As an Educational Example: ASTARTE
Astarte is a Canaanite/Phoenician Goddess whose attributes of war and love
relate her to the Goddess Inana(Nin-ana) of the Sumerumians, and the Goddess
Estar(Ishtar) of the Aggadians. With the end of the Bronze Age, and the
beginning of the Iron Age, Astarte becomes a familiar symbol and name
throughout the Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard. The 'love' of Astarte
is primarily sexual, i.e., prostitution; and in war, her playground is
said to be the battlefield. The name of Astarte is closely connected with that
of Anat, the Goddess who restores Baal to life by venturing into the underworld
and defeats Mot (the restoration may be related to the Egyptian Isis-Osiris
motif, and with the underworld venture of Inana motif. Canaan being an
inheritor of the Egyptian/Southern Mesopotamia mythos, and the birthplace of
the Judaic/Greek mythos). ...'Attarat, the Canaanite Astarte [was] deliberately
misvocalized by Jewish scribes as Ashtoreth.' In the Old Testament, virgins
give of their virginity to her (I Kings XIV. 24). However, Astarte in ...'Her
fertility functions at Ugarit were apparently usurped by Anat, as were also her
warlike characteristics, which remained with the goddess in her Babylonian
character as Ishtar.' (Ugarit is synonymous with Canaan). In Palestine
however, it was Attarat and not Anat who became the dominant Goddess. The
sacred pole, or rather Tree is her image as the repository of life under the
storm and autumn rain of the male God Baal (Exoteric). This natural or
stylized palm tree represents Attarat/Astarte as a 'mother goddess'. In
Palestine again, the name Attarat yields to that of Astarte.
2007-02-26 08:39:32 · 6 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As Lökásennä stated I've start using JCMs to address Jews, Christians, and Muslims in seniority order as JCMs. I'm just tired of writing out full names.
2007-02-26 09:49:57 · update #1
It was a tactical maneuver. You have to do things like that when you really want to become the dominant religion. You demonize the gods of surrounding religions. You can also do what Judaism did with the Canaanite pantheon. Take the attributes of surrounding gods and incorporate them into your monotheist deity. Then you can say, Who needs a whole pantheon of gods, when there is one god who carries the attributes of many gods?
2007-02-26 08:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by Wisdom in Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By "JCM's" I am assuming you mean Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
Well monotheists can't have competing Gods or Goddesses, so they have to make others into lesser beings. The most effective way is by demonizing them.
2007-02-26 16:44:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second coming is backwards. Only the innocent die and everyday there is hope, because without Hope there is no future. No signs or miracles. It is up to You to have FAITH! Satan is your savior (Temptation), passes Judgment onto god. So deceptive he will sometimes turn back to his original origin “An Angel of Light”.
Fear God... WHY?
Because when God showed signs & miracles, ”The Left Behind” created Religion. They said if you don’t go to church and pay us MONEY that you will go to hell. The church out of greed made its people go out and recruit new members for their religion and insist there religion is the right one. RELIGION has caused most Wars, Hatred, and Deaths!
2007-02-26 16:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, just look what the did to pan, they made the upside down star, into the devil symbol.
2007-02-26 16:43:59 · answer #4 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's easier to commit genocide on those you believe are following "demons."
2007-02-26 16:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And what is your question? How much heathen worship do you think the true Creator is happy with?
2007-02-26 16:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