Sacred prostitution , temple prostitution , cult prostitution , [1] and religious prostitution are general terms for a sexual rite consisting of sexual intercourse or other sexual activity performed in the context of religious worship , perhaps as a form of fertility rite or divine marriage hieros gamos. Some scholars prefer the terms " sacred sex " or " sacred sexual rites " to "sacred prostitution" in cases where payment for services was not involved. The historicity of literal sacred prostitution, particularly in some places and periods, is a controversial topic within the academic world. Ancient Near Eastern societies along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers featured many shrines and temples or houses of heaven dedicated to various deities. The 5th-century BC historian Herodotus's account and some other testimony from the Hellenistic Period and Late Antiquity suggest that ancient societies encouraged the practice of sacred sexual rites not only in Babylonia and Cyprus , but throughout the Near East.
Holy Sex: Fascinating Rituals in Religious History | Hippo Reads
In the beginning, it was innocent enough. Teens for Christ seemed like many other liberated hippie crews in They wore long hair and colorful caftans. They played acoustic guitars at the beach. There was nothing unusual about them. They were considered Jesus People, a growing movement comprised of different faiths, but which generally preached simple living and good deeds. No wonder they got along with flower children.
The hippie Christian cult that encouraged sex with children is still around today
The views of religions and religious believers range widely, from giving sex and sexuality a rather negative connotation to believing that sex is the highest expression of the divine. Some religions distinguish between sexual activities that are practised for biological reproduction sometimes allowed only when in formal marital status and at a certain age and other those practised only for sexual pleasure in evaluating relative morality. Sexual morality has varied greatly over time and between cultures.
A clandestine cult with twenty children to a room, no outside music, movies or books, and no contact beyond the compound. For the first fifteen years of my life, this was my normal. Buck, asked me on my first day of high school, making sure the whole class could clearly hear my dilemma.