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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9391608" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Notice your dates. The Witch-Hunting craze went into full swing by the 16th century, or the 1500's. The Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, which I referred to was published in 1486. Now, was he solely responsible for the entire thing? No. But while I have not written a paper on the subject, I have listened to many lectures by experts in the field who point to this guy as a major ignition point of the movement. And before he had written the book, he had brought charges against the woman who had rejected him of witchcraft, which was prosecuted... and found to hold no basis. I'm not saying you are wrong about your dates or knowledge, simply that as we peel back layers of motivation, it becomes more clear that the motivations behind spreading fear of Diabolism were often not earnest belief. The motivations were often very human, very cruel, and very political by the people spreading it. Not supernatural fears.Oh yeah, I don't disagree the Aztec Empire was just as bad as most other empires. And sure, you could include these sort of things in your game. But remember where my original response came from? It was responding to Micah who said &quot;Most of which are if anything more evil than slavery. Never really understood why slavery is somehow a worse evil than cannibalism or human sacrifice.&quot; So, I attempted to explain. I only used the Aztecs as an example of human sacrifice because they are one of the few religions I know well enough to comment on. In actuality, we have found that most reports of human sacrifice throughout history... are likely either lies or misunderstanding executions. And I would rather dispel misunderstandings and make sure things are seen in a proper context, than not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9391608, member: 6801228"] Notice your dates. The Witch-Hunting craze went into full swing by the 16th century, or the 1500's. The Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, which I referred to was published in 1486. Now, was he solely responsible for the entire thing? No. But while I have not written a paper on the subject, I have listened to many lectures by experts in the field who point to this guy as a major ignition point of the movement. And before he had written the book, he had brought charges against the woman who had rejected him of witchcraft, which was prosecuted... and found to hold no basis. I'm not saying you are wrong about your dates or knowledge, simply that as we peel back layers of motivation, it becomes more clear that the motivations behind spreading fear of Diabolism were often not earnest belief. The motivations were often very human, very cruel, and very political by the people spreading it. Not supernatural fears. Oh yeah, I don't disagree the Aztec Empire was just as bad as most other empires. And sure, you could include these sort of things in your game. But remember where my original response came from? It was responding to Micah who said "[I]Most of which are if anything more evil than slavery. Never really understood why slavery is somehow a worse evil than cannibalism or human sacrifice.[/I]" So, I attempted to explain. I only used the Aztecs as an example of human sacrifice because they are one of the few religions I know well enough to comment on. In actuality, we have found that most reports of human sacrifice throughout history... are likely either lies or misunderstanding executions. And I would rather dispel misunderstandings and make sure things are seen in a proper context, than not. [/QUOTE]

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