"We will not listen to what you say in the name of the LORD. Rather will we continue doing what we had proposed; we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out libations to her, as we and our fathers, our kings and princes have done in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had enough food to eat and we were well off; we suffered no misfortune. But since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out libations to her, we are in need of everything and are being destroyed by the sword and by hunger” (Jeremiah 44:18-19).

Interesting that this is found in the O.T. No matter how hard some person, or particular religion preaches, or how hard some one elses point of view is pounded in our heads, what matters most is: How does the Creator manifest in our own personal lives? It is telling , this scripture, about the life and perspectives of the people in bible times, we are led to believe that the Goddess was worshiped by the neighboring cultures, and not by the Jewish people themselves. It is also revealing that some how or other, these women and their families did see a difference in their lives ,from when they followed the Jewish G-d and when they saw their deity as female The Queen of Heaven and Earth. When G-d was portrayed as an Angry, Vengeful, hateful male deity , and when the woman was put in her place,according to the 'laws' of the "Torah" and not co equal with the man and with out anyway within the Jewish religion to have personal access to that G-d without it being through their husbands or the priest, the result was famine, not only in their land but also from within, these people were dry and parched and dying of thirst, a thirst for a God that they once knew, and they knew that they were no longer as prosperous and well off as they once were when God was seen as a Nurturing and loving, and fertile Goddess. they had finally had more than enough of this 'mans' version of God that was being force fed to them. I see this same thing being played out in our country and in other parts of the world as well, you have the fundlementalist trying to force feed their version of God to us, and trying to make all conform to what they believe is the life one needs to lead, by trying to make laws that enforced their own agendas, and their own warped idea of who God is, and what they would have us believe is Gods will and law. But what it comes right down to is ,you cannot force any one' s personal or any ones particular religious version of who God is ,down any ones throat. God , and if there is one, I believe will not and does not act in this manner. What or Who ever is God, S/he must be reveal to each individually, S/He must commune with us from within our own spirit, and any moral conduct or behavior, must come from a transformation from within. We must first be changed from the inside before any 'moral' or right or good conduct can be done on the outside. Any act we do in the name of our God must first come from a place within us , that stems from the heart, and from love and then as it overflows, it will manifest in our actions . Not acts done to 'show' how good we are, but acts done from an overflow within our spirits , brought about by communion with our God/dess and right relationship with Her/Him, it is a transformation that begins from the rebirth of our spirits when we make contact with our Maker and then pursue a relationship with Her/Him. This can not and will never be something that is imposed on us by government, or by religion. Whomever God may be, I believe that God/dess is incarnated within each of us, when we wake up to the fact that this is how it is done, one by one, step by step, a personal awakening, from the inside out.

 Yes sometimes truth does poke its head out , now and again, and sometimes you can find it within the pages of the Bible. for what it is worth

blessed be