Posted on 05/08/2006 7:42:20 AM PDT by NYer
I believe the author is describing the general pagan attitude toward *resorting to* temple prostitutes, not toward *being* a temple prostitute. What he says applies to Greco-Roman pagans as well as to Canaanite.
So were the "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and Leni's films. Why would it be any less repulsive if it were a documentary, a situational comedy, or a musical?
It is the subject matter that is abhorrent not its location in a library.
Another reason to prefer Aristotle, the master of common sense, to Plato.
Most men would be quite happy to consider a woman a goddess, if she gives him sex and enlightenment without the hassle of marriage and children!
Is CBN reconsidering its position regarding artificial means of birth control?
The Protestant movement built the West’s transparent culture by submitting human power to the authority of the written word: an objective document that was open and available to all.
And when the movement finds "the Bible alone" in the Bible, they should alert us Catholics.
It's propaganda.
Brown claims in the preface to the book that all of the historical mentions are based on fact.
That's an excellent answer, since your co-worker isn't interested in the truth. And the truth of your statement might open his eyes to the spiritual nature of the battle.
So is "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Funny joke that turned out to be.
And people not being educated, believing anything in print is half the problem in intelligent idea today too!
see my post 103
I do not ask this to sound offensive, but out of genuine curiousity, what specific aspects of the conservative agenda do you support?
Business and fiscal, primarily - I'm not exactly thrilled with the growth in "big government" under what was supposed to be a Republican administration. I would by no means describe myself as a social conservative, and certainly not an anti-movie conservative.
You don't sound offensive at all. Different issues matter to different people.
I don't completely agree. I've read a great deal about the period, and in the classical world resorting to prostitutes, while expected and understood for young men, was seldom if ever viewed as admirable.
If you read some of the links on other posts, you will see that even the existence of "temple prostitutes" in the Greek/Roman world is being questioned.
Prostitution was a low-class activity, with the exception of the hetairae (sp?), and the exception in that case was based on the eminence of their clientele, not on the merit of the acts performed in themselves.
In the ancient world, just about anything done by a high-status man was admirable, more or less by definition. Anything done by slaves or "mean" people was by definition contemptible, precisely because it was done by slaves.
This is in sharp contrast with the Christian view, in which the action is infinitely more important than the actor.
"When will the American (and World) public get it through their skulls--IT'S A WORK OF FICTION."
It is supposedly a work of historical fiction, and in such a work you have both foreground characters and the background. For instance, when writing a historical novel about WWII, you can invent foreground characters and have them speak and act as you like, but Hirohito is still the emperor of Japan, and the Nazis still commit their atrocities...
The foreground is invention; the background is supposed to be -- and is seen as -- history.
This book, however, does not present the background accurately, and must therefore be seen as an attempt to deceive.
This book, however, does not present the background accurately, and must therefore be seen as an attempt to deceive.
Well said.
It is common in the deeper South to discuss religion, particularly the events comming up in one's church that co-workers may be interested in attending. Also common is a Cross hanging prominantly in an office, frequently on the wall behind the "officee". Often a Bible on an end table or behind the desk.
You see this a lot, particularly in small to medium sized businesses down here.
There may also be more homogeneity (or presumed homogeneity) of religion in places like that than there is up here in the Big, Bad City. :) It would be very unusual to see that in this 5000-person company in the DC suburbs.
The church (of whatever denomination or religion) plays a much larger role in people's lives down here. I'm a transplanted Yankee and it was simply awe-inspiring to see it for the first time. Businessmen of different denominations may hold hands and say Grace in restaurants (my first indication that I was moving into an entirely different culture), families do so freqently. So everyone, in a sense, belongs to the same club and protects their freedom to practice.
The Southern church is not just church, but also a community center. The objective is to produce a "Christian Community" within the larger community, which is the real reason for the success of the Southern Mega-churches.
No amount of money could persuade me to move from the South. It is as life should be.
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