Adam was desparate

by peacefulpete 10 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    I found this:

    Now, God had set Adam to name every beast, bird and other living thing. When they passed before him in pairs, male and female, Adam-being already like a twenty-year-old man-felt jealous of their loves, and though , he tried coupling with each female in turn act but found no satisfaction in the act. He therefore cried: 'Every creature but I has a proper mate ! ', and prayed God would remedy this injustice.

    The tradition that man's first sexual intercourse was with animals, not women, may be due to the widely spread practice of bestiality among herdsmen of the Middle East, which is still condoned by custom, although figuring three times in the Pentateuch as a capital crime. In the Akkadian Gilgamesh Epic, Enkidu is said to have lived with gazelles and jostled other wild beasts at the watering place, until civilized by Aruru's priestess. Having enjoyed her embraces for six days and seven nights, he wished to rejoin the wild beasts but, to his surprise, they fled from him. Enkidu then knew that he had gained understanding, and the priestess said: 'Thou art wise, Enkidu, like unto a godl'

  • joenobody
    joenobody

    Where did you find that quote that he attempted coupling with all the animals?

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    Adam was probably getting really tired of getting up behind the animals and having the crap kicked out of his shins.

    ***** Rub a Dub

  • shotgun
    shotgun

    That must be why God cursed cattle at the same time he cursed the snake.....all this time I thought it was because God stepped in a cow patty while walking in the garden looking for Adam and Eve......then again maybe this is just udder nonsense.

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    Jewish traditon, according to the book, Jewish Myths by Robert Graves. I have the book at home I'll see if it provides the exact reference.

  • RunningMan
    RunningMan

    Hey, as former JWs, we all believed the same thing:

    "Before God created anything new, a woman, God left the man free to determine whether there was a suitable companion for him among all the lower animals." - Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God," 1966 version, p. 45-47

    And what about Abel? He was a shepherd, 2000 years before humans ate meat. Just what was he doing with those sheep? (Don't forget that there weren't many women around yet)

  • dustyb
    dustyb

    that points to another good question....why did god give a bear male AND female, but he couldn't realize to give his own people male and female for reproduction??

    Adam - WHY GOD WHY??!?!?!? I WANT POON!!

    God - You are man, therefore you are a goat f*cker =P i am making it to where you can't sin or commit adultery or dreaming of whacking off to someone elses wife. have fun =D

  • Gadget
    Gadget

    "Before God created anything new, a woman, God left the man free to determine whether there was a suitable companion for him among all the lower animals." - Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God," 1966 version, p. 45-47

    That books not available on the cd-rom, anybody know wheres thers a text version available online? Or is it available on some of the older cd's?

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    Gen. Rab.17.4; B Yebamot 63a is offered as source for the comment. The legend obviously floated around for a while befor becoming incorporated into the Genesis story. Perhaps due to the official condemnation of the practice by the Priestly and Deuteronomist editers the more explicit material was left out of the Genesis version that eventually became Canon.

    The other similarities to the Babylonian story have been remarked upon. "The fear of man" in the animals is likewise connected.

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    That books not available on the cd-rom, anybody know wheres thers a text version available online? Or is it available on some of the older cd's?

    You know why don't you?

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