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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Love and Procreation.” 74 Since the goddess <strong>is</strong> viewed th<strong>is</strong> way,adherents of femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality worship her through ind<strong>is</strong>criminatesexuality. Sexual activity <strong>is</strong> ritualized. Lesbian<strong>is</strong>m <strong>is</strong> esteemed.Masturbation <strong>is</strong> exalted as sex with the inner goddess. If­it­feelsgood­do­it<strong>is</strong> the accepted standard.Within femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality, sexuality <strong>is</strong> a “moment ofDivine presence.” 75 Femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality instructs women to let“your acquaintance” with the goddess “transform your relationshipto your body.” 76 As a result, women are encouraged to experimentwith their own sexuality. Since the “Goddesses loved themselves,”women are encouraged to “wrest” their bodies “out of the hands ofmen” and meet their own sexual needs. 7774Ibid., 154­155.75Shirley Ann Ranck, Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: An Explorationof Women’s Power Past, Present and Future (Chicago: Delphi Press,Inc., 1995), 45.76Patricia Lynn Reilly, A God Who Looks Like Me: D<strong>is</strong>covering aWoman­Affirming Spirituality (New York: Ballantine Books, 1995),72

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