[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Always remember that Human Sacrifice is not wrong in itself. Further down, I mention Jephthah but I know you are thinking of Our Savior who sacrificed Himself (temporarily) for our sins.

BUT with all these things, we must use Human Sacrifice sparingly and in accordance with God’s Words

Nepal police say 4 arrested over child sacrifice

(AFP) – 18 hours ago

KATHMANDU — Nepali police said Thursday they had arrested four people in connection with the death of an eight-year-old girl believed to have been killed in a human sacrifice.

Police said the child's throat had been slit and her body pierced with a sharp weapon. Local media reported her blood was found inside a brick kiln along with religious offerings of money and food.

"The circumstances of the killing in early December suggest the girl was sacrificed," local police official Narhari Adhikari told AFP from Rupandehi district in the south of Nepal.

"We have arrested four people including the owner of the brick kiln on charges of murder.

"Two of those arrested confessed they killed the girl as an offering to the gods to bring good fortune to the business," he added.

Mainly Hindu Nepal is deeply traditional and religious rituals are a part of everyday life in the impoverished country. Around 80 percent of the 27 million-strong population are Hindu.

Nepal outlawed human sacrifices in 1780 but experts say it is still practised by some communities in poor rural areas.

"Some people still believe sacrificing human beings will appease the gods, improve their fortunes and raise their social status," said Chunda Bajracharya, professor of cultural studies at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan University.

"Such beliefs are the outcome of extreme ignorance," she said.

There are a few points here that the True Christian will note:

• Let us first distinguish this from the human sacrifice made to God by Jephthah in Judges:11:31 – 40, in which, Jephthah made a promise to God that he would sacrifice “whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me” and it happened to be his daughter. Obviously God knew in advance that this would be the case, but this was a human sacrifice that had a definite and promised purpose after the event, not like these ignorant savages who made human sacrifice in the hopes that something would happen!
• It was a girl – both God and these Nepali people know girl children are not important.
• The girl was from the untouchable caste, the lowest possible, I suggest that this is a little insulting: the Lord is clear on this one: Le:1:3: If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. Yes, the Lord wants perfect males – a real sacrifice. No tightwads for the Lord!
• “Some people still believe sacrificing human beings will appease the gods,” […]"Such beliefs are the outcome of extreme ignorance," Yes, this is really stupid – Human sacrifices in Christianity are only made to illustrate a point.
• All this was done for some Hindoo god – a blue 6-armed elephant or some such. Ex:20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Which seems clear enough.