Well, it’s either that or he was just plain stupid. Remember the story of creation? Of course you do! I bet you don’t quite remember this part though. Please open your Bibles to Genesis, Chapter 2 and starting with the 18th verse:
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
So, God knew that the animals needed partners of the opposite sex, but not Adam. Clearly God thought for sure that Adam would find a “help meet” for Adam amongst the animals. When that didn’t work, God rolled his eyes at the pickiness of Adam, anesthetized him, performed an invasive surgery to remove a rib (which he could have simply made) and created a woman for him. Wow. Riveting.
Adam was not so much lonely as horny. Ask me, I know men. Pity God did not know as much as I do.
You can’t be serious. The inference that you’re making is just plain silly.
The inference that I am making, Aaron, is that no matter how you slice it, woman (and women in general throughout the Old and New testament) took a backseat in the creation mythology presented by the Bible. I would implore you to interpret the above verses (in or out of context) in any other way than God just simply “forgot” to make a female for Adam. Why, it must have taken Adam YEARS to name all those animals! (Then god, palm to head, says, “Oh yeah…”)
I like how you keep revising your post.
Aaron, I have not revised this post (or any others, for that matter) since it was published.
Aside from the utter stupidity and insensibility of the biblical creation story, the only logical conclusion that one can draw for the reason why Yahweh hadn’t created man and woman together, is that God was hoping Adam would “come” to him….. {Oops} Maybe that’s why there are so many blank spots in Genesis…. But I digress.
The name itself “wo-man” meaning “out of man” is a blatant attempt to subordinate woman to a secondary role. One must remember that the Hebrews were a much-defeated and conquered group of folks. And they were constantly being forced to observe the religions of their conquerors.
And as all the religions prior to Judaism were primarily based upon the concept of “duality,” — the male and female aspects of the self, this didn’t sit well with the Old Boy Network of the time. Or now. So when they got a chance to pen their own blarney, they made sure that women were put in their “proper” place. Behind the men — making dinner — and quiet.
Another Kabbalah related story of the same time had it where Adam and Eve were created together. One in front and the other in the rear {whichever you were depended on whose asking, I guess}.
Then there is of course there is the creation story of the woman who is my lifelong obsession: Lillith. She was, according to the Kabbalah, the first woman created. And both she and Adam were created together from the dust of the earth. Except Lillith refused to lie down and take it anyway Adam wanted to give it — so she bolted. And for that, they turned her into an evil spirit and a succubus who came to men in the night and made them have wet dreams. Oh, and as a hobby, she killed male babies in their cribs.
So, Eve 2.0 came AFTER Lillith. And she was created to be suitably more docile and agreeable. Basically with only a brain stem. Okay she was dumb. So once they made this noodle-brain of a woman, the first thing that happens is that she gets talked into trying out “the new fruit” by a wily snake. So even here the woman gets the blame for the fall of mankind. But who made her? Hell, if it had been Lillith that snake talked to, she’d be wearing a new snake skin belt and shoes right now.
All of the religions that predate Judaism and thus Christianity, incorporated the male/female dichotomy. But the nomadic tribes of the Levant lived in Patriarchal societies and would have none of that equality crap in their religion. And they kept to that “theme of inequality” throughout the bible.
Here’s another brainfuzzer:
We’re told that before man’s fall, the lion laid down with the lamb. I’m assuming this is a reference to peace between the animals where predators didn’t eat the prey and not inter-species dating. But what I’ve never figured out is, what did the lions eat? Were they vegetarians???? Or did they eat that famous “Manna From Heaven?”
Thank you DeSwiss.
You’ve reminded me of exactly how pissed off I am that Christianity and its precursors became the dominant religion.
Of all of the religions, it had to be the one that decided that I am completely inferior to men, and was taught to me as such.
I would be so much happier if we had one of those other religions.
Well, and even more pleased if there weren’t any of them.
God help you, pray for clarity your sickness/lies will be your dowfall
Lies??? Sickness????? Religion is still the basis for discrimination and war thrust upon man and woman kind across this poor little globe.
If ANYONE should be accused of sickness, it is the the pope, no I won’t give him a capital letter. He espouses poverty and understanding and then speaks out against equality and goes back into his palatial digs and puts his feet up. Hoping that none of his followers put two and two together and realise that they have been conned…
Don’t even get me started on evangelism!
Shame on religion.
Your just sick you must want a anaimal
If you people wish to argue about creationism, you should check out the sumarian tales that predate hebrew and everything else. It says there were “Gods” or “Angels” that were sick of doing “work” on the earth, so they created man to do it for them.
There is actual cave paintings/heiroglyphics that depict man being created in a laboratory setting, and then bestowed the plow. This is in the oldest of old Pyramids. So stop quarreling, and wake up.
BTW.. when you google this sumarian tale, you should keep in mind that Abraham, the father of Hebrewism, (Judism/etc..), grew up in the Babylonian city of Ur, and took these ancient sumarian tales of Gods creating man, and simplified it to say just “God” created man. It is all lies with a little bit of truth you have to see shining under the muck.
“Male dominant, poopoo religions wars starvation wah wah waaahh!” If you want to complain, try working 12 hours digging ditches or chopping wood in the hot sun. It’s what I do and I bet it would change your views. You wouldn’t give a fuck about complaining about religion cause you would think about doing everything for yourself.
Spoiled brats.
Oh shut the fuck up. Nowhere in the bible it states that adam had sex with animasls.Go back to hammering your asswhole with a razored filled dildo you sick fucker.
Next time, read the full article. We never claimed that the Bible said that Adam had sex with animals. You’ve missed the point of the article entirely, troglodyte.