Luke Caverns

And it's the first thing that emerges, right? So it's kind of like that's the precipice of it because it's human beings connected to what we were kind of supposed to be, right?

And it's the first thing that emerges, right? So it's kind of like that's the precipice of it because it's human beings connected to what we were kind of supposed to be, right?

And it's the first thing that emerges, right? So it's kind of like that's the precipice of it because it's human beings connected to what we were kind of supposed to be, right?

I guess it's kind of an admission we're on a decline, isn't it?

I guess it's kind of an admission we're on a decline, isn't it?

I guess it's kind of an admission we're on a decline, isn't it?

I think that was true all over the place. We, you know, outside of Rome were just peasants living in huts.

I think that was true all over the place. We, you know, outside of Rome were just peasants living in huts.

I think that was true all over the place. We, you know, outside of Rome were just peasants living in huts.

Um... It was part of their religion. They, unlike their neighbors, decided to follow the war god. That was their patron deity of the Mexica people. And he, at least as they understood it, demanded sacrifice and lots of it. It wasn't... It wasn't people they could just capture. It was a sacrifice in the way we understand that word, that it was something they wanted and gave up.

Um... It was part of their religion. They, unlike their neighbors, decided to follow the war god. That was their patron deity of the Mexica people. And he, at least as they understood it, demanded sacrifice and lots of it. It wasn't... It wasn't people they could just capture. It was a sacrifice in the way we understand that word, that it was something they wanted and gave up.

Um... It was part of their religion. They, unlike their neighbors, decided to follow the war god. That was their patron deity of the Mexica people. And he, at least as they understood it, demanded sacrifice and lots of it. It wasn't... It wasn't people they could just capture. It was a sacrifice in the way we understand that word, that it was something they wanted and gave up.

So it was capturing in battle. They would ritually, instead of kill each other on the field of battle like would happen in Europe... They'd try not to kill them, but wound them enough where they could haul them back to their city and sacrifice them. Both sides were doing it. So there was nobody left on the battlefield. They were either dead or dragged off. Sounds a lot worse. It does sound worse.

So it was capturing in battle. They would ritually, instead of kill each other on the field of battle like would happen in Europe... They'd try not to kill them, but wound them enough where they could haul them back to their city and sacrifice them. Both sides were doing it. So there was nobody left on the battlefield. They were either dead or dragged off. Sounds a lot worse. It does sound worse.

So it was capturing in battle. They would ritually, instead of kill each other on the field of battle like would happen in Europe... They'd try not to kill them, but wound them enough where they could haul them back to their city and sacrifice them. Both sides were doing it. So there was nobody left on the battlefield. They were either dead or dragged off. Sounds a lot worse. It does sound worse.

But that was somebody who was a proud and dangerous warrior, who was a human of quality that they took out. The other category was children, which is horrible to our eyes. If you're to sacrifice something you really value and care about, and it's the category's people, who's the most austere sacrifice? It's kids.

But that was somebody who was a proud and dangerous warrior, who was a human of quality that they took out. The other category was children, which is horrible to our eyes. If you're to sacrifice something you really value and care about, and it's the category's people, who's the most austere sacrifice? It's kids.

But that was somebody who was a proud and dangerous warrior, who was a human of quality that they took out. The other category was children, which is horrible to our eyes. If you're to sacrifice something you really value and care about, and it's the category's people, who's the most austere sacrifice? It's kids.

And, you know, it sounds real barbaric, but I'm pretty sure there's a line in the Christian Bible that – Yahweh asks the same thing out of somebody. He says, sacrifice your son for me. And he's about to do it. Who's that? You know, I'm a terrible Christian. Abraham and Isaac. And then he was like, oh, just kidding. Trickster God.

And, you know, it sounds real barbaric, but I'm pretty sure there's a line in the Christian Bible that – Yahweh asks the same thing out of somebody. He says, sacrifice your son for me. And he's about to do it. Who's that? You know, I'm a terrible Christian. Abraham and Isaac. And then he was like, oh, just kidding. Trickster God.