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[–] ScientiaPotentia 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago  (edited ago)

That is a very well known passage because of the context. It shows that the early Hebrews and Canaanites were cannibals. They would kill their children in times of famine by cooking them in the fires of Moloch.

On a similar note; That is actually why pork is banned by the Hebrews. It smells and tastes like human flesh. People would kill the children of their enemy tribes and then sell the "meat" as pork in the market. Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and your children are missing only to smell roasted flesh wafting across the desert from the neighboring village.

The Israelite authorities banned pork in order to prevent human sacrifice and sale of human flesh.

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[–] thefloodcontrol 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Now that is a great reply, very interesting.