Cannibalism

cannibalism was an ancient social, economic, religious, military custom 89:5.1

There was considerable commerce in women and children who had been fattened for slaughter. 89:5.7

Human sacrifice sounded the death knell of cannibalism. Human flesh having become the food of superior men, the chiefs, it was eventually reserved for the still more superior spirits 89:5.15

Cannibalism was once well-nigh universal among the evolving races. 89:5.3

Eating human flesh became part of a solemn ceremony of revenge 89:5.5-6

The taste for human flesh grows. Having been started through hunger, friendship, revenge, or religious ritual, the eating of human flesh goes on to habitual cannibalism. 89:5.4

Not long since, one cannibalistic tribe ate every fifth child born. 68:6.10

Cannibalism has been gradually disappearing because of the following influences: 89:5.8-16

In the Urantia Book

# It sometimes became a communal ceremony

# It very early became a religious ritual

# progressed to the point where only certain parts or organs of the body were eaten

# It became limited to men

# It was next limited to the chiefs

# Then it became taboo

• # Human sacrifice sounded the death knell of cannibalism.

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