From Canaan to Qanon: A 3000-Year History of Child Sacrifice

For most, the greatest day of their lives, is the day their child is born

For most, there is no greater love, than the love for their children.

So, there is no greater horror than child sacrifice.

I remember as a child hearing of the Canaanites and their prolific altars filled with the blood of children. I was horrified, angry, and it justified their utter destruction.

How could they do such things?

They didn’t.

But this rhetoric has driven millions to feel the same emotions I did.

But it’s a lie.

The Canaanites, who would become the Phoenicians, were superior in everything they did.

They were the “first Ikea,” making ships that could be assembled anywhere.

They formed the first alphabet, which is the foundation of what we use today.

They sailed and traded along the entire African coast.