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Who is Jiang Xueqin?
Jiang Xueqin (born 1976) is a Chinese-Canadian educator, writer, historian, and geopolitical theorist based in Beijing, China. He is known for his contributions to education reform in China. In particular promoting creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship, as well as for his YouTube channel Predictive History, where he applies [...]What is Sacrifice?
Sacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose, in particular divine beings, as an act of propitiation or worship. While sacrifice often implies the ritual killing of an animal, the term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of food or artifacts.What is a Genocide?
Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people. People are defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group in whole or in part. The hybrid word "genocide" is a combination of the Greek word genos ("race, people") and the Latin suffix -cide ("act of killing"). The United Nations Genocide Convention, which was established in 1948 [...]Frequently Asked Questions | Dark History of Ritual Human Sacrifice & Genocide | Jiang Xueqin
1.Were the Gods sacrificed?
* Horus - In Egypt, in the Heb-Sed festival, the powers of Pharaoh
(Horus incarnate) were tested. If found weak, Horus was expected to
sacrifice himself by donating his blood to the soil
* Kronos - A man was sacrified annually at the Phoenician
feast of Kronos. Kronos had a son, Ieoud who he sacrificed. Ieoud
was known as 'the only begotten son of his Father'
* Tammuz - A popular Syrian saviour-God born of a virgin
was killed and rose again every spring. Wherever Tammuz was
worshipped a human victim in royal robes was killed and eaten, so
his body and blood might bring salvation to the community.
2.Who did Abraham sacrifice: Ishmael or Isaac?
According to Christians, Abraham sacrificed Isaac. Muslims contest this and believe Abraham was told to sacrifice his eldest son Ishmael.
Muslims claim the word 'only' in Genesis proves the Bible is talking about the eldest son. Also, the name Isaac was added into the Bible by later scribes.
3.Why do Muslims sacrifice livestock (goat, sheep, cow etc.) on Eid Al-Adha?
The animal sacrifice is to honor the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice Ishmael, his eldest son, as an act of submission to God's command. At the point of sacrifice, God intervened and replaced his son with a ram (male sheep) which had been slaughtered instead.
Abraham had passed the test by his willingness to carry out God's command
Video Description (from Youtube)
In this lecture, Professor Jiang Xueqin explores a controversial theory connecting war, ritual, group cohesion, psychology, religion, and the rise of powerful civilizations. Drawing from examples including the Aztecs, Romans, Phoenicians, Sparta, Thebes, and Macedonia, he examines how sacrifice, shared hardship, and extreme commitment have historically been linked to unity and military strength.
The lecture also discusses the ongoing Israel–Gaza conflict as part of a broader argument about war, symbolism, and human behavior. These claims reflect the speaker's interpretation and are presented for discussion and analysis.
If you're interested in history, psychology, geopolitics, military strategy, religion, and the evolution of civilization, this lecture offers a provocative perspective that challenges conventional thinking.
Topics Covered:
*Human sacrifice throughout history
*The psychology of war and cohesion
Sparta's military culture
*The Sacred Band of Thebes
*Alexander the Great and Macedonian strategy
*Rituals, leadership, and group identity
*Modern conflict through a historical lens
Watch until the end, you will never look at history the same way again.
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