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info At this moment, cannibal trees gradually grew on the ground outside the defensive circle we laid down, and one by one** and virgins were sent to their mouths, and as ** and virgins entered the mouth of the cannibal tree, the resentment in the entire enchantment was growing rapidly, and the power of evil spirits and zombies was also growing rapidly.

1. Man-eating treeThe man-eating tree refers to the carnivorous plant on the earth, with 13 families, 20 genera and more than 600 species, most of which belong to the three carnivorous plant families of the Nepenthes family, the sundew family and the raccoon algae family.

The largest known carnivorous plant is Nepenthesrajah, which preys on small mammals.

The Man-Eating Tree is also a legendary carnivorous plant that is so large that it can kill or even devour a human or other large animal.

Most carnivorous plants can photosynthesize, digest animal proteins, and adapt to extreme environments.

Its trapping tools are mostly leafy.

More than half of the carnivorous plants are characterized by symmetrical flowers on both sides.

Some carnivorous plants are found almost all over the world.

Most carnivorous plants grow in nutrient-poor crevices, swamps or shallow water, and carnivorous plants are an important way for them to obtain nutrients. But they can still absorb minerals through their roots, produce organic nutrients through photosynthesis, and if they don't eat meat, they usually grow poorly at best, not certain death, and prey on traps or clip-like leaves, which close quickly in half to trap their victims.

For example, the leaves are usually divided into two pieces, and the leaves secrete a sweet liquid, once an insect animal touches the hair on the leaves, the two leaves immediately close, and the insects are sandwiched in it, and secrete digestive juices to digest it and "eat" it

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After about ten days, digestion is complete and the leaves open again, waiting to catch the next prey.

The cypress tree is ** meters high, with many long branches, hanging down to the ground.

Some of them are like wires that are about to break, and if someone accidentally touches them, all the branches of the tree will reach in the same direction like devil's claws, and they will wrap up the person tighter and tighter, so that the person cannot get out.

The twigs soon secrete a very sticky gelatinous juice that digests the captured "food"

, the animal adheres to this liquid, and it is slowly "digested"

I drop it and become a delicious meal of the tree.

When the branches of the Dian cypress have sucked up the nutrients, they flutter again, and once again lay a net of heaven and earth, ready to capture the next victim.

2. Sacrifice and worship; Offerings.

"Hanshu Wang Mang's Biography": "In February of the fifth year, the Empress Dowager Wenmu collapsed...... The temple was erected in Chang'an, and the new room was sacrificed from generation to generation. ”

Song Xu Tianlin's "Western Han Dynasty Hui Yao, Liliu Zongmiao": "In the first four years of Emperor Ping, the temple of filial piety was honored as the middle sect, and the Son of Heaven sacrificed for generations. ”

Judaism's "sacrifice" of cattle and sheep

It is usually designed to atone for the sins of mankind.

Christianity did not include sheep slaughtering and sacrifice, which was the rite of sacrifice for the Israelites before Christ came to earth.

And in that day (in the Biblical view, in the Old Testament), sacrifices were not only made of sheep, but also of cows, pigeons, turtledoves, etc.

Sheep are indeed the kindest of animals, and when they are slaughtered, they are as you have described.

Did you know that Jesus is called the Lamb of God?

Isaiah, a prophet in the Old Testament, prophesied Jesus' crucifixion: "He was oppressed, but in the midst of his affliction he did not open his mouth." He is like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent at the hands of a shearer, so he does not speak. ”

The slaughter of a sheep arouses sympathy, let alone Jesus, the holy and insulated Son of God.

Isn't it more worthy of respect?

If the sacrifice of a sheep is cruel, isn't it even cruel to crucify Jesus?

Why did God allow such cruelty to happen?

This is salvation in Christianity.

Jesus was like a sheep who sacrificed himself on the altar to atone for the sins of the world.

Human sacrifice was originally for the forgiveness of sins, but sheep were much less valuable than humans, so every time a person sinned, he had to slaughter a sheep to atone for his sins.

