Posted on 08/20/2009 6:03:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
So is Obama
ROFLOL
Funny and witty observation.
Or horny!
Absolutely true. The value was obviously placed on childbearing and nurturing. This belief was eventually formalized elsewhere in what is now Turkey, in figures like Artemis of Ephesus, 'Diana of the Ephesians', which were somewhat similar, except for the fact that after 13,000 years, the figure had been modified to have scores of pendulous breasts.
Recall in the Bible, Acts, chapter 19, that it was the silversmiths and craftsmen that made shrines to the goddess Artemis that so opposed the apostle Paul because they feared for their livelihoods.
There in Ephesus the temple to her was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Says the Encyclopedia Mythica:
“Artemis was worshiped in most Greek cities but only as a secondary deity. However, to the Greeks in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) she was a prominent deity. In Ephesus, a principal city of Asia Minor, a great temple was built in her honor, which became one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”. But at Ephesus she was worshiped mainly as a fertility goddess, and was identified with Cybele the mother goddess of eastern lands. The cult statues of the Ephesian Artemis differ greatly from those of mainland Greece, whereas she is depicted as a huntress with her bow and arrows. Those found at Ephesus show her in the eastern style, standing erect with numerous nodes on her chest. There have been many theories as to what they represent. Some say they are breasts, others that they are bulls testes which were sacrificed to her. Which is the true interpretation remains uncertain, but each represent fertility.”
“Why is it always some sort of sexual thing?”
It's a failing of humans to worship the creation rather than the Creator.
Because basic survival was so easy, right?
On the other hand, it is hard to see what this dohickey is good for, practically ... unless it's a flattering portrait of the artist's mother-in-law.
47 posts and not a single helen thomas......................
As to basic survival, consider the US Indian population before the arrival of europeans - they did quite well, and did not spend all of their time looking for food...
That made me laugh out loud. My dog is giving me funny looks.
Old Timer to Young Whippersnapper:
In my day we had to carve our own porn!
PICTURES! Why do they never include PICTURES in these articles? Google searches for key words from the article just led to other articles without pictures. One picture did come up from an image search but it’s very blurry. It could be a figurine sitting on the table 10 feet away. Or it could be a large muffin. It’s probably easier for people to find that have been online longer than I am but pictures would seem very very important to have if you are writing an article about an ancient work of worship/art.
Definitely plus size.
I read somewhere that you get better grant-money when categorizing an unknown object as "religious" rather than, say, "toy".
Weird coincidence, the stone-age model who posed for the sculpture went by the nickname “Muffin”.
:’) They had to carve that portrait of her in the daytime — they didn’t have fire yet.
And when we tried to ‘text’ our friends using our Blackberries, it didn’t work, because they actually *were* blackberries.
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