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God created eve from adams rib so he could suck his own dick. What a bro
Especially snakes. Ribs to spare.
There's direct proof, though! Men have one fewer ribs on one side, and women have a full set of ribs because none of their's was stolen.
Oh, wait. None of that is true. But words written in paper wouldn't lie!
I've heard the theory that the "rib" removed from Adam refers to the baculum
I'm sure there's no translation error that could go from baculum to rib. Those are very different things. That "theory" sounds like someone just grasping so they don't have to question the accuracy of their magic book.
The Hebrew noun translated as "rib'', tzela (tzade, lamed, ayin), can indeed mean a costal rib. It can also mean the rib of a hill (2 Samuel 16:13), the side chambers (enclosing the temple like ribs, as in 1 Kings 6:5,6), or the supporting columns of trees, like cedars or firs, or the planks in buildings and doors (1 Kings 6:15,16). So the word could be used to indicate a structural support beam. Interestingly, Biblical Hebrew, unlike later rabbinic Hebrew, had no technical term for the penis and referred to it through many circumlocutions. When rendered into Greek, sometime in the second century BCE, the translators used the word pleura, which means side, and would connote a body rib (as the medical term pleura still does). This translation, enshrined in the Septuagint, the Greek Bible of the early church, fixed the meaning for most of western civilization, even though the Hebrew was not so specific.
Or so goes the claim.
Thanks for the additional information. I still don't buy it. Yeah, even today we use "rib" to refer to structural pieces of buildings that resemble ribs. I don't know the languages so I can't actually check myself, but it seems like a stretch to just go from that information to penis, then from that to the "mistranslation" of Greek side rib. Why would the Greek translation do that if the Hebrew didn't say it?
I know there are some really strange translation errors in the Bible, but regardless this one seems strange. I'm sure if you want to grasp you could make an argument for many other parts of the body too, with no way to falsify any of them. It's a fun but of trivia to know though, so thanks again.
Translation is weird, especially when long periods of time are involved, even more so when you're dealing with a text largely composed of symbolic or metaphorical language. Often times one word in language A corresponds to multiple words in language B, and you rely largely on context to decide which meaning was intended. Another biblical example is "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter heaven". In Aramaic, the words for "camel" and "thick rope" are nearly identical. Hebrew in particular has a lot of terms that refer to multiple thematically similar concepts.
So no more boners, eh?
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Iirc, for those interested, it's actually a mistranslation of the original Hebrew term.
The original term is tzelas, which is a bit ambiguous.
It could be rib, but no real way of knowing.
Why would an omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscience god allow his word to be mistranslated?
Free will
Underrated comment.
Mysterious ways
It obviously translates to baculum, the dick bone.
Which tracks perfectly with both the Bible refering to multiple bones, only a part of which were "taken", and modern Hebrew speakers in the linked thread taking about how "rib" is probably the best translation.
It's also why Spider Monkeys are the second most Chosen primate, since they both lack a bacculum and had their own relative Spider Monkey Eve. Lacking only Spider Monkey Jesus. While Chimpanzees are mere animals, still having their dick bones.
Isn't the story that Eve was a remake after Lilith was kicked out? He needed the rib as "source material"?
Which is kind of a weird requirement when you just made the universe from scratch last week. Like why do we need crafting materials now?
You get infinite free resources during the tutorial.
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Nah, god just fucked up a little when making Adam, forgot to give him a full set of ribs. The whole female creation myth was just some quick thinking to cover up god's little oopsie and make Adam feel better. In reality, girls don't exist, especially on the internet
The answer is Lillith
Because Lillith wasn’t subservient to Adam; God made Eve from Adam to ensure she would always listen to him
Is that why I keep getting attacked by bears? Cos animals aren't subservient to man?
It’s because you keep trying to pet them
But the danger puppy is so fluffy
I'm all for calling Christian bullshit out but this is a boomer tier meme
I'm a boomer.
Ya know what? Fair enough and good on you for posting.
God created Adam from ~~nothing~~ mud. God is omnipotent. Why was he suddenly so restricted that he couldn't create Eve just from ~~nothing~~ some more mud? Why did he go "darn, I'll need something more, I guess I'll borrow a rib to do that."
Lilith was created from mud like Adam, and refused to be subservient to him, so Eve was made from Adam as a replacement
Where's the chapter and verse of Lilith being Adams wife?
I think it's a weak explanation for the apparant contradiction between the initial Yahwist creation narrative at Genesis 2:4 where Adam proceeded most animals and his "helper" and the subsequent 6-day Priestly narrative at 1:1 where man and woman were created at the same time on the sixth day.
Yes, the chronological order of the stories is reversed, according to most scholars. Lilith isn't in sacred scripture (unless you could words based on other forms of the origin of the name, but that's a stretch). She appears in post-second temple Jewish folklore (read: after Christianity branched off Judaism) if that's of any significance to you.
Okay good you know 😂 For an accurate Christian interpretation just read canonical church fathers and defer to church tradition. I'm Orthodox but Catholics would dismiss any interpretation applying any significance Lilith as well. Second Temple Judaism is just that. A lot of gnostic nonsense comes from it.
Now we're getting somewhere! But if God knows everything, how come he couldn't create the same thing consistently? How come he couldn't forsee that the first method wouldn't work?
Since Adam was made from mud, his rib was too.
So technically, Eve was also made from mud.
"Do I just boringly make a chick out of mud, again? Nah. I will cripple this guy to make her."
You can learn the theology and symbolism behind the creation in Genesis here. https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel/
I wasn't the one who downvoted you, but if you know the answer, I'm more than happy to hear about it.
From Genesis 2 --
23 And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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Man and woman are of one flesh. This ontology gives context and purpose to their relationship. Man and woman are meant to be reunited in the flesh to the Glory of God.
The podcast goes into more detail and explains it better than me.
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What about invertebrate species?
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