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 Minister
of Education Reports
The Spirit of Female
Goddess Worship
When Princess Diana died it
was amazing to watch the numbers of mourners who turned out. People who
had never known this woman in life came and placed flowers. They were seen
holding their faces while weeping and wailing for a person they had never
known, but only known about. It seems that the Princess Diana, in spite of
her adulteries and obviously confused spirit had reached a status where
she was actually referred to by some as a kind of goddess. But then the
first false goddess after the flood, Ashtarte or Semiramis, was an
adulteress as well.
The woman called Mother Teresa
reached so high a state of regard that she was spoken of approvingly in
even Baptist churches because of her work among the hurting in India. As
far as I know she was never a mother in sharp contrast to the first false
goddess, but she had been interested in seeing the Virgin Mary elevated in
Roman Catholic theology to the status of Co-redemptrix and Co-mediatrix,
where she would share the glory that rightly belongs only to the Lord
Jesus Christ. Perhaps this is why the Pope sought to speed up the process
of elevating her to sainthood in the Catholic church. He also shared in
this desire.
Corrie ten Boom was also
idolized during her lifetime. She was welcomed by believers in all sorts
of denominations as well as by people of note in society and politics. Her
grandmotherly appearance seemed to attract even those lacking in any
spirituality whatever. She capitalized on this popularity, probably for
good, but use it she did.
We have to ask ourselves a
question as we see these women and others rise to a status where they are
adored by so many. What is the need in people that makes it possible for
these persons to have such influence? I think it is more than just the
need for people to have someone to believe in. Each of these people was
admired by good many to the point of idolatry. Could it be the same reason
pagans often worship an earth mother goddess? |