Conversion to End Child Sacrifice: In Ancient Israel and Now, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Nov 21, 2023

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.

A friend recently sent me an article on the new “climate-change religion”, in which the author wondered whether human sacrifices would be the next step in warding off environmental disaster. Of course, there would be a certain logic at work if the rich and powerful begin killing off the poor and weak in order to restore environmental balance—on the assumption that the rich are more resource-sensitive than the poor, or at least can purchase the kinds of products that prove by their logos and EPA statements that they are deeply dedicated to the preservation of mother earth. It is one of the dirty little tricks of this theory that the wealthy always have a far larger carbon footprint than the destitute.

But this idea of human sacrifice strikes a chord, because we are actually offering people as sacrifices almost continually in the modern world through both abortion and euthanasia—without even mentioning the ravages of war and starvation. We do this, as it has always been done, primarily to get our own way.  ….

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