From the earliest times pagan religion has involved the worship of a great mother goddess. We meet her in the Bible on many occasions as part of the false worship of the nations around Israel, and as part of the false worship which the Israelites themselves all too often followed to their condemnation.
The mother goddess appears in the Old Testament in the following designations:
This name occurs nine times in the Old Testament as the name of a mother goddess widely worshipped amongst the Canaanites and other nations. Other forms of the name are Astarte in Phoenician texts and Ishtar in Mesopotamian texts. It is from the name of this goddess that we get the word ‘Easter’.
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Author: Tony Benson
Keywords: Mother goddess, Mother godess, Mary mother, Mary mother of Jesus, Mariolatry, Marialatry, Worship of Mary, Virgin Mary, Virgin Mary worshipped, Mary worshipped, Mother of God, Theotokos, Virgin mother, Great Mother, Protectress of Sailors, Spinner of Destiny, Earth Goddess, Black Virgin, Perpetual Virginity, Perpetual Virginity of Mary, Dormition, Mary Dormition, Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Mary, Bodily Assumption, Bodily Assumption of Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mary Queen of Heaven, Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth, Astaroth, Cybele, Aphrodite, Demeter, Astarte, Isis, Hathor, Inanna, Ishtar, Mary Queen of Martyrs, God bearer, Artemis, Protestant views on Mary
Bible reference(s): Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 44:17-19, Jeremiah 44:25, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 12:46, Matthew 13:55, Mark 3:31, Luke 2:34, Luke 2:48, John 2:5, John 19:25-26, Acts 1:14, Acts 19:24, Acts 19:27-28, Acts 19:34-35
Source: “Mary the Mother Goddess,” The Testimony, Vol. 74, No. 882, June 2004, pp. 246-8.
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