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Child sacrifice was part of Semitic culture. The story of Issac and Jacob (Ishmael and Jacob in the Arab scriptures) teaching against the practice of child sacr
by celtoid 3y ago
Child sacrifice was part of Semitic culture. The story of Issac and Jacob (Ishmael and Jacob in the Arab scriptures) teaching against the practice of child sacrifice is pretty good evidence that it was an old practice and that Hebrew and Arab cultures were trying to move on from it. Phoenicians, also Semitic, never moved on from the practice.
I don't understand why it's so controversial.
- vintermann 3y agoI think you do understand why "our ancestors practiced child sacrifice" is controversial when you think about it
- atlantic 3y ago[flagged]
- jonathanlb 3y agoI'm drawing a blank here, but what do you mean "state-sanctioned castration"? Do you have examples? The only thing I can think of is the chemical castration that is done to sex offenders or to treat cancer, but for the most part, this is done to adults, and not children. Or are you referring to something else that would affect children of both sexes?
- apocalypstyx 3y agoThey are disingenuously referencing trans affirmative care.
- handsaway 3y agoAs the other poster mentioned they're referencing treatment of trans children. They are also factually incorrect as surgical intervention is not and has never been part of the recommended treatment for children. As such their intentions are either misinformed or malicious.
- Amezarak 3y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000168/pdf/jcm-11-01943.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000168/pdf/jcm... You are wrong. Surgical interventions are performed for children by reputable hospitals and surgeons.
- apocalypstyx 3y ago> Interestingly, child sacrifice is still with us, in the form of state-sanctioned castration. Plus ça change... This isn't happening. Intersex children being force-ably sexually re-assigned, that was a thing we did for a long time and which has only barely slowed in recent times. The only sexual modification of children going on is the regularization of the body.
- janandonly 3y agoCastration? That is a spelling error, I guess? Maybe you meant to say abortion?
- celtoid 3y agoA simple fact of history being controversial is a function of bias. The worship of Moloch and its attendant ritual of child sacrifice is attested to in many scriptures.
- mjh2539 3y agoI think the most charitable interpretation of OP is that there is no controversy over the fact that pagan Semites practiced ritual human (child) sacrifice.
- mjhay 3y agoIt is, but really human sacrifice was the norm, not the exception, in preclassical ancient societies.
- karaterobot 3y agoWell, either they did or they didn't. The confusion comes when we try to apply modern outlooks to people from a different civilization, and end up saying "well, I'd never do that, so neither would they," and we end up ignoring evidence that doesn't fit our preconception of the world.
- jeltz 3y agoNot really. My ancestors were Norse and practiced human sacrifice. There are also some archeological findings indicating that they also practiced child sacrifice. Doesn't bother me at all, I sm not my ancestors.