PRIZE TIME **Odd religious object**

by cameo-d 6 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  cameo-d

  This is referred to as "the mark of God".

  Can anyone figure out why? Or what it is used for?

  Here is a little history:

  The finds of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa have revolutionized the idea of the movement of civilization. Once the idea was cherished that civilization moved from West to East with the migration of the Mediterranean race in that direction. Now it has been established that civilization moved from East to West. The worship of Shivalinga was the characteristic feature of the Indians. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans borrowed Linga worship from the ancient civilized Indians...

  From the discoveries made by the Indian Archaeological Department, it is clear that from 200 BC onwards the veneration of the Buddha and Jain stupas was very common and popular. On the slender evidence of this is suggested that the Shaivas, many of whom were converts from Buddhism and Jainism, might have imported it into Shaivism. The shape of the Linga also is advanced as apoint in favour of this argument. But the finds of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa gave a line direct to this complacent idea by proving the existence of Linga as early as 3000 B.C. If this is so, we are to reject this interpretation as fanciful, for it evinces that the Linga-worship was in existence in the second century B.C.
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  Beta Male

  Looks like a lamp with a lingam in the middle. Worship of fertility objects goes way, way back in the history of humanity.

  I don't get what you're on about.
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  Beta Male

  Is it a royal seal?
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  rebel8

  
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  ninja

  circumcision thingy?
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  cameo-d

  Love you, Rebel 8!!!!

  That same thought went through my head!
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  cameo-d

  Does it represent the :

  Lamp of the Genie

  the Flame of Promytheus

  or possibly this:

  Then, to ensure her fertility, the bride customarily devoted herself to the priapic god before marriage. The first

  fruits of sexual intercourse for a maiden went to the god, just as the god, Yehouah, demanded the first fruit of

  all things in the Jewish scriptures. Barrenness in women was considered shameful, condemning a couple to a

  poor and lonely old age, and perhaps some anxious women benefited by having their virginity taken by the god.

  It was a psychological evasion of possible sexual anxieties. Men too were often grateful that the task of

  deflowering a virgin bride did not have to fall to them. Menstrual blood was considered dirty or bad luck, and so

  too was the blood of a broken hymen. More to the point, perhaps, is that often rich old men married pretty

  young ones, and might have had their own problems. Priests also saw that here was a chance to enjoy choice

  women, and began to take the duty of the god to themselves. Barren women would spend the night in the

  temple where the god would “visit” her. Priests could put up with the risks of supposed menstrual blood,

  protected by their closeness to god.

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  If it is the latter, then could this be why the maidens who protested (forced brides) were locked in the WatchTOWERS?