Human sacrifice?

[DarkShinigami]

Since the beginning of human development, many religions have practiced human sacrifice. It is part of their lifestyle. Should it be considered a crime to practice one's own religion if the sacrificed are willing? I believe that the act is intolerable. I however, do realize that by attempting to stop this, it is in essence destroying a groups lifestyle, and by doing so, they might try to continue in secret. However, death cannot be justified by the willingness of the participants in the action.

[Hinatetsu]

I know for my personal religion, human sacrifice is no longer necessary even though it was practiced long ago.

As for others, yes. Who are we to get in the way of someone else's religion? We may not agree with it, or understand it and think it's inhumane, but you have to respect that it's that cultures' way of life.

[LightShinigami]

Dan stop wantting to kill people you are not much of a siico are you going to start going around now and cutting peoples heads off now

[greenrider85]

i don't know if the one being killed is willing to be sacrificed then it shouldn't be a problem should it?

[ningo]

Speaking of sacrifices, i just noticed one now while surfing the baby pic thread; was that your handiwork Darren? Perhaps the Mods could keep a tally board, and we could have a sweepstake on it?

[LightShinigami]

welll which group of people should be the ones to be scarficed i think it would be the jocks to be scarficed who eles thinks it those people.

[Hinatetsu]

you guys are getting completely off topic. human sacrifice really DOES exist in some parts of the world, it's nothing to take lightly because what if you were caught in some uncivilized tribe and they wanted to sacrifice you, huh?

[ningo]

Please Hina, pull the other one; you mention sacrifices to Kon at least every other week. Also, if we are to stay strictly on topic then as bad as it would be to find myself stranded amongst some tribe trying to offer me up as a sacrifice to the gods, the concept isn't really one being debated; the question refers to willing sacrifices.

[greenrider85]

and is it right..i don't know if it is someone's belief, i feel that i wouldn't want to tell them whether it is wrong or right, because that's what they believe in. i don't really think there is a wrong religion...could there?

[ningo]

Mmmmm...interesting dilemma, off topic, but related to last post. You are a doctor, and man and his daughter are brought in to hospital; man is a Jehovah's Witness, and is conscious and lucid, but daughter is unconscious and has lost a lot of blood. Father states that he and his daughter are Jehovah's Witnesses, and as such will not accept a blood transfusion; he refuses to give consent for daughter to have a blood transfusion, even though he is well aware that such a course of action will probably lead to his daughter dying, as he believe that the bible forbids blood transfusionsand would rather see her die than go to hell. If you ignore his wishes, you could be sued for malpractice, even though you don't necessarily follow his beliefs, by law you would have to respect them. What do you do? For the record, i would give the blood and face the music afterward...

[Hinatetsu]

Please Hina, pull the other one; you mention sacrifices to Kon at least every other week.

I do hope you realise that I am kidding. lol, I would never REALLY sacrifice anyone to Kon. o.O

[Schoulayer]

Human sacrafice is MURDER, I don't care if some ooga booga pagan god will be upset. Any tribe that practices human hunting/sacrafice should be annihilated. Wiped off the face of this earth.

[ISAMU]

Human sacrafice is MURDER, I don't care if some ooga booga pagan god will be upset. Any tribe that practices human hunting/sacrafice should be annihilated. Wiped off the face of this earth.

Your logic is flawed, it would be murder to annihilate the tribe/s.
I think that human sacrafice is murder. And that tribes should be convinced of that or locked away or brain washed. In this case there are many more options then to kill. Killing is a methiod of last resort to be used with extream caution!

[Nomadic Dragon]

Mmmmm...interesting dilemma, off topic, but related to last post. You are a doctor, and man and his daughter are brought in to hospital; man is a Jehovah's Witness, and is conscious and lucid, but daughter is unconscious and has lost a lot of blood. Father states that he and his daughter are Jehovah's Witnesses, and as such will not accept a blood transfusion; he refuses to give consent for daughter to have a blood transfusion, even though he is well aware that such a course of action will probably lead to his daughter dying, as he believe that the bible forbids blood transfusionsand would rather see her die than go to hell. If you ignore his wishes, you could be sued for malpractice, even though you don't necessarily follow his beliefs, by law you would have to respect them. What do you do? For the record, i would give the blood and face the music afterward...

The doctor in this case couldn't be sued for malpratice. That can only be done by the family or the patient I believe (I'm not 100% sure of this). By law, the father or parent present decides medical discisions if the child is under the age of 18, after that the parents have no say (legal adult thing). So if it were me I would have to abide by the fathers wishes even though I wouldn't like it.

[Sandal Hat]

*Passes out refreshments during the break*

[Sahiden]

The doctor in this case couldn't be sued for malpratice. That can only be done by the family or the patient I believe (I'm not 100% sure of this). By law, the father or parent present decides medical discisions if the child is under the age of 18, after that the parents have no say (legal adult thing). So if it were me I would have to abide by the fathers wishes even though I wouldn't like it.

In Belgium,the docter would get sued for that choice. Even if the family doesn't make a ruckus over it. It happened before, it was on the news here.
Belgian law is so diffirent... But it does change a lot.

[ningo]

The doctor in this case couldn't be sued for malpratice. That can only be done by the family or the patient I believe (I'm not 100% sure of this). By law, the father or parent present decides medical discisions if the child is under the age of 18, after that the parents have no say (legal adult thing). So if it were me I would have to abide by the fathers wishes even though I wouldn't like it.
In my hypothetical situation the girl is 6, for the sake of argument. The question was simply a point for discussion that is related to the original topic...to what level do you respect another culture before intervening?