Why do religions have both commandments to not kill and sacrifices involving animal killing?

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so the question is that in the Abrahamic religions one of the commandments is thou shall not kill yet at the same time there is there are animal sacrifices and it is said that some form appears or something like that and somebody accepts those sacrifice so why are such sacrifices mentioned and when there is a commandment against it actually there are two different levels of religion that are being talked about over here meat eating is has been largely a feature of human existence throughout history but it has never been a glamorized feature so even in the bible also in the genesis, genesis is the first book in the bible, there also it is said that every fruit bearing plant that will be your food so and there is also that is that actually in the hebrew it is said every living being has a soul it is not just some christians have the idea that only humans have a soul but all living beings have souls that’s what is said over there so at the same time just like in the vedic culture there is kali puja in which sometimes goats are sacrificed so the idea is that some people are anyway going to eat meat so let them regulate it through some religious rituals so the idea in kali puja originally as it is mentioned in the scriptures is that one should sacrifice only a goat and that also on on amavasya day and then also one should give out six portions of the goat and take only one for oneself that way there is regulation so the idea is animal sacrifice which is given in other religions also, the idea is to regulate the consumption of meat and regulate the violence that is caused to others so that principle of regulation how it will be applied specifically will vary according to time, place, circumstance so there is now thou shall not kill is a general principle for recommending non-violence but at the same time for those who cannot follow this principle, those who are addicted to meat eating then there are some sacrifices that are recommended and those sacrifices are meant not to endorse killing of animals or eating of meat but they are meant to license, the difference between endorsing and licensing is that endorsing means this is good you do it licensing means we allow you to do it it is not that we recommend it or we glamorize it so the mistake which happens in many religions sometimes even in the Vedic path also that what is considered, what is given granted as a license is mistaken to be an endorsement and then that activity is considered to be a religious activity and in fact that is made into a religious obligation so this also happens say in the Islam where some people say that we have to kill cows because that is a part of our religious duty but then if we see there are so many Islamic countries where there are no cows at all so then how can the people over those countries, in those countries kill cows and if killing cows were essential part of Islam then all the people who are in countries where there are no cows available for killing or then they would all be they would all be non-authentic Muslims if this was the standard for Islam that every Muslim has to kill cows so it’s not a religious obligation it’s not something which is to be which is mandatory, it is something which is allowed for those people who have to do it so who can’t live without it, they are given a license and that’s how it has to be seen in the Mahabharata it is clearly said that several places Vikarna says it in the Vikarna is one of the brothers of Duryodhana and he says it in the Asatsabhaya, in the assembly where Draupadi was being destroyed and again Krishna says this in the forest after the Pandavas are exiled he says that actually there are higher and lower religious principles and when people get influenced by meat eating intoxication, gambling and illicit sex then they become mad they become depraved and they do activities which are terrible and therefore wise people should stay away from these so the idea is wherever possible a person should accept the higher religious principle and not use the not misuse the lower religious principle for staying at the lower level itself that’s why Shri Prabhupada he would recommend follow your darshan not kill and encourage people to rise to the spiritual level of consciousness thank you Hare Krishna