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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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spirituality has remained an important part of her life. Yet sadly, herimage of God has changed over the years.When I met JoAnn, she was teaching a religious course forwomen at her new church, a Unitarian Universal<strong>is</strong>t Fellowship. Sheoffered to share the curriculum for her course as part of my researchfor th<strong>is</strong> book. The religious course she teaches <strong>is</strong> entitled “Cakes forthe Queen of Heaven.” The curriculum promotes goddess worship.The Queen of Heaven <strong>is</strong> a reference to an ancient goddesscondemned in scripture. Identified variously as the Assyrian Ishtar,the Canaanite Astarte, or the Phoenician Asherah, women in ancientIsrael worshiped th<strong>is</strong> goddess by baking cakes made with her image.“Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and thestreets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fatherskindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes tothe queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other58

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