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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Carnal KnowledgeFemin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality's interpretation of Genes<strong>is</strong> stands indark contrast to Chr<strong>is</strong>tian interpretation. Although the Bible teachesthere was a literal Fall in the Garden of Eden, in the minds ofspiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts the account of the Fall <strong>is</strong> nothing more than anallegory.Femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality maintains Eve did not sin by eatingforbidden fruit; she simply “committed the sexual act.” 62 Femin<strong>is</strong>tspirituality teaches that just as Eve d<strong>is</strong>covered her sexuality andprocreative powers in the garden, women must learn to harness andcontrol their sexual energy. In the minds of spiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts, sex <strong>is</strong>62Patricia Lynn Reilly, A God Who Looks Like Me: D<strong>is</strong>covering aWoman Affirming Spirituality (New York: Ballantine Books, 1995), 165.70

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