Editing Fertility rite (section)

===Christian===
In the [[Parables of Jesus|parables of Jesus Christ]], such as the [[Parable of the Sower]], "the sower sows the word," where the [[seed]] is the word of God.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barnes|first=Charles Randall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CsVAAAAYAAJ|title=The People's Bible Encyclopedia: Biographical, Geographical, Historical, and Doctrinal : Illustrated by Nearly Four Hundred Engravings, Maps, Chats, Etc|date=1912|publisher=People's Publication Society|language=en}}</ref> The parables of the mustard seed and the growing seed explain the [[Kingdom of God (Christianity)|kingdom of God]] in which growth is due to God and not to man  and follows its own schedule .<ref>{{Cite book|last=Longenecker|first=Richard N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JojVvncUgk0C|title=The Challenge of Jesus' Parables|date=2000|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-4638-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Edwards|first=James R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MjWS_4La_EC|title=The Gospel According to Mark|date=2002|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-3734-9|language=en}}</ref> In John 12:24<ref>{{Cite web|title=John 12:24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.|url=https://biblehub.com/john/12-24.htm|access-date=2021-11-17|website=biblehub.com|archive-date=2021-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917133738/https://biblehub.com/john/12-24.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[death and resurrection of Jesus]] compared to the core, which falls to the ground and dies and then produces a lot of seeds. In many [[Christian tradition|Christian traditions]], Easter service at dawn, or the service of the Resurrection, is held in the Acre of God, where the bodies of the dead are "sown as a seed".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of DIASPORA|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora|access-date=2021-11-17|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117062136/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora|url-status=live}}</ref>

Many fertility rites that have spiritual origins such as European Christians and Pagans drew their methods from "myths, imagery, and ritual practices from the religions".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ancient Roots, Historical Challenges|url=https://pluralism.org/ancient-roots-historical-challenges|access-date=2021-11-17|website=pluralism.org|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124093345/https://pluralism.org/ancient-roots-historical-challenges|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Agriculture|Agricultural]] practices role in transforming “the wild” into habitable places were prevalent in (western). Alongside education and medicine, agriculture helped spread western power and influence through [[Christian mission|Christian missions]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sundkler|first1=Bengt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1p61xARWY4C|title=A History of the Church in Africa|last2=Steed|first2=Christopher|date=2000-05-04|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58342-8|language=en}}</ref>