Well, he doesn’t really “need” anything… Because omnipotence. He could have just made them long for each other. He could have just made Lilith less independent. Or he could have just made Adam not terrified of the second, unnamed wife… The whole thing really starts to break down the more you think about it :/
Lol I never take the Bible at face value. Wine Is blood of christ and such is ridiculous if literal.
I took the “rib” as a psychological independence humans would have had like solitary cat.
Or maybe the “rib” symbolizes is the hormones human feel when being happily around others.
In any case, Something was taken out of humans that led to need for companionship In others so we fit together like a puzzle piece.
Why? Cause the dude is a programmer and like shortcuts.
That’s an interesting take, but if it’s a metaphor then it’s a broken one. Eve never had to lose anything, she’s whole and ergo, metaphorically, women wouldn’t feel the longing and need for companionship or whatever it is thats meant to be symbolized. If the torah is making a metaphor, then a better interpretation of the text might be that woman is created to be an object of man’s desire.
Ironically, the original story of Adam and Lilith being one, conjoined entity that is later split into two by god actually functions much better as a metaphor for human need to find love and companionship, but thats not the story that gets cannonized.
Well, he doesn’t really “need” anything… Because omnipotence. He could have just made them long for each other. He could have just made Lilith less independent. Or he could have just made Adam not terrified of the second, unnamed wife… The whole thing really starts to break down the more you think about it :/
Lol I never take the Bible at face value. Wine Is blood of christ and such is ridiculous if literal.
I took the “rib” as a psychological independence humans would have had like solitary cat. Or maybe the “rib” symbolizes is the hormones human feel when being happily around others.
In any case, Something was taken out of humans that led to need for companionship In others so we fit together like a puzzle piece.
Why? Cause the dude is a programmer and like shortcuts.
That’s an interesting take, but if it’s a metaphor then it’s a broken one. Eve never had to lose anything, she’s whole and ergo, metaphorically, women wouldn’t feel the longing and need for companionship or whatever it is thats meant to be symbolized. If the torah is making a metaphor, then a better interpretation of the text might be that woman is created to be an object of man’s desire.
Ironically, the original story of Adam and Lilith being one, conjoined entity that is later split into two by god actually functions much better as a metaphor for human need to find love and companionship, but thats not the story that gets cannonized.
good take.
It to me is not so much like God broke Adam and put it in eve. As much as they both got 1/2 of something the old Adam 1.0 had.
You point still applies regardless.
Ah i see, that’s a fair interpretation. I never thought about it like that.