Baal's Cedar: Natib Qadish, Canaanite Religion
Natib Qadish, a polytheistic religion which reveres the Canaanite deities, is based on ancient culture and the cuneiform texts found at the city of Ugarit. The Canaanites lived 3200 years ago in the areas of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine.
I share articles and commentary rooted in polytheistic, Near Eastern, Levantine, Middle Eastern, Anatolian, and Natib Qadish perspectives. I teach about the deities, festivals, cultures, divination, magic, divination, and beliefs.
Sheela in Congress
I think that the US Congress should decorate their doors with Sheela Na-Gigs because of their obsessive preoccupation with women's bodies.
Image Credits: A 12th century Sheela na Gig on the church at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England. Photo by Pryderi, used under GNU CC License: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SheelaWiki.jpg
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Yes, Joseph, and strange as it may seem, I am *thankful* that so far nothing has happened.
The "obsession with women's bodies" I have seen involves the latest US election's issues on pro-birth versus pro-choice for many of the candidates; and politicians trying to (re-)define what "rape" means.
As for birth control, which you have brought up, I think that it should be so cheap and inexpensive that people can readily get it. In thinking ahead, it is the less-expensive more fiscally sound route to go. Less unwanted children means fewer orphanages or financial support for foster care, less in the way of food stamps and WIC, less in the way of future dependents on government subsidies, and it likely will cause lower crime and less crowding of state-funded prisons. Frankly, I think birth control should be in bathroom vending machines right next to condoms. -
Tuesday, 20 November 2012Hhee.
This raises a question for me, though, in regards to religious artwork and iconography. Are members of Congress allowed to display religious artwork in their offices? Or is that considered public rather than private space? And, if they are allowed to do so, I wonder what the reaction will be if the incoming Senator and Representative from Hawaii choose to display Buddhist and Hindu iconography? -
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Good questions, Rebecca, and I don't have the answer to them but it will be interesting to see if the issue comes up. There are movements that come up every now and then that try to get the biblical Ten Commandments placed in US state courts, government buildings, and public places. If that could happen and it is "freedom of speech," then why not Sheela?
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You do realize that the last time the House of Representatives passed anything remotely associated with abortion was 2003 and contraception in 2005 (the deficit reduction act, which essentially ended birth control subsidies for low-income women and college students)? It's been 7 years (three and a half Congresses ago) since they took any action on the subject.
The only "obsession with womens' bodies" we've seen in Congress lately has been the Democrats' obsession with having other people pay for birth control, and Democratic congressmen like Anthony Wiener who have their own... ahem... "obsession" with certain women.
That said, I like me a good Sheela na Gig the same as the next man.