Playlist: Goddess Worship (topic)

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America's Goddess (Part One)

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom and civil justice, is depicted as a pagan goddess, embodying an age-old deception. Known as Lady Liberty, she is linked to the Greek Athena and the Roman Minerva, goddesses of wisdom, philosophy, and civic virtue, as well as the patroness of good government in ancient Athens and Rome. …


America's Goddess (Part Two)

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

President Cleveland inaugurated Lady Liberty as America's goddess, declaring her a peaceful deity greater than all other gods celebrated in ancient song. Her influence remains strong in this nation. To many Wiccans and Pagans, Lady Liberty is a powerful and ancient goddess who guides, inspires, protects, and comforts. Pagans …


Inventing Goddesses and Demons

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

The Jews turned a Babylonian myth of Lilith into a fabrication about a woman before Eve. Some translations suggest Israel sacrificed to a demon named Azazel.


The Spirit of Babylon

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

The Spirit of Babylon is couched in brazen outlook of the goddess Inanna/Ishtar, the femme fatale who asserted her free will to overcome the influence of Eden.


Easter: Origins and Implications

Sermonette by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The only biblical reference to 'Easter' (in some versions) is a mistranslation of 'Passover.' Easter comes from the Assyrian fertility goddess Ishtar.


The Occult

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

The Bible condemns divination, necromancy, soothsayers, sorcery, spiritism and witchcraft, identifying all these practices as abominations, based on demonism.


The Perfect Wife

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Biblically ordained marriage roles are at odds or in conflict with cultural expectations, especially the influences of radical feminism and postmodernism.