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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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shrill cry would be heard coming from femin<strong>is</strong>t camps. Yet, that <strong>is</strong>exactly what spiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts’ claim. In one re­imagined story ofcreation, the first woman <strong>is</strong> depicted th<strong>is</strong> way, “Eve and herdaughters swam in the water, sang with the birds, danced among thegrowing things . . . wore flowers in their hair . . . played by theapple tree, told stories and made ritual, and even talked to serpentsand snakes.” 57Spiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts have objectified women byidentifying them with wildness and nature. These word pictures ofEve indirectly color all women. Her descriptions paralleldescriptions of the goddess. Anciently, the goddess Artem<strong>is</strong> was“M<strong>is</strong>tress of Wild Animals.” 58 Her Roman equivalent, Diana, was56Ibid. 35.57Ibid. 37.58Encyclopedia Mythica, s.v. “Artem<strong>is</strong>” (by Ron Leadbetter),http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/artem<strong>is</strong>.html; Artem<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> associatedwith Potnia Theron, M<strong>is</strong>tress of Wild Animals.67

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