(January 25, 2016 at 9:49 am)Nestor Wrote:(January 25, 2016 at 9:42 am)athrock Wrote: The Wikipedia entry for Child Sacrifice mentions this regarding the Canaanites:Are you conveniently forgetting Yahweh's supposed confession in Ezekiel 20:25-26?
"According to Diodorus Siculus, "There was in their city a bronze image of Cronus extending its hands, palms up and sloping toward the ground, so that each of the children when placed thereon rolled down and fell into a sort of gaping pit filled with fire."(Bib. Hist. 20.14.6)
Sites within Carthage and other Phoenician centers revealed the remains of infants and children in large numbers; some historians[citation needed] interpret this as evidence for frequent and prominent child sacrifice to the god Baal-hamon."
So, I dunno, Nestor. What, specifically, from your studies has given you reason to believe that the Hebrews were worse than this?
Good question, Nestor.
In the context of the entire chapter, God's judgment was that the Israelites had forsaken His decrees and taken up the detestable practices of other nations. So, in this sense, they were doing the same things as the other nations. This seems to support my contention that it took a very, very long time for Israel to come around to God's way of thinking. Perhaps, in a manner of speaking, the Hebrews WERE worse than the other nations in that they had seen the mighty works of God performed on their behalf and yet they still rebelled like ungrateful children.
Is there something more in that chapter that you wish to highlight?
