Funny things I learned in church

[frogmarch]

25. The penis statues they

were talking about must have been what Hindus call the lingam, ling, Shiva Linga, or Shiv ling. The lingam and yoni (representation of the female vulva or vagina) symbolize to many Hindus the inseparability of male and female principles in creation.

http://www.vepachedu.org/linga.htm

Excerpt:

Shiva Linga is a wide spread Indian phallic figure. It consists of a feminine base “Yoni,” or “vagina,” and a rising masculine portion the “Phallus,” or “penis.” The Linga artifacts, dating from the first century BC to the third century AD, are shaped like realistic phalluses. Thereafter the shape becomes progressively more abstract. By medieval times, its observable portion, rising from the Yoni, forms a round block with domed apex.

Shiva, the lord of erect Phallus (urdhvalinga), is traced to the ithyphallic figure of Indus Valley civilization or to the phallic images found more generally in prehistoric India. The epics and Puranas tell how a great fire appeared from the cosmic waters, and from this flame Linga Shiva emerged to claim supremacy and worship over Brahma and Vishnu, when he was castrated because he seduced sages’ wives in the pine forests of Himalayas. He castrated himself because no one could castrate the Supreme Lord. The fallen phallus of the Supreme Lord destroyed all the worlds until it reached the Yoni of Uma/Parvati and cooled down. All procreation of worlds started after the worship of Yoni-Linga was restored and all Gods, including Vishnu and Brahma accepted supremacy of Lord Shiva.