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Defenders Of Children
Pharaoh viewed the Hebrews as a growing threat to the Egyptian way of life, so he ordered all Hebrew baby boys killed. King Herod feared that a future king would arise from Bethlehem, so he ordered all boys ages two and under to be killed in that region. In first-century Rome, it was common practice to leave unwanted children, especially baby girls, to die of exposure to the elements. Child sacrifice was common in the Incan Empire. Three thousand bones of sacrificed young children have been excavated on Sardinia in the Mediterranean.
In China, there is a long tradition of valuing male children over female children. As the philosopher Han Fei Tzu wrote, “A father and mother, when they produce a boy, congratulate each other; but when they produce a girl, they put her to death.” In Japan, the practice of mabiki, which literally means to pull plants from an overcrowded garden, was used as a form of population control. Parents would often suffocate their second or third sons. Daughters were usually spared because they could be married off or sold as servants or prostitutes.
On every continent, in nearly every culture, in every age, there is a tragic history of the devaluing and killing of children. In our own age, abortions and child abandonment continue this pattern. This is one of the most important ways in which the Christian faith offers cultural critique and seeks the common good for every society it encounters.
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