Context: The supernatural (Medieval Latin: "superntrlis": "supra" "above" + "naturalis" "natural", first used: 15201530 AD) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature, including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts, gods, or other supernatural beings, or to things beyond nature., Criticism of religion is criticism of the ideas, the truth, or the practice of religion, including its political and social implications., Moloch , also known as Molech , Molekh , Molok , Molek , Moloc , Melech , Milcom , or Molcom ( representing Semitic   m - l - k , a Semitic root meaning `` king '' ) is the name of an ancient type of sacrifice or a god , who was first worshiped in Ammon . Moloch was either practised ( as a sacrifice ) or worshipped ( as a god ) by the Canaanites , Phoenicians , and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant . As a god worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites , Moloch had associations with a particular kind of propitiatory child sacrifice by parents . Moloch figures in the Book of Deuteronomy and in the Book of Leviticus as a forbidden form of idolatry ( Leviticus 18:21 : `` And thou shalt not let any of thy seeds ( children ) pass through the fire to Moloch '' ) . In the Old Testament , Gehenna was a valley by Jerusalem , where followers of various Baalim and Canaanite gods , including Moloch , sacrificed their children by fire ( 2 Chr . 28:3 , 33:6 ; Jer . 7:31 , 19:2 -- 6 ) . Moloch has been used figuratively in English literature from John Milton 's Paradise Lost ( 1667 ) to Allen Ginsberg 's `` Howl '' ( 1955 ) , to refer to a person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice ., In monotheism, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by most theologians includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), divine simplicity, and as having an eternal and necessary existence. Many theologians also describe God as being omnibenevolent (perfectly good) and all loving., Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority., Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more human beings, usually as an offering to a deity, as part of a ritual. Human sacrifice has been practiced in various cultures throughout history. Victims were typically ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease gods, spirits or the deceased, for example as a propitiatory offering or as a retainer sacrifice when a king's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life. Closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting., Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force a god or supernatural beings in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of human sacrifice. The practice has received considerable opposition throughout history, and it has often become a target for those engaged in criticism of religion.
Child sacrifice is thought to be an extreme extension of the idea that, the more important the object of sacrifice, the more devout the person giving it up is., A ritual "is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence." Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized but not defined by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism, and performance., Subject: moloch, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) child (B) community (C) criticism (D) definition (E) deity (F) extension (G) faith (H) force (I) formalism (J) god (K) good (L) human sacrifice (M) killing (N) king (O) monotheism (P) object (Q) person (R) principal (S) religion (T) ritual (U) rule (V) science (W) sequence (X) set (Y) supernatural (Z) truth
Output: deity