@blogdiva@mastodon.socialfound this #Jezebel meme on a Christian pinterest
«The Jezebel Spirit
Jezebel was a prophetess of Baal. Her name is Phoenician for “un-husbanded”. Even if married — she is the boss! Her spirit is rebellious, self-loving, & devoid of empathy. Jezebel loves what God hates and hates what God loves. Her spirit seeks to use, manipulate, & destroy lives. Be able to discern & pray against this demonic spirit.»
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#Jezebel is kinda badass
«JEZEBEL: THE WITCH QUEEN
Jezebel was the she-devil of the Bible - a temptress — who allured through sensuality & sexuality. She fancied herself to be a Queen who was answerable to no man. Her seductive traits are pervasive in today's culture. The Jezebel Spirit hates God fearing men & wages war against them.»
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i don't know but i think there's an #Orientalist streak to this #Jezebel Witch Queen christian memeing 
i love how Jezebel is either really good at eye make up OR is the victim of a Jigglypuff attack.
but y'all know how with people in the Dark Tetrad (narcissists, sociopaths, machiavellians, sadists) every accusation is just projection?
this one is telling because THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT seems to also take hold of a certain kind of MEN 
i wonder which kind
@blogdiva
> this one is telling because THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT seems to also take hold of a certain kind of MEN
I guess that list is all human traits, just clustered and dialed up to 11 here.
Certain points make me go 'ooh, do I do that'? But I'm reliably informed, by friends who survived narcissistic parents, that asking such self-aware questions means I'm not in the Dark Tetrad. Even more so because I care deeply about the answers, and I'm willing to change when the answer is 'yes'.
@blogdiva I first learned about Jezebel reading Asimov's Caves of Steel as a kid
Basically, the way I understood, the history goes that she was defamed by the followers of Yahweh. "She was a woman who spoke her mind and stood behind her beliefs and her culture; she refused to bow to their will and this alone made her very dangerous."
Further reading: http://ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/jezebel-revealing-slander-virgin-baal-princess-tyre-and-queen-israel-008762
@webhat
Those are pretty uh interesting takes up there. I've always appreciated Asimov's for its nuanced subversion—I'm pretty sure he had a traditional Jewish primary education—but in general I find it strange that none of this references the most important story about Jezebel, the one about Naboth's Vineyard. I suppose it's all about what one chooses to focus on.
@webhat
In summary, Naboth owned a vineyard that was close to Ahab's palace in Jezreel. Ahab asked Naboth if he could buy the vineyard but Naboth refused because it was his ancestral land.
To get the land, Jezebel had Naboth falsely accused of cursing God and the king, and executed—so that the Crown inherited the land.
You can see why this "small detail" of the Jezebel story is not what the right wingers would focus on
@alter_kaker @blogdiva Indeed, thanks for sharing
@alter_kaker if I remember the story well, it's been a while since I read it, the relationship of Elijah Baley and Jezebel might mirror the tensions of the relationship of their namesakes in the Old Testament
Elijah Bailey used the rectification of the story to put his high-spirited wife "back-in-her-place." What I remember, and is confirmed by the linked summary, Jessie never used her given name after Elijah tells her the story and murders the fantasy that she has about herself
cc: @blogdiva
@blogdiva it's amazing to me how you see this shit posted like it's terrible and should be feared.
Remove the "destroy lives" and you've just accurately described a normally-functioning independent women. wtf. Totally something to be feared.
@raineer the destroys lives is that she has had one abortion too many
@blogdiva The New Apostolic Reformation will make her out to be an actual supernatural devil, or at least possessed by one
@blogdiva Sounds like Trump.
