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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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acts. Because the goddess <strong>is</strong> seen as compr<strong>is</strong>ing both “life­giving andlife­taking” aspects, the impression that <strong>is</strong> communicated to women<strong>is</strong> that they have supremacy over life. A woman who thinks she <strong>is</strong> agoddess, capable of creating life, has little if any qualm bringing thatlife to an end. The goddess <strong>is</strong> “sexual goddess and death goddess all atonce.” 110 As a result, if a woman becomes inadvertently pregnantthrough ritualized sex, abortion <strong>is</strong> considered an appropriate option.As one goddess worshiper put it, the goddess “who whets yourappetite with sexual pleasures also whets the knife.” 111Points to Remember:1. Sexuality <strong>is</strong> a gift from God (Gen. 1:28).110Zsuzsanna E. Budapest, The Grandmother of Time: A Woman’sBook of Celebrations, Spells, and Sacred Objects for Every Month ofthe Year (New York: HarperSanFranc<strong>is</strong>co, 1989), 69.111Nevada Kerr, “Abortion as a Sacred Rite,” Snuff It, no. 4,http://www.enviroweb.org/coc/snuffit4/abortion.html.84

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