1. Pat Robertson seem to think God is an incompetent time traveler who kills many but not all the Hitler babieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ekyLKTbuY …
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2. The idea of God as an incompetent Hitler-baby killer suggests a strip by
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3. Pat Robertson's remarks are a good occasion to think about the role of child sacrifice in the Abrahamic religions.
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3. The ancient Hebrews lived among people who routinely killed children to propitiate the Gods, the followers of Baal, etc.
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4. The theme of child sacrifice is everywhere in the Hebrew Bible & Christian Gospel: Abraham & Isaac, Egyptian plagues, God & Jesus.
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5. The most generous interpretation of the Abraham & Isaac story is that child sacrifice is sublimated: almost enacted but rejected in end.
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6. God offering Jesus as a sacrifice on the cross is, viewed harshly, the Abraham/Isaac story with an uncensored ending.
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7. But there is another way to see the sacrifice of Christ: child sacrifice that ends child sacrifice. After Jesus, no more sacrifice needed
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8. Robertson's idea that God is still sacrificing babies is a return to the horrific roots of monotheism. We're back to Baal.
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@MichaelMcGough3 If story was sanitized, then Yahweh & Baal are one and the same.
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@MichaelMcGough3@HeerJeet No! Yahweh & El are one & the same. El is Baal's father. El never criticized in OT; nothing but polemic vs. Baal!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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