Isn't eating any animal turning it into a sacrifice? Honest question.
Yeah kind of, but a sacrifice to what? Eating it is a sacrifice to keep you alive, what are all these wars in the world perpetuated by banks a sacrifice too?
A sacrifice to the eater. An argument could be made that plants are a sacrifice.
I would have to agree, plants were offered as sacrifice to gods so how is eating it any different?
You're correct, grain offerings were a thing.
The reason they were a thing is because the sacrifice was literally a sacrifice for someone to offer to a diety. They were literally giving up their food.
I think sacrificing something means taking it away from yourself. So immolating an animal you could've eaten.
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