precious lives? Maybe something really good was going to happen in their lives, but they couldn’t enjoy the good things because they abandoned their precious lives to satisfy gods that may not even exist! Many lives were wasted because people believed that sacrificing their lives could make the gods happy so that they would bring good luck to other people. In addition, the families and friends of the people who sacrificed their lives might not be happy. In fact, they might cry the whole time until they forget about it. Sacrificing people’s lives is like killing people for no reason. In the modern days, we can hardly hear about these ridiculous things. People are now smart enough to know what other things they can do to prove that they believe in the gods rather than losing their precious lives. Horace

Life's too short. Make the most of it before you die. Better to die for a purpose then just fall down dead. If you were a believer and your death is approaching soon (if you have bad cancer or are very old), why not die early rather than having to withstand the pain before your death. One life of an already nearly dead person and everyone's happy for that moment. 2nd opinion by Tim (why am I the only one that doesn't think sacrifice is stupid/dumb/idiotic?).

In addition to what I previously said, I would like to state the fact that human sacrifices are not human sacrifices if you're a sick person and are committing suicide. What does God want with frail old men with all their ribs sticking out? This just reinforces the fact that human sacrifices were well short of intelligent. -Abhishek

Affirmitive I think sacrificing people to the gods was a good thing because it enabled people to feel like they were following their religion. It was probably also a way to give something they had and valued back to their gods. Negative Sacrificing people to the gods could also be a bad thing to do because you would have no more life to live and no more contribution to make to their society and their gods. Emily

 On both sides. if your parents killed themself for sacrificing, would you be happy? Would their FRiends be happy?NO they will feel sad and will have enough tears to fill a bucket.But think about it. You would be proud though. But god did make us and he must of let us live. So why waste precious years, After all, Time is one of the things money can't buy, neither can a new life be bought either. MY MAIN POINT IS THAT IT IS POINTLESS TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR GOD. IT IS JUST A WASTE OF PRECIOUS YEARS. Grace:p (2nd time) <span style="color: rgb(64,21,198);">Boo hoo mine got deleted twice. On both sides, Sacrificing was niether good or bad. On the bad part. If your closest relationship was sacrificed eg. your parents.Would you be happy living in an orphanage or being a orphan?NO. <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> You would have enough tears to fill up a bucket.(unless their parents were murderers.) Time is ticking.it is precious time it is one of the things money can not buy.Neither can you buy a new life.So enjoy life(get a hot mug of chocolate if you like..Hehe...)and make the best you can make out of it. <span style="color: rgb(64,21,198); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> Ha ha at chris's joke. <span style="color: rgb(64,21,198);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">GRACE (3nd time) PLease don't delete mine again as i had to write it 3 times and this is just a waste copy because they oringinal came back.... :'(

<span style="color: #1614e6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I think it was a good thing because it enabled people to be true to thier religeon and believe in what they believe in. I also think it was a bad thing because they didn't need to waste their lives doing something they didn't need to do. Laura

<span style="display: block; color: #8221e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">Who, but dumb people would kill themselves for a god that might just be a statue or a picture? There is no need to kill yourself especially for a god. If the god was real then because he created you, he would want you to live otherwise he wouldn't of created you. Crystal Mai