But Jesus was the only begotten Son of God, and he was worth many times more than a man, let alone a sheep.

Therefore, Jesus died once to atone for all the sins of all people on earth.

We don't have to slaughter sheep and sacrifice them, but we just need to accept that "Jesus was crucified for my sins"

This is the fact that sins can be forgiven.

That's what we often mean when we say that we have to trust Jesus and accept Him as your personal Savior.

May you also take this step and solve the problem of your sin, the problem of eternal life.

The essence of sacrifice is to express feelings of loyalty, gratitude, repentance, and trust in God by sacrificing some or all of one's own interests.

The more things you can give up, the greater your faith.

If you just talk about it, anyone can do it, but the difficulty is to really give up what you gain.

In the Old Testament Christians, Christians offered goods, and I personally thought it was a bribe, but in the New Testament era, the believers were asked to give their whole life, their life, and everything you had to God, which was called "a living sacrifice"

This is the highest state.

Worshipping the gods in Shenzhou is at the cost of offering gifts in exchange for the power and blessings of the gods.

People can bow down and prostrate to the gods, burn incense and burn paper, but the most affordable way for the gods to sacrifice is to offer sacrifices.

Human beings have seven emotions and six desires, and so do the gods.

Since people have prayed to the gods, they should be willing to offer their best things to win the favor of the gods.

But people's preferences are different, and different gods have their own tastes, so the offerings are varied.

There are mainly the following types: (1) Food people take food as their day, and the original sacrifice is based on food sacrifice.

"The Book of Rites and Rites" says: "At the beginning of the husband's ceremony, the beginning of the diet. Its burnt millet and dolphins, filthy and drunk, and clay drums, can still cause it to worship ghosts and gods."

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In other words, the ritual originated from offering food to the gods, and by burning millet and offering pork to the gods, digging the ground into a hole as a kettle, holding water in your hands, and beating an earthen drum to make music, you were able to convey people's prayers and respect to the spirits.

A study of the origin of the written word will also reveal that it means "sacrifice"

The word is mostly related to diet.

Among the many foods, meat is the most popular.

In the primitive era of gathering and hunting, people hunted meat for their lives.

When primitive agriculture and animal husbandry developed, meat was still extremely valuable.

The ideal life conceived by Mencius is based on being able to eat meat at the age of 70 as an important standard, and the gift of his disciple's apprenticeship is only two bundles of jerky, which shows that meat is rare.

Because of this, meat became the main sacrifice to the gods.

The carnivorous animals used for sacrifice in ancient times were called "sacrifices"

, refers to horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs and other livestock, later called "six animals"

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The most commonly used of the six animals are cattle, sheep, pigs and three livestock.

Fish and rabbit game are also used in sacrifices, but not as "sacrifices"

of the list.

Sacrifice also uses people, but people themselves are not called "sacrifices"

, the ancient book only says "employing people"

, not to say "human animals"

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Food as a sacrifice in addition to "sacrifice"

In addition, there are grains and grains, called "Zongsheng"

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Fresh and tender fruits and vegetables are also commonly used sacrifices in folk sacrifices, and are repeatedly mentioned in the Book of Songs; After Buddhism was introduced to China, the "fast sacrifice"

The fruits are more abundant.

In addition, wine is also a common sacrifice to the gods.

(2) The god of jade silk pays attention to clothing and accessories, and jade silk is indispensable in the sacrifices.

"Zuo Biography" contains: "Sacrifice jade silk, Fu dares to add also." ”

"Mozi Shangtong" cloud: "The ghosts and gods of its affairs are also Guibi coins and silks, and I dare not fail to measure them." ”

Jade silk includes a variety of jade ritual vessels and leather silk, this is the most commonly used means of sacrifice in addition to food, jade has a very important role in the sacrifice, "Zhou Li" has a record of jade to make six instruments to honor the four directions of heaven and earth!

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Jade was a treasure worn by nobles.

