Politically Incorrect, i.e. Accurate, History of Aztec and Maya Brutality
From Evidence backs Spaniards' tales of human sacrifice:
That almost made me forget that all cultures are equal (except Western Culture, of course, which is evil).
Thomas Merton, an icon of the religious left, described the Mayan temples as "evil stones, soaked in the blood that once poured out in libation to the devils by forgotten generations of Indians" (The Seven Storey Mountain, pg 309).
I visited those pyramids in 1991 and 2000 and would have to agree. Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá are without a doubt impressive testimonies to advanced civilizations, but they also attest to an undeniably sinister religion. La Catedral de Santa Prisca in Taxco, Mexico's most beautiful church, is a testimony to the true religion that the Aztecs and Mayas readily accepted after the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531.
[link to article via the Seattle Catholic]
From Evidence backs Spaniards' tales of human sacrifice:
- Victims had their hearts cut out or were decapitated, shot full of arrows, clawed, sliced to death, stoned, crushed, skinned, buried alive or tossed from the tops of temples. Children were said to be frequent victims, in part because they were considered pure and unspoiled.
That almost made me forget that all cultures are equal (except Western Culture, of course, which is evil).
Thomas Merton, an icon of the religious left, described the Mayan temples as "evil stones, soaked in the blood that once poured out in libation to the devils by forgotten generations of Indians" (The Seven Storey Mountain, pg 309).
I visited those pyramids in 1991 and 2000 and would have to agree. Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá are without a doubt impressive testimonies to advanced civilizations, but they also attest to an undeniably sinister religion. La Catedral de Santa Prisca in Taxco, Mexico's most beautiful church, is a testimony to the true religion that the Aztecs and Mayas readily accepted after the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531.
[link to article via the Seattle Catholic]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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