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	Child sacrifice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force supernatural beings in order to achieve a desired result.
		A young child was buried with its skull split by a weapon at Woodhenge.
		This was interpreted by the excavators as a child sacrifice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Child_sacrifice (629 words)

	Talk:Child sacrifice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In any event, child sacrifice is not the foundation of Judaism (indeed, one of the foundational texts is a rebuke against child sacrifice; moreover, God's initial order to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac had nothing to do with Abraham's "sins"), nor is it the foundation of Islam.
		Child soldiers, and the use of children by guerillas, are a large subject, but a different one from child sacrifice, I think.
		Child sacrifices were made in very much the same way as adult sacrifices, although there seem to be regional variants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Child_sacrifice (1869 words)

	Child
		A female child is called a girl and a male child is a boy (though a small percentage of humans are intersexual, this is a distinction of biological sex, not necessarily social or psychological gender).
		Child development is the study or examination of processes and mechanisms that operate during the physical and mental development of an infant into an adult.
		A street child is a child that lives on the street, in particular one that is not taken care of by parents or other adults, and also sleeps on the street because he or she does not have a home.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/child.html (644 words)

	Child Sacrifice?
		Furthermore the contrast of the ancestors' sacrificing animals at high places in vv27-29 with Ezekiel's generation's child sacrifice in vv30-31 indicates that what was wrong with the ancient practice was the high places, and what was wrong with the new practice was child sacrifice and idolatry.
		Child sacrifice is explicitly linked to idolatry (v31) and as such could never have been condoned in the Law of a jealous God (see e.g., Ex20:5).
		In fact, they explicitly connect child sacrifice to the service of other gods and imply that it was a recent innovation or corruption influenced by paganism.
	www.mindspring.com /~scarlson/childsac.html (1239 words)

	Child Sacrifice: Where living children sacrificed to the gods of Phoenician Punic Carthage?
		Arguments for and against the claim that the Phoenician/Punic practiced child sacrifice by M'hamed Hassine Fantar and Lawrence E. Stager and Jospeh A Greene, as well as a letter in support of M'hamed Fantar's view.
		The fact that Polybius does not mention Carthaginian child sacrifice does not mean that other testimonies are false; it simply means that he has nothing to say on this point.
		This act of substitution is reminiscent of the biblical Akedah, in which Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac was forestalled by the miraculous provision of a ram as a substitute (Genesis 22:13).*
	phoenicia.org /childsacrifice.html (3469 words)

	America's Child Sacrifice > The Good News : July/August 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In spite of the occasional barbaric child sacrifice and gruesome wars involving child soldiers, peoples in most poorer countries generally value their children far more than many in the West.
		The Scriptures demonstrate clearly that fetuses are human beings—and that ripping one apart in the womb in an abortion is, therefore, murder.
		In verse 44 she tells Mary: "As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy." The baby Elizabeth was carrying was clearly a separate human being at this point, even though still in her womb.
	www.gnmagazine.org /issues/gn41/childsacrifice.htm (2149 words)

	EXN.ca \| Mummies
		In Cuzco, the child was introduced to the Emperor and honored with a huge feast, bringing great credit and elevated status to his or her family.
		Maybe the child was meant to be an escort for the Emperor on his journey to the afterworld.
		Or maybe the sacrifices were meant to ensure safe and continued passage over the mountains, which were important to the continuation of the Incan empire itself.
	www.exn.ca /mummies/story.asp?id=1999041452 (1367 words)

	Child Sacrifice in Judges 11?
		He was greatly distressed to think that his daughter, who was his only child, should be, in consequence of his vow, prevented from continuing his family in Israel; for it is evident that he had not any other child, for besides her, says the text, he had neither son nor daughter (Judges 11:34).
		The sacrifice of children to Molech was an abomination to the Lord, of which in numberless passages he expresses his detestation, and it was prohibited by an express law, under pain of death, as a defilement of God's sanctuary, and a profanation of his holy name (Leviticus 20:2, 3).
		Besides, human sacrifices were ever an abomination to the Lord; and this was one of the grand reasons why God drove out the Canaanites, etc., because they offered their sons and daughters to Molech in the fire, i.e., made burnt-offerings of them, as is generally supposed.
	www.ecclesia.org /truth/child.html (2390 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Rare child sacrifice to war god is found
		The child found at Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruins was apparently killed sometime around 1450, in a sort of grim cornerstone ceremony intend- ed to dedicate a new layer of building, according to archaeologist Ximena Chavez.
		Priests propped the child — apparently already dead, since the sand around him showed no sign of movement — in a sitting position and workers packed earth around his body, which was then covered beneath stone temple steps.
		Carmen Pijoan, a prominent forensic anthropologist who did not participate in the dig, said that child sacrifices are sometimes found whole, but that it did appear unusual for a child to be sacrificed to the war god.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600150735,00.html (500 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Mexican archeologists uncover rare child sacrifice to war god
		Archaeologist Ximena Chavez said there was no reference to child sacrifices to the war god Huitzilopochtli in accounts written by the Spaniards after the 1521 Conquest, showing the need for exhaustive digs to discover more about the long-controversial subject.
		Many sacrifice victims were decapitated or had their hearts ripped out, and their bodies dumped willy-nilly into pits.
		Priests propped the child in a sitting position, his legs splayed out in front of him, and workers packed sand and clay around his body, which was then covered beneath a flight of stone temple steps.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20050722-1313-mexico-childsacrifice.html (710 words)

