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RedHouse18 (talk)RedHouse18 20:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why there is no explicit mention of islam and zionism? These two ancient religions are premier animal sacrificers. Especially muslims cut sheeps to this day in large numbers.

So does every culture except for vegitarians. // Liftarn

This brings up a very important point: is animal sacrifice distinguishable in any way from animal slaughter for food? Is/was its function purely gestural - a means of redistributing wealth - or something more? Is there significance in the fact that only domesticated species were ever involved in animal sacrifices? Is there evidence of wild animals being involved? How old is the practice (for different cultures)? It would be great if someone knowledgeable on this subject would address any of these topics.

Abrahamic Traditions

Hello, I was hoping to find more information on religious animal sacrifice throughout the history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. If somebody would like to write this story here that would be great. Thanks!

This is one of the best entries on the subject on the web, it gives a detailed account of sacrifices in many religions. Richard001 21:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Islam

It's rather strange not to mention Islam's continuing practice of animal sacrifice, especially at the two annual Eid festivals (Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr). CarlFink 19:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

China, et al

Anyone know about animal sacrifices in ancient China, Japan, and other East Asian cultures? Leadwind (talk) 04:34, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I watched a chicken get sacrificed in Ceylon about 1956 or so. Does that count? 01:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Meat consumed?

The article fails to address how the meat of the animal is used in any culture except Islam, where it notes that the meat is typically consumed ... distributed to the poor.

Is the meat used? Is it wasted?

Strangites ARE Latter Day Saints

There seems to be some ongoing confusion about usage of the term "Latter Day Saints" in regard to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)--the official name of James Strang's organization. The usage of "Latter Day Saints" is appropriate, as this term is used encyclopedically in a general sense to describe all persons who believe in Joseph Smith's "restoration" and in the Book of Mormon, regardless of how they may otherwise disagree in doctrine, leadership and/or practice. The LDS church in Utah is not the only one with a right to use "Latter Day Saints" to describe itself (or to be described by others, in the most general sense); this term is equally appropriate for usage with or by the Community of Christ, Church of Christ (Temple Lot), Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), and Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), just to name a few. This section makes very clear that the Strangite organization is not the Utah church, but a separate organization altogether. Hence, the term "Latter Day Saints" should remain as the title for this section, not "Strangite." - Ecjmartin (talk) 01:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Bali Sacrifice Proposed Merger

If Bali is the same as Sechita and Dabiha, so I am open to opinions as to whether it should be merged with this article. The problem I foresee is that Bali can take the form of vegetable food offerings as part of Yajna.Thanks--Sikh-History 12:16, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merger with Animal sacrifice in Hinduism proposed

I have recommened the article Bali (sacrifice) to be merged with Animal sacrifice. The reason is that there is already a general article on the theme to which Hindu and Sikh animal sacrifices can be added as sub topics. I think this new article needlessly duplicates a topic. What is next? Are we going to have separate articles for animal sacrifice in each tradition? There are thousands of creeds which practiced animals sacrifice with various theological inspirations. To dedicate a separate article for each is bit of an overkill, imho. Kindly weigh in with your opinions. Thanks.--History Sleuth

It's now Animal sacrifice in Hinduism, by conception a valid WP:SS sub-article to this one. THere were indeed "thousands of creeds which practiced animals sacrifice with various theological inspirations" -- and it makes sense to group them by common categories used in religious studies, e.g. "Hinduism", which is an umbrella term of probably a couple of hundred such traditions. --dab (𒁳) 13:37, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As it stands at the moment I agree there is no need for a separate article as the section on Hinduism within Animal Sacrifice is longer than the separate article. However it looks as if there are proposals to expand the Animal sacrifice in Hinduism. I think that the best course would be to wait a while and see whether this article becomes complete enough to warrant a separate entry. If it does we could probably trim down the Hinduism section here a little and keep a separate article. If it does not expand much then I would support a merger in future. -- Q Chris (talk) 15:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your point. As you can see at Talk:Animal sacrifice in Hinduism, the situation at the moment is rather chaotic. It is only pragmatic to keep this Hinduism-specific debate off the main "animal sacrifice" talkpage for now. Once the situation becomes stable, we can still see whether there is enough material for a sub-article, or whether the remaining stable material can just be merged back. --dab (𒁳) 09:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Q Chris and dab, we should wait a little to check if the article can be expanded further as a valid SS article or should it merged it here as a sub-section as its current content is small. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:40, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Article's list omits allot.

- Ancient Europe: - Ancient Greeks. - Polynesia. - Africa. - Americas: Sacrificing llamas. - Voodoo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anaccuratesource (talk • contribs) 01:54, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cow Milk Moral or Sin ? by Naresh Sonee writer of Brahmand Pujan http://vegetarians-cows.blogspot.com/2008/01/drinking-milk-moral-or-sin.html

APPEAL TO YOU - RESCUE [BRAHMAN PUJAN] , [UNIVERSAL PRAYERS] . written by [Naresh Sonee] On wikipedia , These above two pages are far older than the present article [Brahman] References of above titles are also available on New York site - http://www.printsasia.com/BookDetails.aspx?Id=445813482 Meanwhile, Can your good selves in Wiki Project Indian Community re-create a precise pages on [Naresh Sonee] & his book [Brahmand Pujan] – [Brahmaand Pujan] . However, Sonee is the writer of this book [Brahmand Pujan] written in 1999 . registered with Government of India- HRRD. Details of the registration is provided here on http://brhmaandpujanbook.tripod.com/ . More than sufficient, news and reviews are there on http://brhmaandpujan-news-reviews.tripod.com/ Since 5-6 yrs, for one or the other reason pages of [Naresh Sonee] & [Brahmand Pujan] are faced by communal bias from outside India so these articles over and again get deleted here in Wikipedia for minor reasons. However, many hits of - Naresh Sonee reflects on google search engine also. So, I request Wiki Indian community to kindly come forward and generously help these two pages to grow, as I am fed up to fight my case alone here [left] and moved out long back. Meanwhile, such an important info/issue on ‘Indian literature’ which adds & spell ‘new meaning /dimension’ to Brahman -should it stay lost else ignored? Your community panel has to judge at last. Myself, will not be on Wikipedia, for the same i apologise, but- pls. help these two pages to get reinstalled, reap, sow and grow, if you too feel so, I appeal to do this munificent favour. Regards- Dralansun (talk)