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hadesthief t1_jcq1faj wrote

Reply to comment by inksane in Roman tomb reveals burnt remains left in place, covered by bricks, sealed with lime, encircled by bent and broken nails — rites to restrain the dead from rising by marketrent

The Romans would gut livestock and read their entrails for signs of fortune. Clearly they knew something we now don't.

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inksane t1_jcq8xfa wrote

And there are people today who still do that. I don't know what they know. But if they're doing it, I assume it does something for them.

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gamerdude69 t1_jcr5wju wrote

You think every superstition is true because someone thinks it is? You think there's something to astrology? palm reading? Sacrificing a rabbit to make someone heal faster? Why are you assuming that these people are correct in their superstitions?

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