Baal and Barack: The Promise Of Economic Prosperity / Infanticide
Infant-sacrifice was a significant part of the cult of Baal, a Phoenician or Canaanite god. Infant children were sacrificed to Baal in order to secure prosperity. Baal was the god of prosperity because he controlled the weather, which is crucial in any agricultural economy. The burnt bones of infants sacrificed to Baal were buried in urns under stone markers. Many thousands of these have been discovered in the ruins of ancient Carthage and its outlying towns. It is estimated that in ancient Carthage the ritual killing of infant children in sacrifice to Baal averaged about two and a half children per day. In the United States, the sanctioned killing of infants that are sacrificed in deference to the Mammon promise of economic prosperity — numbers over 4,000 per day. The nations that worshipped Baal -- no longer exist because of its selfishness and cruelty to its own children. The United States wants to vote for a man that promises them economic prosperity, despite the fact that this man...