	Child Sacrifice: What it really means. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		And child sacrifice, because of the betrayal, not only of life, but also of innocence, of trust, has an even larger consequence, and one that persists over time.
		Whenever a child is killed (as so bloody many children are killed) by a family member, or a friend, or some kid down the block, that child has been sacrificed.
		Whenever a child is confronted with the sexual appetites of an adult, and parental /societal /religious protection fails, that child has been sacrificed.
	www.iit.edu /~phillips/personal/philos/sacrfice.html (817 words)

	Child Sacrifice in the New Age: Salem's Witch Cult and America's Abortion Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since the child is not considered human according to our liberal abortion laws, it stands to reason that such a sacrifice, protected by law, could be used by witches.
		Child sacrifice and abortion were practiced and were accepted as facts of everyday life - the necessary consummation of rampant sexual immorality.
		Abortion is the sacrifice of human preborn infants on the altar of convenience by those with a pagan worldview.
	www.forerunner.com /champion/X0039_Child_Sacrifice_in_t.html (4282 words)

	rediff.com: 'Priestess' arrested for 'child sacrifice'
		A post-mortem was conducted on the child's body this Friday at the Karimnagar district hospital, and Superintendent of Police R S Praveen Kumar said that no external injuries were found.
		As per police soures, the child, Naveen -- only child of village tailor Sonakala Sudhakar and his wife Vanita -- went missing around 3.30 PM on May 24, which happened to be an amavasya day.
		The body of the child was found, after much searching, late that same night in the septic tank of the house.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/may/26child.htm (349 words)

	Child Sacrifice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Phoenician religious practices have received much attention, due especially to the child sacrifices that occurred at their cities to ensure the health and well being of the community.
		Because there is no mention of this in the ancient historians, it has been argued that this accusation was mere propaganda.
		Some scholars continue to refuse to believe in the practice and to dismiss the ancient literary evidence as mere propaganda, but with the discovery of the physical remains there can be no legitimate doubt.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /child-sacrifice.htm (481 words)

	Child sacrifice is Palestinian paganism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For a people who count Abraham (or Ibrahim) among their ancestors, this willful child sacrifice violates the fundamental tenets of morality and ethics.
		Child sacrifice was the most fundamental expression of idolatry and forms the basis for the central biblical message, prohibiting any contact with, or tolerance for, such practices.
		That the Palestinian leadership could encourage such behavior as part of their political and military campaign against Israel, or for any other purpose, is beyond belief or explanation.
	www.tzemachdovid.org /Facts/sacrifice.shtml (820 words)

	Sacrifice
		This view of sacrifice was fundamentally influenced by the idea that deities were represented by man-made images, and led to a much greater concern with the image's own mundane needs than with the person and requirements of the deity as such.
		This is because the homage expressed by sacrifices was meant to be a symbol of a life of homage to Yahweh, and the homage he looked for was obedience to the moral laws which he had given to his people.
		The idea that sacrifice might establish or restore a sense of communion between the deity and the worshipper is not found in Mesopotamian texts, while the absence of any concept of the importance attached to blood rituals in Israelite sacrifice is quite striking.
	www.christian-thinktank.com /cross2.html (7182 words)

	One Hand Clapping
		First, it has the high standard of "sacrifice." No normal parent is prepared to sacrifice his child for any reason or objective, including military objectives.
		Religious child sacrifice was done in the eastern Mediterranean lands in Abraham's day and before.
		So the questions, what would you sacrifice your child for, and what would you sacrifice yourself for, are questions that ask the same thing of God.
	www.donaldsensing.com /2004/08/what-would-you-sacrifice-your-child.html (2352 words)

	The Little Magazine - Growing up - Rajan Hoole - Child sacrifice
		A child who sees its helpless father or mother suffer abuse, violence or even death at the hands of a powerful group, on account of caste, ethnicity or religion, could become fatally scarred.
		The last thing the child remembers of the father is the eerie roar of motorcycles in the dead of night, the tap on the door and armed men, whose power appears limitless, saying they want the father for questioning.
		A child who keeps faith with the dead father’s memory, faces a life of torture and terrible distress.
	www.littlemag.com /growingup/rajanhoole.html (1934 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But she and her husband Kistaiah were persuaded by the killers not to expose them, the inspector said.
		The throat of five-year-old Gnaneswar was slit in Mahboobnagar district.
		Greed for hidden treasures or the belief that sacrifices will beget children is behind most such gruesome incidents in the backward Telengana districts.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050630/asp/nation/story_4931461.asp (422 words)

