# Moloch for the Minotaur By Peter Howitt, 9 March 2025. Web page: https://compossible.blog/2025/03/09/moloch/ Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). --- A fearful people Can do such terrible things They are so easily tempted Frightened into Wagering with Satan And guaranteed Damnation The people of Canaan (To appease Great powers Or avoid defeat) Sacrificed Their most innocent Some say to _Yahweh_ A dreadful gift No din of drums Could ever drown The sounds Of children Shrieking out In their Unbearable Honour And yet this cult Can still be found Even here in Great Europa Where learned Democrats Perfect An age-old Substitution trick Gifting the Gods of war The beloved Of another tribe In place of Our own In Gaza alone Twenty thousand Or more Little Loving Burnt offerings Screaming And this poem Pathetic expiation Yet still The malevolent Kahanist devils Can not be placated And the raging Blood-lust of the American bull Will not be sated And we (Who did not Light the fires or Wield the knife) Can never be cleansed Can never get this Damned blood Off our hands * * * ## Further reading: The evolving story of Moloch as a form of child sacrifice: traditionally it was considered to be an old Canaanite god but more recently the evidence points to Moloch being the name for the sacrifice itself. The practice spread to Carthage with the Phoenician founders from Tyre (Lebanon) . Moloch was often described as a practice of placing children inside or on a burning hot metal effigy. The effigy has the body of a man and the head of a bull and its arms are held out ready for offerings. However, it is still not clear whether it was an actual child sacrifice (as seems likely) or perhaps a pagan hangover which involved a painful fiery rite of passage. [Wikipedia ]() is a good start to research this practice and has some great sources. This one is particularly good '_Human sacrifice in Jewish and Christian tradition_. Brill. pp. 109–132. [ISBN]() [978-9004150850](). According to tradition, the Minotaur was a part man part bull offspring of the wife of King Minos of Crete (Pasiphaë) and a bull that she was impelled to fall in love with. This was as punishment from Poseidon to Minos for substituting the bull in a sacrificial offering that was made to Poseidon. The Minotaur was held in a labyrinth in Crete. Every nine years the people of Athens had to choose seven men and seven women to be offered as sacrificial victims to the Minotaur in retribution for the killing of Minos's son Androgeos in Athens. ## Child sacrifice in Gaza: [The conflict in Gaza has been particularly deadly for Palestinian children]() > As of 4 March 2025, over 50,000 people – 48,405 Palestinian[[3]]()[[8]]() and 1,706 Israeli[[b]]() – have been reported killed in the [Gaza war]() according to the official figures of the Gaza Health Ministry, as well as [166 journalists and media workers](),[[c]]() 120 academics,[[27]]() and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, a number that includes 179 employees of [UNRWA]().[[28]]() Scholars have estimated 80% of Palestinians killed are civilians.[[5]]()[[4]]()[[6]]()[[29]]() A study by [OHCHR](), that verified fatalities from three independent sources, found that 70% of the Palestinian killed in residential buildings or similar housing were women and children.[[30]]()[[31]]() ([Wikipedia]()) > "As of March 2025, the total Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 48,000, with women and children constituting between **53% and 70% of fatalities**, depending on the timeframe and methodology of analysis." > > [Perplexity Deep Research Study]() ![](/images/uploads/2025/03/gaza.jpg) > [Europe Is On The Menu]() [Twenty to One]() - "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."(Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, circa 431 B.C.E)… [The Witching Hour ]()- Who will watch the Unwatched Time **Commentary:** The central premise of the poem is that Europe has been giving their tribute to the American gods of war for a long time. This appeasement has involved sacrifices of many lives over the last 80 years since WW2. In truth, too many were largely fine with these sacrifices (Moloch) to the Minotaur as long as it was other people's children – particularly Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East. However, that is no longer enough. In seeking to avoid facing the growing problem of American-Israeli violence we have helped to increase the power of the Minotaur which now demands ever greater tribute and sacrifices - and so our children may be next. Arabs and Muslims are the 21st century's Jews. The undefended vilified 'other'. It is Nazified thinking either by racist fascists or, more banally and more often, those that have thoughtlessly forgotten to pay attention to recent European history and basic ethical principles. It must be [never again for everyone]() or it is for no one. If you would like to know more about the Kahanist alliance with Likud (the party leading the Israeli Govt) I recommend reading this [article]() and [this](). For the record: I am pro-Jewish but anti-fascist (whether Jewish or otherwise) - we must resist those who are in love with murder and cruelty and who will also destroy Israel eventually (just as Hitler destroyed Germany). It is deeply anti-semitic to equate the current fascist leaders of Israel and all Jews (German leaders should take particular note). > "Faith in God is not simply an afterlife insurance policy. Racial or religious bigotry must be recognized for what it is: satanism, blasphemy." > > ([Rabbi Heschel]()) ![post image](https://paragraph.xyz/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fpapyrus_images%2F8334c9ab57fe4cb84f750905cb10d3b1.png&w=3840&q=75)AI art ![](/images/uploads/2025/03/915px-foster_bible_pictures_0074-1_offering_to_molech.jpg) Charles Foster, 1897