In ancient times, when gold and silver jewelry were lacking, jade was very valuable.

Peiyu, become a unique symbol of the aristocracy, in the Han Dynasty there is a gentleman jade does not go to the body said, with jade as a symbol, seal the letter, very precious.

The etiquette system of jade developed unprecedentedly at this time!

People regard jade as synonymous with beauty, and even the imaginary abode of the gods is also called Yutai.

Silk is the general name of silk fabric, which is the means of life used by the nobles to keep out the cold.

In ancient times, ordinary people could only use Ge Ma as clothing, and Wei Wengong described in "Zuo Biography" was only crowned with silk, which was extremely precious in ancient times.

It is precisely because of the rarity and preciousness of jade silk that the ancients used jade silk as a sacrifice when they sacrificed.

(3) People use people as sacrifices to sacrifice to the gods, and the ancient books call it "employing people"

It was later called "human sacrifice"

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Human sacrifice, not only in primitive religions, but also in religions in later stages of development, is the darkest page in the history of religions.

Human sacrifice originated in tribal warfare in primitive societies.

At that time, the level of productivity was low, and the value of human beings could not be reflected.

Prisoners of war, women could be left to play with, children could be adopted, and adult men were killed as sacrifices to the gods.

The Shang Dynasty's human sacrifice was blazing, and there were not only a large number of divination descriptions, but also archaeological relics to prove it.

Human sacrifices take the form of burning, drowning, burying alive, piercing the throat and draining blood, beheading, and even chopping people into meat and steaming them into meat soup.

Although the phenomenon of human sacrifice in the Spring and Autumn Period was not as shocking and cruel as that of the Shang Dynasty, it was not uncommon.

"Zuo Chuan: Ten Years of Zhao Gong" contains: Lu Guoji Pingzi "Employing People in Boshe"

, "The Eleventh Year of Zhao Gong" also records that "the Song Dynasty envoy Yiwen Gong used the Yan Zi in the second Juzhi Society"

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"Historical Records: Qin Benji" said that Qin Mugong "will worship God with Jin Jun"

, "Chen Shi Family" is also called: "Alliance for the altar, sacrifice to the captain's head"

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Another phenomenon of human sacrifice is the provision of beautiful women to male gods.

When the fighting in the Bronze Age began, women lost their matrilineal clan status due to lack of physical strength, and gradually became male slaves, and their production and reproductive abilities were also relegated to a secondary position.

On the contrary, the beauty of women to cater to the needs of male rulers was one-sidedly emphasized, and good-looking female slaves became victims of **.

In order to satisfy the imaginary gods' greed for women, the custom of using beautiful women as sacrifices was produced.

Whether killed, buried alive, or drowned, it is a manifestation of entertaining the gods with beauty.

Nominally, they let their souls be the wives and concubines of the gods, but in fact they are for the gods to play with.

According to ancient books, Qin Linggong once used the princess to marry He, and during the Warring States Period, Wei Guoye "married Hebo"

The farce is even more powerful proof.

There is also the phenomenon of sacrificing boys and girls to gods in human sacrifices.

The use of the human body as a sacrifice in childhood, firstly, because the child's flesh is tender, and secondly, because the gods like children, children are innocent, pure and flawless, which is related to the pursuit of immortality and immortality.

(4) Blood is a special sacrifice.

The ancients believed that blood has a soul, and that blood can sustain the life of a person or animal, and that once blood is lost, it means injury or even death, as if blood has a magical power.

The blood of the sacrifice was human blood and the blood of animals.

The Wa people have the custom of hunting the head as a sacrifice, and the blood stains of the headhunter have a mysterious meaning, and the headhunter blood is mixed with ashes and grain seeds and sown into the ground, believing that this can promote the growth of grains.

When the Xibe people sacrificed to the god of the earth, they sprinkled the blood of the pig after killing it on the ground.

When some Yi people sacrifice to the land, they use chicken feathers and Jiao blood to stain the branches of the tree that symbolize the land god.