With the "prequel" myth of Lilith in mind, the nefarious social control purposes of the Genesis creation myth become even more starkly obvious. In creating Adam's second wife, God is careful not to form Eve out of the dust of the earth like Adam. Instead, God makes it abundantly clear that Eve owes her very existence to her husband and is forever simply a part of him.
Cue the rib!
The Judeo-Christian creation myth also conveniently provides the perfect, justifiable excuse for men to blame Eve and use her and all women as their scapegoats forever after. Cuz poor Adam wuz duped, I tellz ya, duped!
Cue the snake and the apple!
Expelling the duo from the Garden of Eden for their Original Sin, God lays on more punishments as well. Adam must now work for his entire life and live by the sweat of his brow instead of lolling about all day in paradise. Eve must suffer tremendous pain in childbirth and be forever ruled by her husband, subservient for all time.
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The story explained so perfectly!
But just to be clear, I would think long and hard about any fruit given to me by a naked woman (or even a naked man).
McRib? LOL!
Some who are born in sin do a fine job in honing their skills throughout life!
Jeebus, Lilith got out just in time! And Eve giving Adam an apple to improve his diet was the Original Sin???
...Eve was a looker!
I'd think twice about taking food from a naked stranger.
Nice dichotomy between the two!
Imagine
Awww poor Adam!
Having to WORK? The horror!
And to think that this myth has created the Trad wife….
XOXO
How useful, to write a story justifying why you hated your mother and therefore all women are rotten! That's worked pretty well up to now. Especially making God a white old man.
I often wondered just how the McRib came about.
All of these stories are so patently absurd it's hard to believe that entire religions are based on them, much less still quoted as fact.
The bible is a story written by men, of course it would benefit men.
Not to offend anyone, but this explains why most religious beliefs are absurd.
All of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and a handful of smaller sects) have the same creation story, but I've never seen a meme that reflects that.
Excellent post!!
👍 Yah, Ms. Moon. And not one of the folks who "believe" can, or will even try to, answer "where the F did Cain's wife come from?!"
🤔🦴 Who gave up a rib so she could exist? Oh wait. I remember. On the sixth day, the whole earth got populated with both male and female. So, Cain's wife and family existed before Adam and Eve were presented with God's creation of the first Catch-22!! 🤬 Were they all begetting and bearing children without pain? Did Eve's screw-up and resultant pain start for her and all future women right then or...did women who had already had children get sudden retroactive pain?! 🤨
📚 Seems to me the author of that Book lost control of the plot mighty early! 🤣🤣
I love this post! You put it down in a nutshell how men have always ruled over women.
Go to YouTube and search for the Sumer videos and get a whole different take on this Creation myth according to the Sumerians and the Annunakis! It is all quite interesting!
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