DotNotInOz wrote:
The Garden of Eden story is one of the nastiest in the Bible. It was a setup from the get-go.
Somebody wanted to explain why people so often have "grass greener" syndrome, why we have to work, why women have labor pains and, generally speaking, why men get themselves in trouble when they listen to women.
How much you wanna bet a man who liked playing the misogyny card came up with that story?
teilhard wrote:
Every Mythological Story has some Level of "explanatory" Aspect ...
No Doubt MANY Women throughout History have resonated to Genesis 3:16 -- " ...in Pain you shall bring forth Children, yet your Desire shall be for your Husband ... "
Just to refresh your memory as to how this started. You used the truncated Gen 3:16 to counter(?) or justify the accusation of misogyny. Incidentally using Bible quotes to justify anything on an atheist board is generally a bad idea.
Nonetheless, linking the undeniable pain inherent in childbirth to the wrath of God and suggesting that women should "resonate" by associating the pain of childbirth with the dominance of the husband, is just what Christine and I have been talking about as one of the horrible exploitive aspects of the Abrahamic religions. As I noted before Gen 3:16 is the worst verse in the Bible for half of the human population. And in my opinion for men as well as it justifies abuse of women which degrades men as well as women. On the other thread you indicated that owning slaves was degrading for slave owners. Does abusing women cause similar approbation from you and your religious tradition? It certainly does from my humanist tradition and I would submit from the tradition of Jesus as well.
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