Sacrifice

On pages 331-332 Kheel says that, in the eyes of those who sacrifice, "Birth from a woman condemns one to death, but "rebirth" through sacrifice integrates men into a transcendent order that transcends mortality and death". I'm not sure how I feel about this statement. I think it is safe to say that sacrifice can be classified as an ancient activity, and in the extent of my research, was done to please the gods. Now I admit that I am not an expert on the practices and reasons of sacrifice, but this is what I have learned. Based on this I do not agree with Kheel's statement. The only transcendental quality of sacrifice, that I observe, is an attempt to communicate with beings far greater than mere, mortal humans. If women's connection to nature is to be maintained, and these sacrifices were generally a plea for help or mercy from the gods that control nature......then I guess I just proved against my own point. If the plea is for control of nature and we maintain women's relation to nature, then sacrifices are a manner of further suppressing nature and hence suppressing women. Although I just came to this self-defeating conclusion, I still do not agree with Kheel's statement that "Birth from a woman condemns one to death". Yes, obviously we die and we come from women, but if this is such an obstacle, why would men keep women around forever? Why keep around a source of birth that condemns all to death? Naturally because men have no other way of reproducing, but if they held that much faith in the gods to transcend death, would they not also have faith in the gods' ability to give birth free of condemnation?