Todorov stated that, “The existence of these rites was the most convincing argument for the Indians’ inferiority.”20 He went on to claim, “Las Casas wants to make human sacrifice less strange.”21 Through a series of arguments in In Defense of the Indians, Las Casas attempts to view the natives’ practices of human sacrifice and cannibalism through their prospective. Las Casas said, “Even though the Indians cannot be excused in the sight of God . . . they can be completely excused in the sight of man.”22 Las Casas argued for the natives and condemned the actions of the …show more content…
However, a Christian man has grace and doctrine to grant understanding that God does not demand human sacrifice. Las Casas concluded by saying, “It is not surprising that when unbelievers who have neither grace nor instruction consider how much men owe to God, they devise the most difficult type of repayment, that is, human sacrifice in God’s honor. And, absolutely speaking, this is within their capabilities.”27