Feminist Power & Earth-Centered Spirituality
For background information, see Our Mother the Earth?
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Feminist Power & Earth-Centered Spirituality For background information, see Our Mother the Earth? |
December 20
10Earth-Centered Spirituality. Movie Alert: Avatar could tempt millions to accept “Ancient Wisdom”: "Avatar has a strong shamanistic, spiritual component and a message that clearly portrays the mystical and the goddess spirituality." See Is Earth our Mother?
September 2009
Re-imagining God: "'We invoke Sophia, Divine Wisdom...' prayed over 2000 women [Presbyterian, Baptist, etc.] at the opening ceremony.... Like most neopagan celebrations, the conference began by 'Making Holy Space' to the beat of Native American drums. 'The drum is feminine,' explained the program, 'and the drumbeat is the heartbeat of the earth.'... Seated in intimate Native American 'talking circles' around the tables, the assembly imagined the faces of [a] god.... 'Tell each other.... Re-imagine your God. Name! Tell! Image!'
"To help the women visualize their own goddess, the leaders suggested a medley of exotic images. Sophia might be her 'Christian' name, but the options were boundless: Mystery, Lover, Earth Mother, Spirit Woman.... Each speaker brought new images that fed the imagination. 'If we cannot imagine Jesus as a tree, as a river, as wind, and as rain, we are doomed together,' warned Kwok Pui-Lan, a Chinese theologian....
'"New gods arise when they are needed,' the women were told.... Chung Hyun Kyung suggested one of her favorite images as an option..." See Idols and "other gods"
May 2009
Goddess Worship in America: "Jesus consistently called God, 'Father.' When His disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray, Jesus taught them to address God as 'Our Father which art in Heaven.' ... How, then, could so many Christians accept The Shack which portrays God is as a woman?" See Idols and "other gods"
June 2009
Girl Scouts exposed: Lessons in lesbianism: "When many parents think of Girl Scouts, they imagine young girls in uniform selling Thin Mints and Tagalong cookies – not learning about stone labyrinths, world peace, global warming, yoga, avatars, smudging incense, Zen gardens and feminist, communist and lesbian role models. But that's exactly what many of 2.7 million Girl Scouts will learn about with a new curriculum called 'Journeys' released last year....
"'When teens reach their junior and senior years in high school, they begin a Girl Scouts curriculum called 'Your Voice Your World: The Power of Advocacy.' It encourages young women to begin 'raising their voices as advocates'.... Many of the female role models mentioned are feminists, lesbians, existentialists, communists and Marxists." See Mine is the Power!
January 2009
Mine is the Power! (From the 1995 UN Conference for Women held in Beijing): "At the first meeting, a Brazilian leader presented a thank offering of fruit to 'Mother Earth.' Then she lifted a Christian cross saying, 'The people from my community used to believe in the crucifixion but we have decided 'No more crucifixion.' We believe in life!" She began chanting, 'We are power.... No one empowers anyone, we do this ourselves.' ...
"Welcome, daughters of the Earth,' intoned Bella Abzug when the chant died down.... 'The exercise of imagining is an act of creation. The act of creation is an exercise of will..... Believe it. We are the women who will transform the world.'....
"'The US official delegation... headed by Bella Abzug, and representatives on staff at the UN are coordinating a worldwide feminist revolution and cover up.' A new feminist language hid the goals driving the feminist agenda: abolishing male leadership at every level of society and taking control of all issues that affect Western women. The official reasons for the conference dealt with more obvious and global concerns: hunger, illness, drought and violence. Yet, Western delegates seemed focused on feminist issues such as reproductive rights and sexual orientation....."'Gender,' they said, 'indicates that sex roles and behaviors are artificially constructed and freely chosen.... Some feminist leaders wanted to promote 'an equality of five genders.' They would include 'male and female heterosexuals, male and female homosexuals, and trans or bisexuals.' ...
"'The Network's goal of eliminating violence sounded entirely worthwhile until we read the fine print,' said Diane Knippers. 'What they are eliminating is any meaningful definition of the word 'violence.' She gave some examples: *Economic violence included 'unequal distribution of wealth.... *Political violence [included] 'women's exclusion in decision-making.' *Religious violence was... 'exclusion of women from religious leadership.' *Sexual violence [included] 'compulsory heterosexuality.'
