Many service individuals in ancient cultures felt it was their duty to be sacrificed out of respect for their leaders, “human sacrifices were particularly a feature of ancient states whose dead leaders required their courtiers and followers to accompany them into the afterworld” (Parker-Pearson, 2011). Many believed that by sacrificing themselves they would be serving the dead and some religions encourage a person to sacrifice themselves or another for their “god’s” benefit unfortunately many of these sacrifices have been at the cost of innocent lives as shown in the 9/11 terrorist
Many service individuals in ancient cultures felt it was their duty to be sacrificed out of respect for their leaders, “human sacrifices were particularly a feature of ancient states whose dead leaders required their courtiers and followers to accompany them into the afterworld” (Parker-Pearson, 2011). Many believed that by sacrificing themselves they would be serving the dead and some religions encourage a person to sacrifice themselves or another for their “god’s” benefit unfortunately many of these sacrifices have been at the cost of innocent lives as shown in the 9/11 terrorist