PDF Their Last Full Measure: The Final Days of the Civil War by Joseph Wheelan in History

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From the new afterword by the author:Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact; it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs; who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury; butcher; or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a “loving” God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .