>>14034137Did you post the same image twice?
Plus, witches used non-verbal hand-to-face gestures that would sometimes evoke an emotional response in others. The church didn't know how to control this new phenomenon and felt its influence themselves and feared it to be something other than God.
I'm pretty sure Aztecs killed anyone they deemed sacrificial worthy, believing it gave them some kind of control over their surrounding environment where there was none. I doubt murderers and prisoners were the only sacrifices as there was a hell of a lot of sacrifices. Creating an atmosphere of death meant that people naturally inclined to make non-verbal hand-to-face gestures would do so uncontrollably and without conscious choice allowing those in power to feel a sense of control over its people.
tl;dr NOW WE'RE SCIZO POSTING FRIENDS.