The Goddess Unmasked

What every woman should know about the "sacred feminine".

Susy Flory

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Evangelism, Goddess worship, New Age, Spirituality, Wicca

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May 24, 2007 2:10 PM

summertime

Thank you for an article discussing some of the lure of goddess worship and why women may turn to the goddess over Jesus. One thing, though, that was brushed over, is the comment the author makes that "women turn to goddess worship because of the seemingly male dominated church experience"(my paraphrase). Actually, much of the current church IS male dominated and though we know that Jesus TOTALLY valued women while here on earth, in a very male-ccentric society, many of his so-called disciples, both past and present, take a very grim view of women! Not only do women need to get to know Jesus and the Bible, but men need to take Jesus' view of women and start valuing them as PEOPLE and CO-LABOURERS, rather than just by gender.

January 27, 2008 10:17 PM

The Last straw

"In ancient pagan centers of goddess worship, women often were forced to work as temple prostitutes in homage to the goddess." Where did you get your sources? Are you on drugs? As the "name" I chose implies, I have had about enough of the ingnorance of the Church being spread around to impressionable people, so I appolagize if this seems a bit harsh. The above quote is rediculous and quite obviously fabricated.

May 25, 2007 10:08 AM

Lori

The article was good--to a point. However, there was a huge elephant-in-the-living-room that Flory didn't address. Having read [i]Dance of the Dissident Daughter[/], and having known women who practiced Wicca, I can tell you the number one reason why they do: Paul's teachings about women and the way the church has rigidly enforced them over the centuries. So what does Flory think of them? Because I can guarantee that any woman who reads this article and then talks to a Goddess-worshipper who will be confronted by those verses. And if you start babbling on about "graciously submitting" and how men need to run everything because the Bible says so, your GW is just going to roll her eyes and walk away. So Flory really has no credibility with me, because she refused to tackle the single biggest issue that drives women away from the traditional church. What is she afraid of?