Exploring the Myth of Moloch

Who the hell is Moloch, and why is he so popular?

Moloch is an ancient child-eating god who has no dedicated temple,

no books written on him or any monuments.

But yet he is still so popular and notorious that religious texts warn

against him with the most cruel punishments.

Leviticus 18:21, "Do not give any of your children to be

sacrificed to Molech." Leviticus 20:2, "Any Israelite or

foreigner living in Israel who sacrifices their child to the false God Molech must

be put to death by stoning from the community." The Bible has no introduction

or

any context about Moloch. It just straight up warns us about him out

of the blue.

This shows how widespread and well known Moloch

was in the ancient world,

especially in the region around modern day Israel.

But back then, pagan gods linked to child sacrifice

was not only unique to ancient

Israel. You would see it all over the world.

The Aztecs, the Inca, Canaan and Carthage, Ancient China and India, and

even small regional tribes used to perform dark child sacrifice rituals.

After the rise of Yahweh in ancient Israel, the whole world adapted to the

monotheistic or Abrahamic religious system.

But Moloch, why is he still relevant?

And why are the elites of this world still sacrificing children to him?

Moloch is a very mysterious figure. His whole story is highly debated.

Some claim he is a god, some call him a deity.

Some even suggest that he isn't even a real figure

but a name given to a

sacrificing method itself. In Hebrew, many words are built from a set of three

consonants called a root. The root M-L-K carries the basic idea of

kingship. For example, Melek means king, Malkah means queen,

Malcut means kingdom, and so on. The word Moloch is formed using the same

M-L-K root which suggests that Moloch was never a god, but it

might have been a title or sacrificial term.

Unlike Baal and some other child sacrifice related deities, Moloch does not have

any dedicated temple statue or historical evidence.

Personally, I believe most of it got destroyed after

the pagan gods were labeled as

demons. 2 Kings 23:10-15 mentions that King

Josiah destroyed Topheth, the site associated with child sacrifice

to Molech,

so it could no longer be used for that purpose.

People didn't do it because they loved doing it.

They did it because they were scared shitless of supernatural

forces.

In the world where famine, death, wars were common, people lived in

constant fear of death. Sacrifice was not done by society living

under peace, and the sad truth is when in survival mode humans tend

to forget about morals. People feared the supernatural forces

whenever things

like drought, war, or pandemics happened.

People would sacrifice anything to please these Gods.

Nothing is as precious as your own children, and sacrificing the child

meant the highest form of devotion.

And it was justified because they thought that it was being done for greater good.

Sacrificing your child meant saving humanity.

This was the logic they had back then.

And besides this there were also demonic cults

that convinced people to do

these sacrifices. But why? What do they gain from doing this?

In my opinion, the As Above So Below hypothesis makes the

most sense

to me. It suggests that what happens in the spiritual

heavenly

realm is reflected in the physical/earthly realm.

The human soul is a smaller scale reflection of the universe,

a microcosm of the

macrocosm. So doing an act of horror in the physical

world is a

direct attack or war against heaven or God.

That is why child sacrifice was done in such a large scale.

And why was a child the major requirement?

Because a child represents innocence and life itself.

A child is the closest thing to God or the spiritual realm, and

sacrificing them is one of the most evil things you can possibly do.

Some people link Moloch to Saturn. Some link him with Ba'al.

Some claim it is not even a real figure but a name given to the sacrificing method

itself