The root of these tales are as follows:

The goddess gives birth to a half human half diety son who grows up to be a spiritual leader. He makes the mistake of believing in his own power (I am Lord) and denounces his mother the goddess.

He is then turned on and killed by his own people.

The moral:
honor thy mother (mother nature)

The Hebrew version twists the moral.

They also twisted the moral of the Adam and Eve story. This tale also has hundreds of sources from around the world.

In this one, the hero goes on a quest to save his people and after proving his worth, he comes to the tree of life, guarded by the serpent who is the keeper of all healing knowlege. The Goddess honors the hero and rewards him with the fruit from the tree of life. (Some stories refer to her gift as a wine or blood sacrement that he drinks from a cup (ie: the holy grail)

Anyway, with his new knowlege and healing power he returns to his home saves his people and thus becomes king.

He marries the goddess and together they rule. He represents the just brave protector, and She represents the healer and life bringer.

Together they are called the Adama. (Adam and Eve)
Adam translates from Hebrew and Greek as “Of the Earth” and Eve translates as “Life”. Together they are the “life of the earth”.

They are One, and together are the symbol of marriage, parenting, and leadership. The Divine Couple. In balance.

They represent the core goal of all living things: to procreate, bear young and survive. In addition they create a civilized sactity of marriage and family and community as a place of honor and mutual respect.

The Hebrews were a nomadic people who needed strong powerful men to deal with the dangers of moving into new territories. Women were a liability for their culture. They treated their women like they treated their sheep. as property.

Thats why their theology degrades women, and their twist on the Adama story demotes Eve to the bearer of original sin.

Because they did not approve of the Goddess religions of other cultures, they stole the story of the birth of the Buddha. Buddha was born from his mothers side, and apparently Adam became the mother of Eve when she was born from his side.

They made the man the life bringer, as a way to erase any power or veneration for the woman and her association with the ability to give birth. Not olny did they claim Adam was the life bringer, but they also condemed Eve for her healing knowlege and cursed her for giving birth!

You see, in olden times, when a woman gave birth, it was seen as a divine miracle. By claiming that Adam was the life bringer, they were able to denounce the Goddess religions as they traveled from place to place, using up resources, and overpowering their host cultures.

These folks wanted man to rule supreme.

Its sad that this small sect of misguided male chauvenists created the seeds from which Islam and Christianity were born.

Muslim theology is just a different twist on the old Hebrew stories. Even their most sacred shrine, Mecca is an old Goddess temple. There is a black rock that sits in the center of the temple covered with a cloth. Guess what is hidden under that cloth… The rock has a carving for the symbol of the goddess Aphrodite!

Wouldent most Muslims be shocked to know that they face Mecca each day and bow to a symbol of female goddess worship!!!!!

The Quran even tells of how the Muslims waited one year before attacking the goddess worshipers and kicking them out, because they had promised not to evict them, and had to wait one year to keep their word.

After that though…out came the swords!

The Muslims cover their women in Burkas and fear sex, while the western world of Christians parade their women as sex symbols all over the media. The Hebrew males recite a daily prayer that says ‘Thank God I was not born a woman.”

The Catholics refuse to let half their membership (the women) hold office as priests, bishops, cardnials or pope. These women have no voice in church policy, nor are they allowed to vote in conclave.
All three groups ignore the real value of women.

According to the old ways, a womans life consists of three phases, Maiden, Mother, Crone.

The Crone is the old wise woman and healer. She is the heart of the family and the most valuable asset to civilized society.

It is so sad that people no longer know of the mythologies that value older women for their wisdom.

All cultures develop mythologies. That can not be stopped. But we can fight to expose the inequities of our myths, and forge new ones that will lead the people in a healthier direction.

-The myths of a culture effect every aspect of society.-

If we fail to adopt new forms of cultural mytholgy that reflect our values and understanding of the natural world, our society will crumble.

I’ve already gone after the Quran, and the others are coming. Be patient.

I speak against religion because it’s dangerous. If you think religion is keeping us safe from the stupid and the crazy, you haven’t read a newspaper in… well ever. Al Qaeda, The IRA, Kahanism, Dominionism…

I know I feel safer.

I fear I am responsible for unleashing a virus named “trojan horse” onto her computer. At first, I thought it was just my father-in-law looking at porn or something, but I just unleashed the same damn virus on my computer here at work. I clicked on a link to an atheist political website linking from activeatheism.com (It was the big white link on the bottom, so don’t click it).

I was wondering if anyone else has had this trojan horse virus. It is a bitch to eliminate. I suppose I can’t blame this on some deviant christian, but I have my suspicions.