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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 5412072, member: 15481&quot;]I sometimes use the internet to study strange ideas and myths. I came across this a few months ago:</p><p><a href="https://www1.cbn.com/700club/seat-satan-ancient-pergamum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www1.cbn.com/700club/seat-satan-ancient-pergamum" rel="nofollow">https://www1.cbn.com/700club/seat-satan-ancient-pergamum</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an argument that:</p><p>«The people of Pergamum were known as the &quot;Temple-keepers of Asia.&quot; The city had three temples dedicated to the worship of the Roman emperor, another for the goddess Athena, and the Great Altar of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. Many scholars believe this altar is the “Throne of Satan” mentioned in the book of Revelation.»</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234495[/ATTACH] </p><p>«The Great Altar of Pergamon is considered to be one of the greatest surviving monuments from antiquity. Now located in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany, the altar is thought by many scholars to be the “throne of Satan,” referred to by the prophet John in the Book of Revelations. (Revelation 2:12–13)»</p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/pergamon-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/pergamon-2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/pergamon-2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the coin, then:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234497[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Pergamon, Mysia, AE15 200-30 BC. </p><p>Obverse: DIODOROY, Bearded head of Asklepios right </p><p>Reverse: ASKLHPIOY SWTHROS, Serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. </p><p>Reference: SNG Tuebingen 2423; SNG Righetti 744; SNG von Aulock 1383; SNG Cop 369-375; </p><p>Weber 5190; Lindgren I 296; BMC 151-152.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the first article:</p><p>«The city also had a healing center called the Asklepion, built in honor of Asklepios, the Greek serpent-god. In the first century, this was a cross between a hospital and a health spa, where patients could get everything from a mud bath to a major surgery. Even the emperors came all the way from Rome to be treated here, but this was no ordinary doctor&#039;s visit.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If you were a terminal patient, you were not allowed to go into the Asklepion,” says Renner. “These Asklepion priests didn’t want anyone hearing that someone had died in the Asklepion.&nbsp; There was a huge sign just above the official entrance to the Asklepion that said, ‘Death is not permitted here.’ So the only way you were going to get in to begin with is if they knew you were going to live.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Patients entered through an underground tunnel. Then they drank a sedative, and spent the night in the dormitories of the Asklepion, while non-poisonous snakes crawled around them all night. They were told that the serpent-god Asklepios would speak to them in their dreams and give them a diagnosis.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It was believed that the snakes carried the healing power of Asklepios,” and if a snake slithered across you while you were sleeping at night, that was a divine sign that healing power was coming to you.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The next morning, the patients told their &quot;dreams&quot; to the priests, who prescribed their treatments. Finally, the patients made clay sculptures of the body parts that needed healing and offered them to Asklepios.»</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel I should have added some scary music here, but perhaps it’s enough already.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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