"Don't underestimate an idea whose time has come. Whether Marxist utopianism or feminist socialism, they spread like cancer when the climate is right." See Idols and "other gods"
September 2007
The Consequence of Role-Reversals in The Shack - Part 2: "...'husband' is a chief metaphor by which God explains His relationship to His people.... To invert the relationship creates a spiritual climate in which people can easily initiate creating their own gods and goddesses, and making their own rules... by which they, because of their actions, expect to control God and cause Him to react favorably to them....
"Can the creation of a feminine-divine image as pictured in The Shack impede, even damage, the relational-potential between people and God, something polar opposite from what readers testify the book has done for them?Can this happen when the story invites people into a surreal-spiritual world? Yes it can, for that is how imagination and idolatry relate to each other. But.. how? ... By projecting femininity to the Trinity in a role-reversal that is opposite from what the Bible depicts the divine-human relationship to be." See Our Father in Heaven OR Our Mother the Earth? & The twisted "truths" of The Shack
The Consequence of Role-Reversals in The Shack: "The Shack is a work of fiction, a work of imagination. For reason of the caricature of God contained in it, does the 'it’s-only-fiction' excuse thereby exonerate the book from the charge of heresy? ... First, by their very definition, idols are but fictions. As the Apostle Paul warned, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables [Might we legitimately paraphrase, ‘fictions’?].” See Deceived by a counterfeit "Jesus"
July 2007
The New Age Comes to the Girl Scouts of the USA: "...a 12 page brochure for their upcoming annual National Council Session... states: 'Channel your inner being. Be one with your mind, body, and soul. Yoga for everyone!' Yet, on their website it states: 'Doxology is not an appropriate Girl Scout event song, as it is easily identified as a Christian church song.'... While these references and promotions of Yoga are disturbing to say the least, a recently formed partnership... will take Girl Scouts to a whole new level of New Age spirituality! ...The Ashland Institute... teaches Attunement (metaphysical energy healing) described as .Creative Energy Practice,. which .deepens. the .connection with the Source of Life.." See Mine is the Power!
Feminists Calling the Bible a 'Dead Book': "The Christian feminists obviously disdain the authority of the Bible...: 'Protestant fundamentalists, who so castigate Catholics for 'worship' of statues, fail to recognize their own idol, the one they’ve made of the bible. They’ve replaced the first commandment. Rather than listen to their God through the spirit, they 'listen' to the rustlings of a dead book, forcing God to 'come down' to their level through their magical thinking....'"
That statement and the next two links give us a glimpse of (1) today's rejection of God's Word and (2).the cultural shift toward postmodern adaptations of pagan spirituality.
Paganism in Utah: "Many are attracted to paganism because it is a modern tradition with roots in the past. Most types of paganism practiced today are considered neo-paganism, because they're based on modern understanding of the past, yet they're adapted to meet the needs of people today. ... The group has also focused on revered female figures who aren't usually seen as deity, but who 'function as goddesses.'... Mary Magdelene, the LDS Mother in Heaven and even Lady Liberty (the Statue of Liberty) have all been the subject of worship services." See Our Mother the Earth
Scottish National Health Service gives its blessing to Paganism: "Pagan chaplains are, for the first time, to offer counselling and prayers to the sick in Scottish wards.... Pagan patients will also receive advice on getting well soon, including keeping a 'healing goddess' next to their bed." See My will be done
May 2007
Outcry as clergy say calling God 'He' or 'Lord' encourages wife-beating: "They also warned that clergy must reconsider the language they use in sermons and check the hymns they sing to remove signs of male oppression. The recommendation - fully endorsed by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams - puts a question mark over huge swathes of Christian teaching and practice. It throws doubt on whether the principal Christian prayer should continue to be known as the Lord's Prayer and begin 'Our Father'. ...The rules also throw into question the role of the Bible by calling for reinterpretations of stories in which God uses violence." (10-3-06) See RE-IMAGINING GOD
April 2007
What’s Wrong With a “Female Adam” Anyway? "A 'Christian feminist' at Christians for Biblical Equality asks, 'How many of you know the name of the woman who lived in the Garden of Eden before the Fall? What was her name? Her name was Adam.' The CBE lecturer then teaches that it was a sin on Adam’s part to give Eve a different name, calling it a 'hostile kind of act.'” Re-imagining God and women
March 2007
A Paucity of Sound Teaching in America Today: "Would anyone like to know what trouble I am having finding a good church in Manhattan? ...this came from a church with a reputation for being the most 'sound' church in Manhattan, a very large reformed PCA Presbyterian Church.... They were selling a biography of Julian of Norwich. And who was Julian of Norwich? She was a pantheist and revered goddess-worshiping 'mystic' by the feminists. To give you a taste of her beliefs here is a quote from her: 'Jesus Christ, who does well against evil, is our very mother.' I can thank the feminists over at Christians for Biblical Equality for that quote, which they feature with praise from Caroline W. Bynum’s book Jesus as Mother, Studies in the Spirituality of the Middle Ages." See The sacred feminine
Jobs divided by gender: "The nation could elect its first female president next year; even Harvard University will soon be headed by its first female chief. But when viewed across the full spectrum of the labor force, women and men still tend to be locked into traditional occupations. ... 'There continue to be stereotypical ideas about what is appropriate work for men and for women,' Jacobs said. 'We've accepted the idea that women can do this and men can do that."
