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You seem unable to comprehend how woman could have come about if not by man's rib-- as though that's a perfectly reasonable explanation for our existance.  sigh...  

I was not made from a man and you were not made from a man.  The Bible is a book of fables written by men thousands of years ago in an attempt to explain the world around them and to control the masses.  And from what I've read in some of these postings so far, it's still working after all these years!   

Thousands of years ago, a bunch of men got sick of being asked, "Where did people come from?  Why is a pig called a pig?  How come childbirth is painful?"  so they decided to MAKE IT UP and write it down.  All those stories were compiled and there you have it: the Bible.  The same men wanted women to be subservient and didn't like homosexuals, so they told everyone that their "creator" felt that way and would punish anyone who deviated from those rules.  See?  That's how every religion and belief system started.  The Bible was (and still is) a very very clever tool for controlling people.  Instill enough fear in people that they will enter some horrific pit of fire and misery if they don't conform to a bunch of arbitrary rules, and they'll do just about anything to avoid going to that imaginary place.  Religious fundamentalists would rather close their minds and convince themselves that a man LIVED IN A WHALE for a few days than think about the possibility of "hell."  Many stories in the Bible are wise and beautiful parables, but they are not true stories meant to be taken literally.  If people would wake up to that fact and start using the potentially reasonable, brilliant minds they have, this world would be a much more fair and loving place.   

You seem unable to comprehend how woman could have come about if not by man's rib-- as though that's a perfectly reasonable explanation for our existance.  sigh...  

I was not made from a man and you were not made from a man.  The Bible is a book of fables written by men thousands of years ago in an attempt to explain the world around them and to control the masses.  And from what I've read in some of these postings so far, it's still working after all these years!   

Thousands of years ago, a bunch of men got sick of being asked, "Where did people come from?  Why is a pig called a pig?  How come childbirth is painful?"  so they decided to MAKE IT UP and write it down.  All those stories were compiled and there you have it: the Bible.  The same men wanted women to be subservient and didn't like homosexuals, so they told everyone that their "creator" felt that way and would punish anyone who deviated from those rules.  See?  That's how every religion and belief system started.  The Bible was (and still is) a very very clever tool for controlling people.  Instill enough fear in people that they will enter some horrific pit of fire and misery if they don't conform to a bunch of arbitrary rules, and they'll do just about anything to avoid going to that imaginary place.  Religious fundamentalists would rather close their minds and convince themselves that a man LIVED IN A WHALE for a few days than think about the possibility of "hell."  Many stories in the Bible are wise and beautiful parables, but they are not true stories meant to be taken literally.  If people would wake up to that fact and start using the potentially reasonable, brilliant minds they have, this world would be a much more fair and loving place.   

You seem unable to comprehend how woman could have come about if not by man's rib-- as though that's a perfectly reasonable explanation for our existance.  sigh...  

I was not made from a man and you were not made from a man.  The Bible is a book of fables written by men thousands of years ago in an attempt to explain the world around them and to control the masses.  And from what I've read in some of these postings so far, it's still working after all these years!   

Thousands of years ago, a bunch of men got sick of being asked, "Where did people come from?  Why is a pig called a pig?  How come childbirth is painful?"  so they decided to MAKE IT UP and write it down.  All those stories were compiled and there you have it: the Bible.  The same men wanted women to be subservient and didn't like homosexuals, so they told everyone that their "creator" felt that way and would punish anyone who deviated from those rules.  See?  That's how every religion and belief system started.  The Bible was (and still is) a very very clever tool for controlling people.  Instill enough fear in people that they will enter some horrific pit of fire and misery if they don't conform to a bunch of arbitrary rules, and they'll do just about anything to avoid going to that imaginary place.  Religious fundamentalists would rather close their minds and convince themselves that a man LIVED IN A WHALE for a few days than think about the possibility of "hell."  Many stories in the Bible are wise and beautiful parables, but they are not true stories meant to be taken literally.  If people would wake up to that fact and start using the potentially reasonable, brilliant minds they have, this world would be a much more fair and loving place.   

You seem unable to comprehend how woman could have come about if not by man's rib-- as though that's a perfectly reasonable explanation for our existance.  sigh...  

I was not made from a man and you were not made from a man.  The Bible is a book of fables written by men thousands of years ago in an attempt to explain the world around them and to control the masses.  And from what I've read in some of these postings so far, it's still working after all these years!   

Thousands of years ago, a bunch of men got sick of being asked, "Where did people come from?  Why is a pig called a pig?  How come childbirth is painful?"  so they decided to MAKE IT UP and write it down.  All those stories were compiled and there you have it: the Bible.  The same men wanted women to be subservient and didn't like homosexuals, so they told everyone that their "creator" felt that way and would punish anyone who deviated from those rules.  See?  That's how every religion and belief system started.  The Bible was (and still is) a very very clever tool for controlling people.  Instill enough fear in people that they will enter some horrific pit of fire and misery if they don't conform to a bunch of arbitrary rules, and they'll do just about anything to avoid going to that imaginary place.  Religious fundamentalists would rather close their minds and convince themselves that a man LIVED IN A WHALE for a few days than think about the possibility of "hell."  Many stories in the Bible are wise and beautiful parables, but they are not true stories meant to be taken literally.  If people would wake up to that fact and start using the potentially reasonable, brilliant minds they have, this world would be a much more fair and loving place.