tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post1005515839261939571..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: This is Moloch?Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-51322813232484103402012-08-26T22:06:46.113-04:002012-08-26T22:06:46.113-04:00"Actually from what I understand, "Molec..."Actually from what I understand, "Molech" is false idea created after people forgot what the real understanding of the passages relating to "Molech" in the Bible text are found. From what I understand "Molech" is actually a word meaning something like "pass through offering" and refers to the offering of first-born children. Confirmation of this comes from the fact that there has been no regarding a deity named "Molech.""<br /><br />Sort of like the Celtic ritual of BelantineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-60281798799810149642012-08-15T04:45:31.784-04:002012-08-15T04:45:31.784-04:00Sorry, I have been drinking and left some words ou...Sorry, I have been drinking and left some words out:<br /><br />..."Molech" is *a* false idea...<br /><br />...there has been no "archaeological finds regarding...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-28049755442493783302012-08-15T04:42:39.082-04:002012-08-15T04:42:39.082-04:00Actually from what I understand, "Molech"...Actually from what I understand, "Molech" is false idea created after people forgot what the real understanding of the passages relating to "Molech" in the Bible text are found. From what I understand "Molech" is actually a word meaning something like "pass through offering" and refers to the offering of first-born children. Confirmation of this comes from the fact that there has been no regarding a deity named "Molech."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-54719594790266465162012-08-09T08:25:10.395-04:002012-08-09T08:25:10.395-04:00What's the book it's coming from?What's the book it's coming from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-42057576008211390782012-08-09T06:21:13.224-04:002012-08-09T06:21:13.224-04:00http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=38431...http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=38431&st=&pgnum=73&hilite=<br /><br />Now that's better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-79004534571849621962012-08-07T14:49:02.754-04:002012-08-07T14:49:02.754-04:00So this thing had mechanical arms that could swoop...So this thing had mechanical arms that could swoop down to accept an "offering"? The scale of the illustration is confusing; the poor kid looks much too big.<br /><br />Once, when my grandmother's Jewish neighbor made a barbecue on Shabbos, her comment was, "Er brent tzu Moylech."Dan Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-21125814191318878512012-08-07T11:49:17.911-04:002012-08-07T11:49:17.911-04:00Sorry, 73.Sorry, 73.S.http://othemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-58514079912558737642012-08-07T11:48:10.519-04:002012-08-07T11:48:10.519-04:00The Hebrew pagination. It is on page 72 of the pdf...The Hebrew pagination. It is on page 72 of the pdf.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-68769807969862483482012-08-07T11:43:45.363-04:002012-08-07T11:43:45.363-04:00What pagination are you using? its a 92 page work,...What pagination are you using? its a 92 page work, and pages 36-39 dont say anything about Moloch. (Dogon, yes, Molech, no.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com