A caption under the picture illustrated Jacob's "problem" with this statement: "98% of plumbing jobs are filled by men.... 91% of registered nurses are female." Do you wonder what percentage of women would prefer to be plumbers? This issue reminds me of a trip to Russia decades ago where public squares featured statues of muscular working women lifting their hammers, proud to work with the men and let the government train their children to think like little Communists. Might America now share a similar goal? See Soviet Education under Lenin versus U.S. Education for the New millennium
February 2007
"Radical Feminism: The kiss of death: "Daughters and granddaughters of the women who started the sexual revolution of the 60s have tossed aside what remained of sexual taboos. Gloria Steinam must be tickled pink. Just check out what's going on with the younger generation. ...the picture is not a pretty one....
"I'm not talking about body piercing, tattoos or electric pink and green hair fashions.... I'm talkin' knock down drag out hair pulling fisticuffs caught on cell phones and distributed on the Internet. (Watching girls' exchange body blows is not recommended for the feint of heart.) Standers by, both male and female, fervently root for their favorite girl to win. Most self-respecting females would find it humiliating to have their bruised and battered faces plastered all over the Internet. Oh contraire!....
"At student dances all across America (including middle schools) kids are dirty dancing. Teens are simulating sex to the beat of the music. .... Sex Ed beginning in kindergarten.... No doubt sexual freedom is a dream come true for radical feminists. But it's a nightmare for loving, sensible parents." See Mine is the Power?
Harvard’s Faustian Bargain: "The feminist takeover of Harvard is imminent. ... Harvard’s Corporation... could not have more clearly repudiated Lawrence Summers’s all-too-brief reign of meritocracy and academic honesty, or more openly signaled that Harvard will now be the leader in politically correct victimology.... [Ms Drew Gilpin] Faust runs one of the most powerful incubators of feminist complaint and nonsensical academic theory in the country. You can count on the Radcliffe Institute’s fellows and invited lecturers to proclaim the 'constructed' nature of knowledge, gender, and race, and to decry endemic American sexism and racism.... With typical feminist hypocrisy, Faust has managed to wield massive power even as she rues female powerlessness." See Mine is the Power!
December 2006
GENDER-BASED CRIME: Victims Slain for Nonconformity: "An advocacy group for transgender people issued a report yesterday detailing deaths of 50 people across the country who they believe were targeted because they did not conform to gender norms....
"Transgender is an umbrella term for people who do not conform to traditional notions of gender."
See The Mainstream Media and the next link:
From A Twist of Faith. Mine is the Power? [click on "The new five genders"] "'We intend to fight like mad for all we want,' said Donna Shalala, US Secretary of Health and Human Services. 'There is extensive opposition to sexual orientation... but we shall overcome them."
"Feminist leaders had planned their offensive long before they came to Beijing. ... 'Gender,' they said, 'indicates that sex roles and behaviors are artificially constructed and freely chosen.'... Some feminist leaders even wanted to promote 'an equality of five genders.' They would include 'male and female heterosexuals, male and female homosexuals, and trans or bisexuals.' Gone is God's view of gender: 'He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female.'"
