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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, what exactly is “backyard animal sacrifice”? Killing your dog and roasting it?[/quote]
No! It’s a lamb that is eaten in delicious stews and roasts. As a Muslim, I hate the tradition but I have to admit that it’s delicious! [/quote]

Why do they do this ritual sacrifice? I mean, what's the theological basis for it?  I know the Greeks and Romans did this in their religious ceremonies, but that was like 2,000 years ago.[/quote]

It's a foreign concept to many Americans, but it's practiced by other groups too.  When I lived in Lubavitcher Brooklyn, I remember a city street was closed off every year so truckloads of chickens could be sacrificed. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/nyregion/a-raw-deal-for-chickens-as-jews-atone-for-sins.html

Think of it a little like paying tithe, except instead of giving money, [b]you're giving what your ancestors would have valued and given,[/b] ie., livestock.[/quote]

So it's a symbol, not a sacrifice?  Why not do it in the spirit of what your ancestors meant "sacrifice" to mean and give up something you care about or need that will hurt a little bit to lose?  (Like Abraham being willing to give up his own son, which is the story that inspires this whole bloody show today).[/quote]
[b]People out to Eid there is a 30 days of fasting, which is a personal sacrifice.[/quote][/b]

No, that's only the Eid that ends Ramadan.  There's the second Eid that starts tomorrow, Tuesday, June 27, and there is no 30 day fast before it.  If anything, more people than usual were out at restaurants the day before the June Eid: on Monday evening we were at the mall and it was super crowded with locals, with restaurant seating full.  [/quote]

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