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To: marcos who wrote (111167)	8/12/2003 8:01:08 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) of 281500

<call it treeist if you wish, and the resulting governments treeocracies ....> That's a very old idea: (sh´r) or Asheroth (-rth), Canaanite fertility goddess and the wooden cult symbol that represented her. She is the consort of El in the Ugaritic texts. Several passages in the Bible may refer to the planting of a tree as a symbol of Asherah, or the setting up of a wooden object as an asherah—the Hebrew words for “tree” and “wood” are the same. 216.239.53.104 After the drought had lasted three years, the Lord instructed Elijah to present himself before Ahab with the message that the Lord would provide rain. Elijah then challenged the 850 prophets of Baal and Asheroth to a contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:21). Each side would offer sacrifices to their God without building a fire. The ignition of the fire was left to the strongest god, who would thereby reveal himself as the true God... When Elijah's sacrifice was consumed by fire from heaven, the people of Israel responded strongly in favor of God (1 Kings 18:39). Then the prophets of Baal and Asheroth were slaughtered at Elijah's command (1 Kings 18:40)... 216.239.53.104

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