(Matthew 19:4)
November
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (by Sue Monk Kidd, who has been considered a Christian author): "Deity ... will also be right here, right now, in me, in the earth, in this river, and this rock, in excrement and roses alike ... The divine is in everything foaming around everywhere. We're all in connection with it ... As I grounded myself in feminine spiritual experience, that fall I was initiated into my body in a deeper way. I came to know myself as an embodiment of Goddess ... The day of my awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God, God in all things" pp. 160-163. See Celebrating the Goddess
June
Our Mother Jesus... a sermon by church's new head: "The Episcopal Church in America descended into chaos last night after leading bishops on both the liberal and conservative wings dissassociated themselves from a last-gasp effort to avert a schism with the worldwide Anglican Communion.... Just hours after its newly elected woman head preached a sermon in praise of 'our mother Jesus, the Episcopal Church agreed to 'exercise restraint' in appointing any more gay bishops.... The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.... said that actions by bishops and laity of the Episcopal Church yesterday showed 'how strong is their concern to seek reconciliation and conversation with the rest of the Communion.'... But this fragile consensus was immediately shattered....
"[Many delegates wore] pink 'It’s a girl' badges in celebration of the Right Rev Katharine Schori’s election as the new presiding bishop.... Dr Schori signalled her feminist credentials in a sermon that drew on the writings of the 14th-century Julian of Norwich. She said, 'Mother Jesus gives birth to a new creation....'”
A similar message in was celebrated in another Episcopal church: Celebrating the goddess
April 2006
President... confronted with feminist agenda: "Assistant Education Secretary for Civil Rights Stephanie Monroe has announced that the administration of President George W. Bush is investigating universities that have fewer women in science and math programs than feminists would like.... The gender police have already ruined college sports for many men.... Fresh from that attack on masculinity, the new target is math and science departments." See Mine is the Power!
September - 2005
What happened to the Girl Scouts? "Next month, the Girl Scouts USA national convention will be held in Atlanta. It will be a gathering of radical feminists, lesbians, and cookie peddlers with an agenda far removed from the classical image of Girl Scouting and from many local Girl Scout troops. ...
"Though self-esteem seems to be the obsession of most youth organizations with the notable exception of the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts are, according to James Davison Hunter, 'the ideal illustration of that obsession.' Rhetoric about service to others has been replaced with fluff about feelings and self-esteem. ...
"Last year, Girl Scouts USA CEO Kathy Cloninger announced on the NBC 'Today Show' that local Girl Scout councils are at liberty to partner with Planned Parenthood....
"The alternative to the Girl Scouts is a rapidly growing movement called the American Heritage Girls. American Heritage Girls is committed to 'Building women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country.'"
June
Pity Harvard’s Oppressed Women Profs: "A group of the most highly-paid, privileged, and honor-laden women in history officially launched their screed against gender bias at Harvard yesterday. Harvard’s Task Force on Women Faculty presented its report on the university’s sexism to an adoring gathering of the school’s Standing Committee on Women. The event was drenched in irony, but few of the participants noticed....
"Harvard is creating a powerful new quota enforcer—the Senior Vice Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development—and giving her $50 million to throw at the cause of women’s equality.... After the meeting, participants returned to their lavish offices in the world’s most prestigious university, undoubtedly pleased with themselves for making sure that the next generation of women would enjoy the 'gender equity' for which they have so bravely fought." See
Mine is the Power!
April
The Allure of the Goddess: "Goddess worship is alive and well.... Christianity isn’t immune to the allure of the goddess. In 1993, at the Re-Imaging Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2000 women from a variety of protestant denominations were introduced to Sophia, the goddess personification of 'Divine Wisdom.' Furthermore, this particular event, which included creating a 'sacred space' and Sophia invocations, received funding from a number of major protestant/evangelical church bodies.... But goddess influence within churches goes beyond Mother Earth and Sophia...." See Isis: Queen of Heaven and Welcoming the Goddess
March 2005
US Draws Jeers for Abortion Comments at UN: "Jeers and catcalls greeted the top U.S. delegate to a global women's conference on Friday as she stressed Washington's opposition to abortion and support for sexual abstinence and fidelity. After withdrawing an unpopular anti-abortion amendment from a key U.N. document, the United States joined in approving the declaration that reaffirmed a 150-page platform agreed 10 years ago at a landmark U.N. women's conference in Beijing." See Mine is the Power?
February 2005
Frag Dolls show video games aren't just for guys: ...these dolls aren't the cuddling kind -- 'fragging' is the term for killing other players in multiplayer games. With game names such as Katscratch, Jinx, Seppuku, Rhoulette, Eekers, Valkyrie and Brookelyn, they inflict serious damage to online enemies, who are usually trash-talking guys. The seven, who range in age from 22 to 30, want to encourage more women and girls to pick up game controllers and break down barriers in the male-dominated world of online gaming." See Twist of Faith: Deliver us from evil
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