Is the Bible Fair to Women?
Author: YoonOk Kim
Is the Bible Fair to Women?
Everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden!
But, do you know who Lilith is, before the creation of Eve?
Lilith~~~Adam's mythological first wife!
I have growing Tiger Lily for four years now at my HaPPy Garden, and the Tiger Lily reminded me of Lilith~~~Adam's mythological first wife. Here is the reason why.
Tiger Lilies are all over at my HaPPy garden~~~front, back and side of my house! They were there before I moved in this house four years ago. Two years ago, I wanted to grow low growing flowers in one section~~~ my left side of the garden~~~ to have only small and tiny ground cover flowers. Since Tiger Lilies grew tall and stood out in that part of garden, I transferred all of them out~~~around 60 roots and gave away all the Tiger Lilies I had from that specific area. But, one small tiny Tiger Lily bulb survived, now she spread and spread~~~ spread many more Tiger Lilies ~~~just like Lilith!
No matter how we try to eradicate or to eliminate, Lilith will survive!
Lilith Will be around here forever and forever, and she will never die!
Lilith Will Survive!
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Do you know who Lilith is?
According to many other myths and ancient historical texts, Eve was NOT Adam's first wife, but Lilith was. According to the legends, some say, Lilith left Adam because she did not want to submit to him. Others say, Adam could not handle this strong opinionated woman and kicked her out.
Because she refused to obey Adam, Lilith was considered to be evil in the image of woman.
Lilith is out of the bible! With her complete absence from Scripture, Lilith is nothing more than a myth. She has to face not only harsh criticism, but also the cruel insulting considering her as an evil woman who can snatch up children from out of the darkness. Some people made jokes on her revenge on the children of Eve or attacks babies at childbirth while others blamed her wrong doings by accusing her of having jealousy.
This is why the origin of the term "lullaby" coming from the name Lilith to prevent snatching away from Evil Lilith.
Is Lilith Evil?
Lilith was out of Bible because Bible authors do not want her strong equality mankind voice, but only kept Eve who was created from Adam's rib~~~ according to the Bible! That is why there are two different creation accounts in Genesis chapters 1-2. Because of the absence of Lilith, the Bible has been faced for the contradictions of two different creation events in Genesis. Some smart Christian scholars have tried to explain this contradiction as one is the physical birth and the other is the spiritual birth.
Hmmmm~~~~with the absence of Lilith????? Is this fair on Lilith?
That is one of many reasons I call Bible authors as sexists against women. It started from Genesis and move to all over both Old Testament and New Testament~~~all over~~~ sexists and racists owning slaves women and treating women as property like cattle, bought, sold, traded, slaughtered . And later, the Bible show how to beat and/or sleep with female slaves besides teaching how much a rapist pay money to the father of the victims while teaching "Loving Your Enemies" in the name of God and love at the same time.
Does this make sense to you? Is this fair to women?
The use of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden is so crucial for Christians because it is where the concept of "original sin" comes from. Without this story, Jesus wouldn't have had to die for humanity.
Is this fair on Lilith at all? Is the Bible fair to women at all?
Article Source:
http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/is-the-bible-fair-to-women-5021051.html
About the Author
YoonOk Kim began writing after experiencing a near-death from her brain aneurysm rupture in 2007. After more than one month of hospitalization in the ICU, she came home with many setbacks.
When she felt she had NO hope and NO life, her backyard welcomed her to start new life...a new chapter. By working in the soil, planting seeds, and connecting to mother earth, she asked herself, "Who am I?".
With her feet and her two hands, like roots, connecting with the warmth of the mother soil, she dig up the soil to plant seeds of love and healing and peace.
In the same way she dig in her garden, she dig up the story of her mother and her grandmother, while the history of her birth land, Korea, lingers in the background. Through the digging of the soil and the past, she now realizes that her family story is a part of history~~~not separate from it. Through the rootedness from the plants, she now feels and smells the soil.
This was how she started writing her stories to heal the root~~~protect our Mother Earth.
