Your Child Is in Danger! - An Ancient Problem

 Some 4,000 years ago, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were famous for depravity, Pedophilia was apparently among the religion's many vices. Genesis 19:4 describes a sex-crazed mob of Sodomites ranging "from boy to old man" seeking to rape Lot's two male guests:  Why would mere boys be inflamed with the idea of raping males?  Clearly they already been introduced to homosexual perversions.

Centuries later, the nation of Israel moved into the region of Canaan. So steeped was this land in incest, sodomy, bestiality, prostitution, and even the ritualized sacrifice of little children to demon god's  that all these vile acts had to be expressly forbidden in the Mosaic Law.  (Leviticus 18:6, 21-23; 19:29; Jeremiah 32:35)  Despite divine warnings, rebellious Israelites, including some of their rulers, adopted these despicable practices. - PSALM 106:35-38.

Ancient Greece and Rome, however, were far worse than Israel in this regard.  Infanticide common to both, and in Greece, it was a widely accepted practice for older men to have relations with young boys.  Boy Brothels flourished in every ancient Greek city. In the Roman Empire, child prostitution was so prevalent taht special taxes and holidays were set up specifically for that trade. In the arenas, girls were raped and forced into acts of bestiality. Similar atrocities were prevalent in many other ancient nations.

What about modern times? Is mankind too civilized for such horrible sex acts to flourish  today?  Students of the Bible cannot accept this notion.  They well know that the apostle Paul characterized our era as "critical times hard to deal with."  He detailed  the rampant self-love, the love of pleasure, and the disintegration of natural family love that overrun modern society and added: "Wicked men and imposters  will advance from bad to worse." (2 Timothy 3:1-5,13; Revelation 12:7-12) Has child molestation, so often perpetrated by "wicked men and imposters." got worse?

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