Thous ands study base ball more than they study the Bible. To say that many have base ball religion is not saying too much at all. Education is often substituted for salvation. Many churches would prefer an educated preacher without salvation to a saved preacher without an education. Thus it is that one of the principal religions practiced in the world today is Athletics and Education.
Many heathens offer human sacrifices to their gods, as a part of their religion.
Thousands think that cruelty in warfare pleases the gods. The cruel, harsh, tyrannical princi ples of Roman government are still in existence, in some form, in almost every government in the world. Murder, suicide, homicide, infanticide, foeticide, etc., can all be included here. What a large place these practices fill in the religions of the world today. Thus it is that one of the principal features of the religions of the world is Cruelty.