The pagan system of sun worship had three main aspects: the father, mother, and the son. In ancient Chaldean times, these were the god Bel or Merodach, Ninus the son who was also worshiped as Tammuz, and the female goddess Rhea who was also worshiped as Ishtar, Astarte, or Beltis. She was also referred to as the “queen of heaven,” and the “wrath subduer.” Mary has received these same names in Catholicism.

A statue of Mary and Jesus at Westminster Abbey. Notice the globe Jesus is holding. Source:Flickr.

Mother and child worship was the basis of the ancient religions. In the various religions of the world, the same system of worship was perpetuated under different names. In Egypt , the mother and child were worshiped as Isis and Osiris or Horus, in India as Isi and Iswara, in China and Japan as the mother goddess Shing-moo with child, in Greece as Ceres or Irene and Plutus, in Rome as Fortuna and Jupitor-puer, or Venus and Adurnis, and in Scandinavia as Frigga and Balder. The mother and child were worshiped in Babylon as Ishtar and Tammuz, and in Phoenicia, as Ashtoreth and Baal. Moreover, the child was worshiped as both husband and son of the mother goddess.

The male component is a counterfeit of Jesus Christ. The Biblical names used for Jesus were also used for the child in ancient religions. Zoroaster was referred to as the seed, Mithra the Persian sun god was referred to as the Saviour, Dionysus as the sin-bearer, Bacchus as the branch, Vishna as the victim-man, and Osiris as the king of kings.

The Legend of Nimrod

The system of worship has its origin in the legend of Nimrod and his wife Semiramus. Nimrod (the great-grandson of Noah) rebelled against God, like his father Cush. Eventually Nimrod was put to death for his evil deeds, and according to the ancient patriarchal system, parts of his body were sent to various cities as a warning.

His wife Semiramus fled, but spread the rumour that he had ascended to heaven, where he had become one with the sun. When Semiramus later gave birth to a son, she claimed that it was the reincarnation of her deified husband, and that he had returned to save the human race.

She was later deified as the mother of the sun god, and it was supposed she had ascended into heaven as the queen of heaven. In the various cultures throughout history and around the world, the same basic deities have been worshipped under different names.

Read about Mary, the mother of the true Saviour, and how paganism has twisted the truth about her identity

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<p>This statue represents the mother goddess figure, known under many names such as Artemis, Diana, and Cybele. This figure becomes <a title="Learn about Mary in our article: The Mother-Son Sun Worship System" href="../S-deception_paganism_Catholic_Nimrod_Mary" target="blank">Mary</a> in Catholic circles. <br /><br /></p>

<p>Artemis, also known as Diana of <a title="Read our article about Ephesus" href="../S-deception-Revelation_Ephesus_Diana_candlesticks.html" target="blank">Ephesus</a>, with her many breasts to nurture the world. </p>

<p>A fleur-de-lis held by a hand on exhibit in a Roman Catholic Church. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The goddess stepping on a serpent's head. Christ is the one who should crush the serpent's head (See <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%203:15%20&version=KJV" target="blank">Genesis 3:15</a>). Ironically, she also nurtures a <a title="See more serpent pictures in the Serpent and Dragon Symbols Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=album&aid=5426353352209572785" target="blank">serpent</a>. The serpent represents death and resurrection, a counterfeit of Christ's death and resurrection. In this way, through the female, there is the fertility power to produce new life.<br /><br /></p>

<p><a title="Read our article about Mary" href="../S-deception_end-time_paganism_Catholic_Mary" target="blank">Mary</a> standing on the serpent in a church in Bethlehem. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The pine cone staff of Osiris. Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. </p>

<p>Pope John Paul II wearing a fish mitre, and carrying a staff with both a bent cross and a pine cone fertility symbol. Notice the four-spoked solar symbol on his mitre and the Maltese cross on his robe. <br /><br />Page 37 of Catholic historian Theodore Maynard's <em>The Story of American Catholicism</em> says, "“It has often been charged..that Catholicism is overlaid with many pagan incrustations. Catholicism, it must be added, is ready to accept the accusation—and even to make it her boast." <br /><br />Note also the arms of Jesus shaped down into a "V" on the Pope's staff. This is a sign used in occultism to show victory over the Son of God. </p>

<p>The icon of Mary in the milk grotto in Bethlehem.<br /><br /> The Catholic Church has elevated Mary to the level of mediator, advocate, and co-redeemer of humanity. In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared Mary "immaculate," and in 1951, Pope Pius XII defined and enforced the doctrine of the Bodily Assumption of Mary, thus placing Mary in a position to act as mediator. <br /><br />This is what they believe according to <em>Catholic Laymen</em>, July 1856: "The sinner that ventures directly to Christ may come with dread and apprehension of his wrath; but let him only employ the mediation of the Virgin with her Son and she has only to show that Son the breasts that gave him suck and his wrath will immediately be appeased." </p>

<p>Jesus, portrayed with a <a title="Mithra and the Globe, Symbols of the gods Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=picture&aid=5426350358976932961&pid=globe-Mithra.jpg" target="blank">globe</a> in one hand and making a symbol of the <a title="Pagan Hand Signs Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=album&aid=5428968870607938593" target="blank"> pagan trinity </a>with the other, is adorned with fleurs-de-lis. Cathedral in Nurnberg, Germany. <br /><br /></p>

<p>Largest pine cone in the world, in the court of the Court of the Pine Cone at the Vatican. <br /><br /></p>

<p>pine cone in the Vatican courtyard. Pine cones symbolized fertility in pagan religions throughout history. The goddess Isis was always depicted with two peacocks, similar to the two peacocks next to the pine cone. </p>

<p>Poseidon, ruler of the sea or underworld, holds a trident similar to the one carried by the hoofed sun god of Babylon. <br /><br /></p>

<p>St. Peter's Square. Notice the sunwheel pattern on the floor and obelisk (phallic symbol of Osiris) in the middle. Also notice the cross with the circle around it under the obelisk. <br /><br /></p>

<p>A relief of the lion god holding a pine cone staff, which symbolized fertility. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The white patches on the walls of the milk grotto in Bethlehem are supposedly preserved milk from the breasts of Mary that apparently squirted against the walls as she nursed the baby Jesus. <br /><br /></p>

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<p>A statue of Mary and Jesus at Westminster Abbey. Notice the globe Jesus is holding. <br />Source:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35409814@N00/2422325283" target="_blank">Flickr</a>.</p>
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<p>In the Papacy, as in occultism, there is a black and a white side to every god or goddess. In paganism, Osiris was worshipped either in black or white depending on what aspect of the deity you favoured. The contrasts of black and white feature prominently in secret societies as well. Here we see the black Madonna and Child. They are the same as any other, but are worshiped in their opposite form. The black and white are interchangeable in the androgenic pagan system. <br /><br /></p>
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<p>Here we see a father and child in black and white. It is not uncommon in pagan religions to have the male and female interchangeable, as is the black and white. The pagan system was an androgenic system in which the deity was both male and female.</p>
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<p>Hindu mother and child deity. British Museum.</p>
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<p>Indian deities Isi and Iswara.</p>
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