The Center of Artemis Worship in Ephesus

In Acts 19, Paul talks about how the whole world knows that Ephesus has a claim to being the home of Artemis. This is like the center of Artemis worship in the known world. And there's this entire religious economy based around making profit off of people who believe in this Artemis temple. So can you see how that element that literally this city here is the center of the deity for protecting women from dying and childbirth might have some connections to these false teachings around marriage and sex?

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