Molech (a.k.a Chemosh) was the ancient god of prosperity.
He was worshipped by many of the Cannanite tribes. All he
required was that you sacrifice one or more of your
children to him and he would give you prosperity.
This god today is being worshipped at abortion clinics (and
in the privacy of home) by millions. "We can afford another
one", "What about my college?".
Why not put this precious child up for adoption?! Think
of how many couples have to go overseas for children...
Interesting analogy. I looked up Molech on the net and found this little tidbit -It's just a theory, and I don't know how true it is, but here it is:
In 1921 Otto Eissfeldt, excavating in Carthage, discovered inscriptions with the word mlk which in the context meant neither 'king' nor the name of any god. He concluded that it was instead a term for a particular kind of sacrifice, one which at least in some cases involved human sacrifice. A relief was found showing a priest holding a child. Also uncovered was a sanctuary to the goddess Tanit comprising a cemetery with thousands of burned bodies of animal and of human infants, dating from the 8th century BC down to the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. Eissfeldt identified the site as a tophet, using a Hebrew word of previously unknown meaning connected to the burning in some Biblical passages. Most of the children's bodies appeared to be those of newborns, but some were older, up to about six years of age.
Eissfeldt further concluded that the Hebrew writings were not talking about a god Moloch at all, but about the molk or mulk sacrifice, that the abomination was not in worshipping a god Molech who demanded children be sacrificed to him, but in the practice of sacrificing human children as a molk. Hebrews were strongly opposed to sacrificing first-born children as a molk to Yahweh himself. The practice may have been conducted by their neighbors in Canaan. The relevant Scriptural passages depict Yahweh condemning such practices in harsh terms. Hebrews who made such a sacrifice were executed by stoning. Any who knew about such a sacrifice, and did not act to prevent it, were ejected from the community along with their family.
Many do that, not because of the lack of potential adoptees here, but because they can be more certain that the child will never be taken away by some idiot judge.....
What child?