首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If you are told that God used to be a woman, you may find it preposterous, right? If you think so, it’s time to sit back and rev
If you are told that God used to be a woman, you may find it preposterous, right? If you think so, it’s time to sit back and rev
admin
2010-01-18
53
问题
If you are told that God used to be a woman, you may find it preposterous, right? If you think so, it’s time to sit back and review the evidence. But be careful. You risk shaking the entire foundation of your belief system and perhaps even worse, recognizing how badly you’ve been duped. Women have demanded equal rights on the job and in the home, but Heaven has still remained a patriarchy. Or has it?
In actuality, there is a groundswell movement throughout this country taking note of enormous archaeological evidence which indicates that at one time, God was not thought of as male, but as a woman. Revered for centuries, she was the Great Mother who gave birth to all life in the universe. She was no virgin queen, but the fertile vessel of sexuality and creativity regarded as both sacred and central.
The first archaeological finds in this area were made as early as the 1800s by J. J. Bachoffen. Being both male and chauvinistic to boot, he sloughed it off as primitive cultures exercising primitive beliefs. Recent evidence, however, has begun to sing a different tune. New archaeological findings reveal that far from primitive, these early mother-worshipping societies seemed to have everything necessary for civilization. From art to sanitation, they created, farmed, manufactured and governed within cultures that were as advanced as the early Greek states. In fact, only one thing was absent from their societies; warfare. Their cities, though equipped with everything from temples to drainpipes, had a distinct absence of defensive walls, their gravesites a remark able absence of weapons. By all counts, evidence shows they were both advanced and peaceful, a combination which may seem as startling as the concept of a feminine god.
God was the Great Mother, and being a mom, the values she espoused were ones you would expect from a good mother. Nurturing, cooperation, and an acute reverence for life seemed to be the foundation of these mother-centered religions.
The workshop of this feminine creatress was not limited to a single isolated geographic area. In fact, though worshipped under different names such as Ishtar, Inanna, Isis and Kali, the Great Mother was the central deity of vast regions encompassing Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and India. These mother-worship ping cultures were stable and thrived for at least 2,500 years. Within them, women had power and prestige in both government and religion. Family name and property were passed through the lineage of the mother. Yet, despite these facts, there is no archaeological evidence that there was an oppression of males. Quite the contrary, the games and activities depicted in their art indicates a valuing of both genders, as well as an equality and trust between them. However, because they were reflections of the Great Mother herself, women did tend to function as the primary leadership. They seemed to do well in this capacity; the cultures they ruled flourished.
Changes came to these cultures between 2000 and 1000 B. C. , when they were destabilized by a series of natural disasters in the form of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneously, Northern nomads began to migrate south. These warlike Indo-European tribes (also known as Aryans), though generally less culturally advanced, were fiercer and larger in stature than their agrarian neighbors. They were quite advanced in warfare and weaponry, seeming to actually worship these pursuits. Many of their religious motifs centered around the blade, which they obviously regarded as sacred. They had horses and war chariots as well, which gave them a lightning like strike capacity. Already weakened by geographic cataclysm, and untrained as they were in war fare, the goddess societies were no match for the invading tribes. Whole cultures were decimated by these brutal invaders.
The conquerors had brought a male dominated religion. The once ruling Great Mother was reduced in stature to become the wife or consort of the new prevailing male god. The values of the invaders, instead of centering around nurturing, creation, and the ability to give life, revolved around power, warfare, and the ability to take life. Death and funeral ritual became very important in the blended cultures. Gravesites of male warriors were elaborate, often containing the corpses of numerous, seemingly sacrificed women as well as weapons and possessions. A rigid class stratification emerged that had not been in evidence in the previous mother-worship ping societies. These vast changes, all marked by archaeological evidence, seem to have taken place in a period of a few hundred years. The world as it had been known was suddenly turned upside down as God the Mother became God the Father.
The author has mentioned all but ______ as reasons for the destruction of goddess society.
选项
A、environmental change
B、poor economic situation
C、lack of fighting experience
D、physical disadvantage
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。文章第六段主要介绍母系社会衰落的原因。在此,作者提到了自然灾害(environmental change)以及与北方游牧民族相比所具有的劣势(lack of fighting experience,physical disadvantage),但没有提到经济问题,因而B是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/JkvO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
A、TheprogramonChannelEightremindsmeofTVcommercials.B、TheproductadvertisedintheTVcommercialcannothelpcuremyi
Peoplevaluemoneydesperatelybecausetheyvalueoneanotherdesperately;thusthecauseofpanicinthestock-marketplungeis
Peoplevaluemoneydesperatelybecausetheyvalueoneanotherdesperately;thusthecauseofpanicinthestock-marketplungeis
Whenprehistoricmanarrivedinnewpartsoftheworld,somethingstrangehappenedtothelargeanimals:theysuddenlybecameex
Whenprehistoricmanarrivedinnewpartsoftheworld,somethingstrangehappenedtothelargeanimals:theysuddenlybecameex
Americanstodaydon’tplaceaveryhighvalueonintellect.Ourheroesareathletes,entertainers,andentrepreneurs,notschola
A、Donnashouldgiveherfriendsachancetoexplain.B、Donnashouldn’tbothertotrytochangeherfriends’opinion.C、Donna’sf
A、Hedidn’tknowwhatwouldhappenifhemadethesuggestion.B、Hedidn’tfeelnervousafterhehadputforwardthesuggestion.
IliveinthelandofDisney,Hollywoodandyear-roundsun,Youmaythinkpeopleinsuchaglamorous,fun-filledplacearehappi
InEuropeandAsia,thefirst"mediumofexchange"or"standardofvalue"wasnotgoldorsilver,butcattle.Inotherpartsof
随机试题
边坡开挖中如遇地下水涌出,应先排水,后开挖。()
三岁为妇,靡室劳矣。靡:室:劳:
对于缺铁性贫血患者的表现,下列哪项不正确()(2001年)
以载脂蛋白C1Ⅱ作为脂代谢酶激活的辅因子是
下列描述与抗原递呈细胞(APC)不符的是
下列有关主物与从物的表述正确的是:()
将桁架各杆的刚度EA乘以1/n,则荷载作用下各结点位移为( )。
仪表设备及材料由温度低于-5℃的环境移入保温库时,应在库内放置()小时后再开箱。
在全球期货市场交易活跃的中长期利率期货品种有()。
塔西陀陷阱指当失去公信力时,无论是说真话还是假话,做好事还是坏事,都会被认为是说假话、做坏事。根据上述定义,下列陷入塔西陀陷阱的是:
最新回复
(
0
)