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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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ebellion was triggered against the goddess as sovereign ruler. Theybelieve a masculine usurpation stole from the goddess her rightfulscepter, ending her tranquil rule. Th<strong>is</strong> rebellion, they claim,spawned the ethos of masculinity and God was made Father.Th<strong>is</strong> decidedly femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality teaches that women arethe daughters of th<strong>is</strong> great goddess, made in her image. As a resultwomen transcend mere womanhood. The advocates of th<strong>is</strong> religionmaintain the goddess <strong>is</strong> “in nature, in life, in woman.” 1 Women are,they tell each other, goddesses.Femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality sees women as victims of religioustraditions that honor God as Father. They believe patriarchalreligions recognize God as male because these religions “werefounded to spread or buttress male supremacy.” 2 Spiritual femin<strong>is</strong>ts1Starhawk (Miriam Simos), “Witchcraft and Women’s Culture,” inWomanspirit R<strong>is</strong>ing: A Femin<strong>is</strong>t Reader in Religion, eds., Carol P. Chr<strong>is</strong>tand Judith Plaskow, 259­268 (New York: HarperSanFranc<strong>is</strong>co, 1979).2Marilyn French, The War Against Women (New York: Summit Books,32

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