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One of the entities we hold responsible for the bloody state of the world today has been worshiped for five thousand years as the goddess of love.Continue Reading

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There are numerous examples in the Old Testament where epithets of Baal are applied to Yahweh. The prophets of God were sending a message to their pagan neighbors.Continue Reading

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“The” god of the ancient world was, for the most part, a distant, uncaring entity, often linked to the underworld. At his worst, he demanded the sacrifice of humans–including children.Continue Reading

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Among the Amorites who first came into contact with the Akkadians and Sumerians, the two most popular deities were the moon-god and “the” god, Enlil.Continue Reading

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You’ve heard the story of the last night of Babylon, and the writing on the wall by a hand from the unseen realm. But what you haven’t been told was that the destruction of Babylon was also a humiliation of the patron god of its last king, Nabonidus.Continue Reading