The Bible book of Revelation mentions a symbolic harlot named Babylon the Great." (Revelation 17:5) What does this harlot represent? The evidence points to its being religious entity.
Ancient Babylon was an extremely religious city, having over 50 temples dedicated to various deities. The Babylonians believed in trinities of gods and an immoral soul that at death would descend to a dark netherworld. There, "human existence beyond the grave is at best only dismal, wretched reflection of life on earth," says Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
In time, those teachings spread throughout the world. Today they, or modified versions of them, can be found in the religions of Christendom-Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian etc., except Jehovah's Witnesses who worships the true God, Jehovah and not the traditional god from years past that they grew up knowing, and everyone thinks they are serving. Together, these religions make up a major part of the global entity Babylon the Great!
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