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Did Religious Sacrifice Give Us the 1%?
MYTHS & MARTYRS
A new study claims that human sacrifice causes social stratification, but history says otherwise.
Candida Moss
Published
Apr. 10 2016
12:15AM EDT
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Candida Moss
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