Christianity's central doctrine is the sacrificial death of
Jesus. However there are numerous warnings in the Bible
against the practice of Human sacrifices. Is this central
doctrine of the christian church a direct violation of the
commandment against human sacrifices?
Let us consider the following verses:
Lev 18:21 "'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer
them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I
am the LORD." NASB
Lev 20:1-5 "1Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying,
2"You shall also say to the sons of Israel:
'Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in
Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be
put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with
stones.
3'I will also set My face against that man
and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given
some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and
to profane My holy name.
4'If the people of the land, however, should
ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to
Molech, so as not to put him to death,
5then I Myself will set My face against that
man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their
people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by
playing the harlot after Molech." NASB
2 Kings 23:10 "He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley
of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his
daughter pass through the fire for Molech." NASB
Jer 32:35 ""They built the high places of Baal that are in the
valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to
pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor
had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to
cause Judah to sin." NASB
2 Kings 16:2-3 "Ahaz was twenty years old when he became
king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do
what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father
David had done.
3But he walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to
the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from
before the sons of Israel." NASB
2 Kings 21:6 "He made his son pass through the fire, practiced
witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and
spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him
to anger." NASB
Jer 7:31 ""They have built the high places of Topheth, which is
in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their
daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come
into My mind." NASB
Deut 12:31 " You shall not behave thus toward the LORD
your God, for every abominable act which the LORD hates they have
done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in
the fire to their gods." NASB
Deut 18:10 "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes
his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses
divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets
omens, or a sorcerer," NASB
Human sacrifices is detestable to Hashem. From this point
of view, is the central doctrine of the church defensible
scripturally?
the question u ask is similar to this one, rather comprehensive
answer as well.
http://www.christian-thinktank.com/sacra.html