PAGANISM AND CATHOLICISM: THE
MOTHER-SON
SUN WORSHIP
SYSTEM
By Bible
Study
The
pagan system of sun worship had three main aspects: the father, mother, and the
son.
In
ancient Chaldean times, these were the god Bel or Merodach, Ninus the son who
was also worshiped as Tammuz, and the female goddess Rhea who was also
worshiped as Ishtar, Astarte, or Beltis. She was also referred to as the “queen
of heaven,” and the “wrath subduer.”
Mother and child worship was the basis of the
ancient religions.
In the various religions of the world, the
same system of worship was perpetuated under different names.
- In Egypt , the mother and child were
worshiped as Isis and Osiris or Horus,
- in India as Isi and Iswara,
- in China and Japan as the mother goddess
Shing-moo with child,
- in Greece as Ceres or Irene and Plutus,
- in Rome as Fortuna and Jupitor-puer, or
Venus and Adurnis, and
- in Scandinavia as Frigga and Balder.
The mother and child were worshiped in
Babylon as Ishtar and Tammuz, and in Phoenicia, as Ashtoreth and Baal.
Moreover, the child was worshiped as both
husband and son of the mother goddess.
The male component is a counterfeit of
Jesus Christ.
The Biblical names used for Jesus were also
used for the child in ancient religions.
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Zoroaster was referred to as the seed,
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Dionysus as the sin-bearer,
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Bacchus as the branch,
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Vishna as the victim-man, and
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Osiris as the king of kings.
The Legend of Nimrod
The system of worship has its origin in the
legend of Nimrod and
his wife Semiramus.
Nimrod (the great-grandson of Noah)
rebelled against God, like his father Cush. Eventually Nimrod was put to death
for his evil deeds, and according to the ancient patriarchal system, parts of
his body were sent to various cities as a warning.
His wife Semiramus fled, but spread the
rumour that he had ascended to heaven, where he had become one with the sun.
When Semiramus later gave birth to a son, she claimed that it was the
reincarnation of her deified husband, and that he had returned to save the
human race.
She was later deified as the mother of the
sun god, and it was supposed she had ascended into heaven as the queen of
heaven.
In
the various cultures throughout history and around the world, the same basic
deities have been worshipped under different names.
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