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Ancient Temple Prostitution and Mesopotamia

christian2017 March 25, 2020 at 10:54 1500 views 0 comments Philosophy of Religion
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ancient+temple+prostitution+%2b+youtube&view=detail&mid=49640326C68563CD9DC549640326C68563CD9DC5&FORM=VIRE

google or bing: ancient temple prostitution + youtube

I know posting articles is preferable and i can understand why you would prefer that.

Some key points in the video is that in many city states in Mesopotamia dating back to atleast 4000bc (Hammurabi ~1780 BC), temple prostitution was common. In some cases every women associated with a particular city state couldn't go back home and live a "normal" life until she had fulfilled her duty at a particular temple.

I've also seen this concept in certain christian denominations (which i will only name if you ask me), Mithradate's autobiography (grandson of Antiochus the 4th), Roman, some greek, and certainly a subset of other world cultures.

I post this because many would like to claim that all religions are the same and apply the same attributes to their gods. I don't believe all gods (assuming they exist) have the same attributes as described in the various holy books or verbal information passed down through the ages.

I would like to remind you this is a "Philosophy of religiion" topic and i do understand there is a possibility there is no god.

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