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SusanA's avatar

A new question about the Bible's creation story sprang into my mind as I read this today. Why did god use one of Adam's ribs to make Eve? If this god is so powerful why didn't this god just create Eve as a stand-alone creation? One possible explanation for this is that a story that says Eve was made from Adam's rib immediately, from the get-go, woman is set up to be inferior to man. In all likelihood, the bible was written by men so it is not surprising that woman was introduced as a being dependent on man.

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Steve Harvester's avatar

Hi Mark, your post illustrates the utter incoherence of modern fundamentalism. In practice those who claim the Bible is “inerrant” are only interested in proof texts to “prove” their opinions are those of God. There is much truth and beauty in the creation stories viewed rightly, as creative attempts to illustrate eternal truths, e.g. before the “original sin” there was the original blessing of creation itself.

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