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Which religion?
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RE: Which religion?
I think I'd sign up for this one.

http://www.biblenews1.com/babylon/babylon3.html

Quote: The Great Mother Goddess, the "Mother of Prostitutes" (Revelation 17:5), was worshipped under different names in different pantheons all over the world. Regardless of the name, however, the women who served her in ritual prostitution represented the Prostitute of Babylon.

In Cyprus it appears that before marriage all women were formerly obliged by custom to prostitute themselves to strangers at the sanctuary of the goddess, whether she went by the name of Aphrodite, Astarte, or what not. Similar customs prevailed in many parts of Western Asia. Whatever its motive, the practice was clearly regarded, not as an orgy of lust, but as a solemn religious duty performed in the service of that great Mother Goddess of Western Asia whose name varied, while her type remained constant, from place to place. Thus at Babylon every woman, whether rich or poor, had once in her life to submit to the embraces of a stranger at the temple of Mylitta, that is, of Ishtar or Astarte, and to dedicate to the goddess the wages earned by this sanctified harlotry. The sacred precinct was crowded with women waiting to observe the custom.


I wonder if there is an application form or does one just take a number like in a bakery?
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Messages In This Thread
Which religion? - by Darwinian - May 1, 2010 at 3:56 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Paul the Human - May 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Shell B - May 1, 2010 at 4:00 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Darwinian - May 1, 2010 at 4:01 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Shell B - May 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Craveman - May 1, 2010 at 5:37 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Paul the Human - May 1, 2010 at 5:39 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Zen Badger - May 1, 2010 at 6:57 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Violet - May 1, 2010 at 7:10 pm
RE: Which religion? - by padraic - May 1, 2010 at 7:57 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Rev. Rye - May 1, 2010 at 8:50 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Zen Badger - May 1, 2010 at 8:53 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Rev. Rye - May 1, 2010 at 9:08 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Pippy - May 1, 2010 at 9:06 pm
RE: Which religion? - by campenney - May 1, 2010 at 9:26 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Rev. Rye - May 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm
RE: Which religion? - by Minimalist - May 2, 2010 at 12:35 am
RE: Which religion? - by Welsh cake - May 2, 2010 at 5:07 am

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