/his/ — We will never know the full extent of what Mesoamericans kne

>>18531378 (OP)
Let's not pretend you wouldn't burn all religious texts yourself given the chance.

>>18531382
I'm not an anti-theist

>>18531382
>Implying that pre-Christian Mesoamericans weren’t religious

>>18531378 (OP)
They also killed the priests and disrupted the living tradition. The bastard monks also hyper-focused on the Mexica and other central Mexicans so we know vastly more about them than anyone else (bar the Maya).
>>18531382
Even the most rabid anti-theists will give lip-service to the idea that religious texts should be preserved for their Historical/Artistic/etc value.
You aren't on even ground.

>>18531382
Atheists are more interested in religions than theists

>>18531378 (OP)
While it is true, it is also fair to remember these things are unpreservable in local conditions so it's likely whatever the fuckers destroyed wasn't older than a couple decades.
Definitely no Libraries of Alexandria keeping records made since the Olmecs over there could exist. Just like the Khmer made a fuckton of writing and we haven't found a single letter bar their stone inscriptions because the local terrain absolutely murders writing mediums not conserved with modern technology.