Prostitution is not a concept of today. Its a seed born in ancient times that now has grown into a hideous tree with its branches all over the humanity. One aspect of prostitution or really its an excuse for this crime a type of it decorated in beautiful clothes is religious prostitution.
Religious prostitution as the name suggests is the prostitution carried in the name of religions. An ugly disguise!
Few examples of this distasteful custom are as follow-
(the following content is taken from various sources on internet)
in Babylon, every women rich and poor, had to prostitute themselves in the temples of Mylitta, Ishtar, and Astarte with a foreigner as a sign of hospitality. The money they earned was donated as wages to the goddess.
Similarly in Cyprus, all women had to prostitute themselves, before they married, to strangers in the sanctuary of Aphrodite, and Astarte. The same was true with in Phoenician temples. Women here prostituted themselves believing that their services would appease the goddess and win her favor.
In the ancient city of Heliopolis in Syria, there was a law that stated that every maiden should prostitute herself to strangers at the temple of Astarte. In Armenia the noblest families dedicated their daughters to the service of the goddess Anaitis in her temple at Acilisena. The unmarried women acted as prostitutes for a long time before they were given in marriage. Not a single man was supposed hesitate to take one of these girls as wife when her period of service was over.
Religious prostitution was a part of the religion in Canaan too. The history states that a significant proportion of religious prostitutes were males. Another interesting fact is that male prostitutes during that time and place usually served men, not women. The sexual practice in the name of religion in Canaan, prolonged until the intervention of great prophets like Hosea and Ezekiel. A part of Ammonite tradition states that, a bride would sit at the gates of a town before the wedding, and sleep with whomever came to the city.
In Eastern Islam, where there are more males than females, the young girls who remain unmarried and offer themselves to men are looked upon as public benefactors. In Egypt, holy men or Priests walked naked in the midst of a woman crowd. Women who desire to have children knelt before them, then the priest would seize a woman and cohabit with her in the public street. No rancour was felt for the act by anybody, indeed, the victim considered it a great blessing and her companions congratulate her on having been selected by the "representative of God."
Similarly in Cyprus, all women had to prostitute themselves, before they married, to strangers in the sanctuary of Aphrodite, and Astarte. The same was true with in Phoenician temples. Women here prostituted themselves believing that their services would appease the goddess and win her favor.
In the ancient city of Heliopolis in Syria, there was a law that stated that every maiden should prostitute herself to strangers at the temple of Astarte. In Armenia the noblest families dedicated their daughters to the service of the goddess Anaitis in her temple at Acilisena. The unmarried women acted as prostitutes for a long time before they were given in marriage. Not a single man was supposed hesitate to take one of these girls as wife when her period of service was over.
Religious prostitution was a part of the religion in Canaan too. The history states that a significant proportion of religious prostitutes were males. Another interesting fact is that male prostitutes during that time and place usually served men, not women. The sexual practice in the name of religion in Canaan, prolonged until the intervention of great prophets like Hosea and Ezekiel. A part of Ammonite tradition states that, a bride would sit at the gates of a town before the wedding, and sleep with whomever came to the city.
In Eastern Islam, where there are more males than females, the young girls who remain unmarried and offer themselves to men are looked upon as public benefactors. In Egypt, holy men or Priests walked naked in the midst of a woman crowd. Women who desire to have children knelt before them, then the priest would seize a woman and cohabit with her in the public street. No rancour was felt for the act by anybody, indeed, the victim considered it a great blessing and her companions congratulate her on having been selected by the "representative of God."
And finally in India the infamous devdasi tradition. Young girls were married to gods or deities and were supposed to sacrifice. Almost all temples had this tradition. Earlier these girls used to be just dancers in the temples who devoted themselves to God and without caring for the world danced madly in love. But later this custom changed for worse and these girls had to satisfy the sexual desire of the men who came craving for it. . Karnataka , Madras (Chennai) , Andhra pradesh and many other cities in southern India still follow it. The government of India banned this practice but even now an approximate of 5000 girls are pushed in this ritual every year.
MY TAKE:
I feel its time to let go of these wrong traditions. No religion should have ever allowed this practice
to flourish and we can not undo the past but now its time to shed off these ugly dressings.
Sex is a personal act. its not a duty not an obligation not a sacrifice. Any god would never allow
a person, man or woman, to be disgraced as such. We live in a hypocrite world but let us do
away with this.Come on people these girls are younger than you or me.
Would you have wanted to live a life like this? having sex with strangers in name of
God? Doesn't everyone deserve a chance to
make their own mind, decisions, life? Nobody has a right over one's life.We are born free People
who made these customs remember they were humans like us they were not God incarnated..
They carry these traditions generation after generation but the truth is they do not have balls to
change or to stop. Its too good for their convenience. Free sex!
It disgusts me that a person is insulted like
this. It should disgust you too. Some people who justify it by saying "kalyug hai kya kar sakte hai"
Well all i have to say to them kalyug or not you live in the very same world if it happened with
them God forbid it can happen with you too!
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