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To: one_less who wrote (17302)	6/22/2001 5:49:43 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Absolutely untrue. I don't have time to qualify all my remarks for every culture and for every event, Brees. Of course, it is sometimes untrue (NOT ABSOLUTELY SO). It is also true that much of the "religious" was really political, and not religious at all. If you want to look at something specific (because no general statement can be accurate applied to the specific) then fine. My point was to show that his comparison was forced and inappropriate. I shopuld not have said "always." I should probably have said "never," if I wanted to summarize it in one line. But one line won't give the whole truth because the truth was different all over place and time. So we can only accurately look at one scenario at a time--different religions, different societies, different social and political needs and pressures, etc. I regret that I sometimes (like all of us) feel compelled to simplify remarks to complete a post for which there is really not any time. Thank you for having the time to be diligent.

To: one_less who wrote (17302)	6/26/2001 10:20:11 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It was always religious and had nothing to do with the role of the mother." Absolutely untrue. Let me respond to your "absolutely untrue" once again, Brees. When I first made this comment, I was simplifying in my mind, as I thought that in societies worshipping Goddesses that there would indeed be instances of priestesses sacrificing the first born rather than priests. Therefore, I accepted your admonition. However, despite the extreme prevalence of child sacrifice from 3000 B.C. till the present(perhaps for 100,000 years or more before that)--It is difficult to specifically find overt examples of a widespread role of the mother acting as the intermediary between the gods and the sacrificed kid. If you could share with me the example you were thinking of when you made your response, I would appreciate it.