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I think it is beautiful to imagine that the Whore of Babylon could have been originally inspired by a specific person. Can you imagine fucking so many people that you spook Christians for 2000+ years? Absolute Legend.

23/9/26, 12:40 am12 reposts197 likes

Gerg 🚩🏴

@gergpotter.bsky.social

It was probably their quality, not quantity.

Emily

@empressfukuda.bsky.social

imagine how different history would be if the whore had been a man

waegemma.bsky.social

@waegemma.bsky.social

Genuine observations like this are why I started following your account.

ziran

@ziranatx.bsky.social

It was me.

Dead Weirdo Studios

@deadweirdostudios.bsky.social

andyrs313.bsky.social

@andyrs313.bsky.social

I think it's meant as "the whole nation of Babylon is a whore", rather than "a whore from Babylon". The Jews were really pissed at Babylon for conquering and subjugating "God's chosen people", and the term just stuck.

Tomás Arís

@littlebridgetroll.bsky.social

And for the Christians, that was Rome. I always thought the metaphor was pretty straightforward in context once I understood it.

andyrs313.bsky.social

@andyrs313.bsky.social

Not sure I agree. A large portion of early Christian converts were Roman, and didn't hold the same national identity as the Jews. Don't get me wrong, "Revelations" is 110% directed at demonizing Nero. But their "Holy Roman Empire" is a sure sign later Christians treasured their Roman identity.

Tomás Arís

@littlebridgetroll.bsky.social

They treasured their Roman Identity, but I think they were also deeply at odds with the Roman Empire as it exists before Constantine. The "Holy Roman Empire" was a completely different beast that existed centuries later. That said, it's also true the early church bickered over *everything.*

Dungeon Crawler Jason

@notapreppie.bsky.social

Pretty sure there have been a few of those people in the modern day pro, pro-am, and amateur sex-worker community.