EDP 363 1st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I 3 Ways to Make Value Statements II Thought Paper Outline of Current Lecture I Thought Paper Review II Test Material III Commonalities among the Oldest Religions IV Goddesses of Agriculture V Athena VI Zeus and Leda VII Navajo VIII Hinduism Current Lecture I II Thought Paper Review a The beginning of class was spent breaking up into small groups to discuss our thought papers Professor Brownstein went on to survey the class to see how many people preferred each of the three ways to make value statements b If you prefer value statements to be made as opinions beliefs and or preferences than you are giving up the power to punish people when you don t get your way i If you claim to want value statements to be made as opinions beliefs and or values but don t want to give up this power than you are actually making demands 1 i e If you say I would prefer you get me a glass of water and the person you are talking to says no if you get upset with them because of their response which doesn t agree with your wants than you are actually making a demand but hiding it in the wording of an opinion belief and or preference Test Material a Use the textbook as a backup for the reading If a topic is mentioned in lecture than anything relating to that topic in the textbook is fair game for the exams Anything that is not in the textbook but is mentioned in the lecture is also fair These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III IV V VI VII VIII game If a topic is in the textbook but it is not mentioned in lecture than it will not be on the exam b READ CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 FROM THE TEXTBOOK Commonalities among the Oldest Religions a Had both male and female gods i Were equal in number as well as power b All gods were sexual had genitals and used them i All gods were horny ii THERE WAS NO SEPERATION BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY c All religions had virgin birth stories see d below Goddesses of Agriculture a They were all female because they represented fertility they are usually shown depicted in a state of pregnancy and or being of larger size b The Earth itself is female and gets pregnant All things on Earth were birthed from the Earth itself i Languages that use masculine and feminine pronouns i e romance languages Earth is feminine and sky is masculine c Early spring is when the Earth resurrects so people would go to the temple to celebrate the goddesses and pray for their crops to grow i Men would go to the temple to have sex with the goddesses to please them but found extreme difficulty because they could not see the goddesses and therefore could not find their genitals ii Temple Priestesses humans served the gods goddesses in their temples 1 Men would have sex with the Priestesses because the Priestesses could then transfer their pleasure to the gods goddesses Athena goddess of wisdom a All early religions had stories of virgin births i Gods favored people who believed in them ii Athena was born out of Zeus s head virgin birth 1 Note wisdom comes from the head not the genitals Zeus and Leda a Zeus fell in love with a Greek maiden Leda and wanted to have sex with her but was afraid to come down to Earth as Zeus because his god form might scare her So he came down as a swan instead and they Zeus in swan form and Leda had sex b Leda gets pregnant and had twins who became the founders of Rome Navajo a Spiderwoman led the Navajo from the underground world up to the surface of the Earth b Important takeaway anything that can give you life can give you death i Gods are powerful sexual and can give you life or death Hinduism a b c d Also has sexual male and female gods of equal power Lingum Linga penis Yoni vagina Hindu statues at temples had graphic art and sculptures depicting sexual activities i The British conquered India in the 1850s were offended by what they saw in the Hindu temples and put a stop to it e Story of Krishna the 4 ways of kissing and 8 different positions of sex f Yoga connecting humans with the spiritual realm i Tantric yoga sexual energy to experience spiritual union sexual energy to connect with an orgasm 1 4 parts of the Orgasm a Have no thoughts opens the mind to the great nothing the great silence i The mind has a small seizure and can t create thoughts b Pure pleasure that overrides pain c Wish no one harm d Symbolic of creation