(June 20, 2017 at 10:25 am)Whateverist Wrote:(June 19, 2017 at 7:33 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Why was it necessary to have a sacrifice at all?
It adds gravitas, establishes sincerity and -you know- it's tradition!
or maybe some darn fool got hisself killed on some stoopid unrelated matter and the death was conveniently retconned into something useful to the movement
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.