text: There is none, but Christianity retains the ancient Pagan idea that a human sacrifice is/was essential to appease a god. And preaches this idea of human sacrifice in Africa where some may be predisposed to act on it. It would have been better if those who invented Christianity had instead taken the Jewish position that all human sacrifice is abhorrent to God. It is quite horrific to think that a Virgin goddess gives birth for the express purpose of having her issue tortured to death with enough blood-letting to fertilize the crops, etc. That is the old Pagan story. It should have been discarded. Jesus' message of love and forgiveness and repentance should not have been tainted with such. Sure makes God look like a blood-thirsty demon. Of course I don't know how much negative influence Christian ideas of human sacrifice have had on the current situation in Africa. For sure, those who kill the children don't realize that Jesus was supposedly the 'one and only' human sacrifice.