	Child Sacrifice, Palestinian Style by Reuven Koret -- Capitalism Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Israel is criticized for alleged insensitivity to the risks of casualties among civilians, especially children, during counter-terrorist missions.
		Encouraging one's child to become a martyr, and collecting the subsequent compensation, is apparently an irresistible economic option for some struggling families.
		Regardless of their political sympathies, the people of the whole world must understand this one thing, and say it, loudly and clearly, to Palestinian society: "You are practicing child sacrifice.
	www.capmag.com /article.asp?ID=2110 (1226 words)

	The Influence of Animism on Islam [Chapter V THE 'AQIQA SACRIFICE]
		In regard to the character of the sacrifice, all the learned are agreed that everything that is permitted in this respect for the annual sacrifice is permitted in the case of the ’Alqiqa from the eight classes of animals, male and female.
		A sacrifice of one or two he-goats in the case of a male child, and of a she-goat in the case of a female child, is made.
		The Arabs were accustomed to hide a new-born child under a cauldron till the morning light; apparently it was not thought safe till it had been put under the protection of the deity.
	answering-islam.org /Books/Zwemer/Animism/chapt5.htm (4494 words)

	Child Sacrifice in Carthage? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Tophet was the final resting place for the still-born and for children who died in early infancy.
		So strong a connection has been presumed between such biblical passages and the Punic sanctuaries that these sacred grounds in Carthage and elsewhere are now called Tophets.
		In return, the parents hoped that Ba’al Hammon and Tanit would provide a replacement for the retroceded child - and this request was inscribed on a funeral stela.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /Carthage-child-sacrifice.htm (1220 words)

	Child sacrifice in Phoenicia: an unfounded lie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The entire myth of child sacrifice is based on the writings of two authors: Diodorus of Sicily and Plutarque, who write solely about Carthage and not Phoenicia itself.
		This expression does not refer then to sacrifice, but probably to a ritual akin to that of the ancient Celts who leaped over a bonfire in the belief that it would cleanse their body and soul.
		It is attested that child sacrifice was neither regular nor systematic in Phoenician and Punic cultures, and the only way to rehabilitate the notion of child sacrifice would be to find bodies of children who were in good health at the time of their death.
	www.cedarseed.com /water/childsacrifice.html (765 words)

	USATODAY.com - Couple accused in plot to sacrifice kids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A woman and her boyfriend are accused of plotting to sacrifice the woman's three children on a church altar.
		Nicole Mancini, 29, and John Thurber, 35, were arrested at St. Mary's Church on Wednesday after workers said they heard the woman say she wanted to sacrifice the boys.
		Police said Mancini told them that Jesus sacrificed himself for her, so she was going to sacrifice the boys to free her soul.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-11-13-children-sacrifice_x.htm (390 words)

	billingsgazette.com
		Archaeologist Ximena Chavez said there was no reference to child sacrifices to the war god Huitzilopochtli in accounts written by the Spaniards after their 1521 conquest, showing the need for exhaustive digs to discover more about the long-controversial subject.
		Some researchers say the Spaniards exaggerated accounts of human sacrifices by the Aztecs to justify their own brutal conquest; others defend the old accounts, but archaeologists now say Mexico needs hard physical evidence to decide the truth.
		The discovery announced Friday was also unusual because the child's body was found whole, and accompanied by whistles, collars, ankle bracelets of shells and copper bells - details normally reserved for honorific burials.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/23/build/world/80-aztec-child.inc (449 words)

	Archaeologists uncover rare child sacrifice - Science - MSNBC.com
		Jose Luis Magana / AP The skeletal remains of a young child lie at the Aztec ruins of the Templo Mayor in downtown Mexico City.
		The child found at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor ruins was apparently killed sometime around 1450, in a sort of grim cornerstone ceremony intended to dedicate a new layer of building, according to archaeologist Ximena Chavez.
		Priests propped the child — apparently already dead, since the sand around him showed no sign of movement — in a sitting position and workers packed earth around his body, which was then covered beneath a flight of stone temple steps.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8671195 (620 words)

	Child Sacrifice in Iraq - by Kathy Kelly
		On my banner was Johan, smiling wanly, a 14-year-old child who weighed 75 pounds shortly before she died of cancer in the oncology ward of a Baghdad hospital on Sept. 21, 2003.
		Their suffering and death can be likened to child sacrifice, certainly the most egregious instance of child abuse in modern times.
		They had committed no crime, yet they were brutally – and lethally – punished for the government of the country into which they were haplessly born.
	www.antiwar.com /orig/kelly.php?articleid=4093 (984 words)

	Couple arraigned in child sacrifice case; lawyers argue no harm intended (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each of the child endangerment charges stem from accusations that Mancini and Thurber entered the church "for the purpose of sacrificing (their lives) to God." The charges were read aloud at the arraignment by Judge Bruce Larson.
		After their arrest, police charged that Mancini wanted to sacrifice all three children, but a church staff member said Mancini indicated she wanted to sacrifice only one of the children at the church altar.
		Dugas also argued that Thurber was an acting participant in the incident, he knew of her desire to sacrifice her children, and they had talked about it beforehand.
	www4.fosters.com /november_2004/11.13.04/news/ro_1113a.asp (532 words)

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