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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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goddess.” Th<strong>is</strong> means she compr<strong>is</strong>es three aspects of aging, maiden,mother and crone. Since goddess worship teaches women they aremade in her image, these three aspects of aging glorify three phasesof a woman’s life.When I arrived at her home for thematerial, JoAnn invited me in. She was a gracious hostess andenjoyed chatting. We spent a few moments d<strong>is</strong>cussing herspirituality. JoAnn was passionate and articulate but when theconversation turned to her daughter, she became sorrowful. It wasclear by what JoAnn shared with me her newfound spirituality wasat odds with her daughter’s.In spite of her daughter’s d<strong>is</strong>approval, JoAnn seemedcomfortable with merging her new spirituality with her childhoodmemories of <strong>Jesus</strong>. Within femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality the goddess <strong>is</strong>sometimes imagined as having a male consort. Th<strong>is</strong> god <strong>is</strong> thegoddess’ son, who later becomes her lover. She seemed to think th<strong>is</strong>could be <strong>Jesus</strong> Chr<strong>is</strong>t.60

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