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by AntigoneRising on December 19th, 2006
The religion of Ancient Babylon was polytheistic. They worshipped Ishtar (Queen of Heaven, Great Goddess), Marduk (called Baal in the Bible), etc. Some did confess to the gods. As Babylon had a formal priesthood (priests and priestesses, btw), and confession by believers is a powerful means of gathering intelligence for political purposes, I wouldn't be surprised if this were true. However, I haven't yet found any definitive references to a practice similar to that found in Catholicism.
http://history-world.org/babylonia.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia#Religion
by matt89 on August 3rd, 2009
Yes. Their religious beliefs were later copied by the Greeks, Romans, and eventually the Catholic Church.
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