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everyone knows that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence. this story is part of the conventional wisdom of western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote democracy in the middle east.

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it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.