Abortion Is Pagan Worship

The Old Testament, as well as other historical records, documents the ancient practice of sacrificing children to gods. In the Bible, the most notorious of these gods is Molech (or Moloch). Various accounts of this practice all indicate the same basic horrors. The god (idol) was a large bronze statue that was hollow on the inside. The pagan priest would light a huge fire on the inside of this statue and then wait until the bronze was searing hot. The child to be sacrificed was then placed on the outstretched hands of this now scorching hot metal idol. The statue was engineered so that the child, once placed into the hands of the god, would then tumble down into the mouth or belly of the statue, giving the impression that the god had eaten the child alive. Of course, the flames would soon consume the innocent, screaming victim. The pagan priests would instruct the drummers and dancers to make loud, frenzied noises during this process, presumably to keep the parents of the child from hearing the cries for help and screams of torment.

The reasons for these sacrifices may not totally be known, but there is enough evidence to get a good idea. These gods were believed to control nature, give victory in battle, provide power and wealth, make crops grow, bring rain, ward off disease and famine, and give protection to the land. To achieve these things, children would have to be sacrificed. The gods had to be appeased. In order to secure the “blessings” that one desired, sacrifices had to be made.

Today in America, just like in those Ancient Eastern cultures, there are plenty of gods. The reason why we don’t see them clearly is because they don’t look like the ancient gods of brass and gold. They are gods that we, as a culture, have erected in our hearts. These gods dictate our actions, demand sacrifices, consume our resources and receive our worship. Some of these gods are: pleasure, freedom, independence, sexual exploration, financial security, wealth, success, career, material possessions (houses, cars, TVS, clothes, electronic gadgets, etc.), peer recognition, convenience, and the list goes on.

When we give our lives to things such as these, they ARE OUR GODS, whether we intend for them to be or not. And occasionally, it is becomes necessary to make sacrifices for the sake of these gods. If the sacrifices are not made, the “blessings” of these gods will be taken away.

One very interesting scripture also links the practice of child sacrifice to the practice of sexual misconduct. Ezekiel 16 says: “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough? 21 Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?” Amazing. It appears as though God’s people had engaged in prostitution and then took the children born as a result of this prostitution and offered them to idols. These were “unwanted” and “illegitimate” children, so they were expendable. They were simply the result of “having fun” and “accidentally” getting pregnant. But by exercising their free "choice", the worshippers could engage in whatever sexually behavior they wanted and not have to worry about being “burdened” with a baby as a result. Just kill it.

Since 1973, Americans have sacrificed over 50 million innocent unborn children to the gods of Convenience, Career, Independence and the like in the name of “pro-choice”. The truth is, our culture worships at the shrine of success, sexual freedom and independence; and these idols must be kept happy. So whatever sacrifices are necessary to insure the blessings of success and independence must be made. A baby would interfere with a career path, a job situation, a relationship, our independence, etc. The parent would be tied down to a baby and lose their freedom to do whatever they wanted to do whenever they wanted to do it. A baby would just “get in the way of my plans”.

So, the couple (or the mother) decides that the baby must be sacrificed to keep these gods happy. But just as it was difficult for the parents in ancient times to drown out the cries of their baby as it was being burned alive in a furnace, so too the parents these days must find ways to drown out the cries of their conscience. So, they create new names for murder whose aims are to diminish the barbarity of the act. “Terminating the pregnancy” sounds so much better than “Sacrificing my baby to the gods of the world so I can do what I want to do”.

The good news for all of us, and for those who have had an abortion, is that there was one time when it was good and right for a parent to sacrifice their son. That’s when God the Father gave His Son Jesus to die a cruel and horrendous death. But that sacrifice was not for self-gratification or self-indulgence, or because the Son was an inconvenience. It was an act of love. And because of that sacrifice, mercy, grace and forgiveness is available for the worst of sinners. For every woman who has sacrificed her baby to please the gods of self and pleasure, and for every Doctor who has been like the ancient pagan priests who placed those babies into Molech’s hands, there is forgiveness. There is healing. There is mercy. There is hope. Jesus died for you also.

As a side note: If the current health care bill passes as anything close to what it is today, Christians in America will be faced with a crisis of conscience. The bill, as currently written, would force all Americans to pay for abortions. That means that all of us would be funding the pagan priests who sacrifice the children, and funding the construction and operation of Molech shrines. We are probably coming close to the time in this formerly “Christian” nation that we will have to decide whether we will bow to the golden idol or be thrown into the furnace ourselves.