>>136057
I think there are two distinct reasons. The first being the glowdark spooks and their MK Ultra programming, dealing with mind control. Certain elites are groomed from a young age. Miley Cyrus and Brittney Spears being examples. MK Ultra is a thread all it's own, so I will address the more "ritualistic" aspect of it.
Child sacrifice has been a practice since Biblical times. In fact, blood sacrifice goes all the way back to the beginning in Genesis, changing the entire course of humanity.
From Genesis 4:
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And [c]in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
So, we can see from the scriptures that Yahweh Himself prefers a blood sacrifice and doesn't care about Cain's harvest. (vegans btfo) This isn't the only instance of Yahweh asking for blood. He asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, but it was just a prank and God doing it for teh lulz. At the temple, it was trad to sacrifice an "unblemished" lamb. NOW THIS is where we start getting into the kid stuff.
We've all heard the term "sacrificial lamb" used before. We know all the tropes about virgin blood and virgin sacrifices. This is because of the "unblemished lamb" request. Yahweh didn't ask for a full grown adult sheep. No! Yahweh likes em young. Get Him a lamb! No popped cherries either. That lamb best be unblemished or God won't be happy with you. So, this became a thing.
In time, God's Chosen People™ managed to wander into places like Canaan and Babylon where they met some other gods like Baal, Moloch, Baphomet, and a whole host of various daemons and fallen angels to pray to. "Pssst! Hey, Chaim. I heard you was going to sacrifice your kid to Yahweh, but He was just kidding. I'm not kidding. Will you do it? I'll make it worth it for ya! Fame and fortune! Just sacrifice kids to me and I'll be happy." Of course the greedy bastards who'd rather write a circle instead of a cross totally agreed with this exchange and dived into the practice of daemon worship and Babylonian witchcraft. Yahweh was pissed off because He is a jealous God. "No fair! You can't sacrifice humans! Animals only. I condemn this practice, so you better stop it now." Yids didn't care because they were living their best life courtesy of Baphomet and friends.
So, sacrificing your kids to Moloch became a thing and it's even recorded in the Bible.
Jeremiah 32:35 ESV / 75 helpful votes
They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
2 Kings 21:6 ESV / 57 helpful votes
And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.