Peace Sis. River.
Personally, I'd give my heart, liver, kidney and what-not if the Creator said he'd give me a good Sister. So I'm not sure about your point there...
Now that you mention it I may have overlooked a few of their contributions to world destruction. My bad to the king.Also, let's be honest, some things have originated in europe. White jesus, white god, black devil (concept of), racism, white supremacy, synthetic foods, AIDS, ressentiment and many other things. Some good things too, like uh... you know... printing technology or something (help me out here)?
Brotha this is where things get confusing. If we read the first chapter of Genesis the god of the bible creates Adam and Eve together and gives them both dominion over the earth (see verse 28). But in chapter two this god creates man first and there is no mention of dominion but he puts the man in the Garden of Eden to be the gardner. He then decides that it is not good for the man to be alone and as an after thought creates the animals. But none of them is suitable so we then get the proverbial story of the proverbial rib. Surprised? Read chapter two beginning with the fifth verse you will see a story they don't teach in Sunday school.My original question was directed at your first post which seemed to indicate that you blame Eve for the fall of man, I see that this is not the case.
You got an interesting point when you say that Eve knew her husband had dominion, and to have dominion one must have knowledge (unless you're a figurehead like Bush etc). But if you wanna get into details, who told Eve that Adam had dominion. Does the bible shed any light on this?
For if your theory is to have any validity it must be made certain that Eve was told upon her conception that Adam was "da man". If not, she acted out of something else than innocence...WAIT.
I'm re-reading your post yet again, and what it looks like this time around is that Eve planned a rebellion against god or something. Follow this:
1. Adam was "da man" (read: had dominion)
2. Eve was created and was informed that Adam was to have dominion
3. Eve talks to the snake, deems the apple good for Adam because it gives knowledge
4. Disobeys god (that is, Eve does) and gives Adam the knowledge to be independent of god
Whoa. I'm maybe taking it out of context.
I could continue here but I have a feeling you aren't the least bit interested in reading verse five of the satanic scriptures. It does say they were naked so funny you should mention Playboy.
My purpose is to re-examine and dispel the myth that Jesus came to save us from a hell we all deserve to go to but for the grace of the god of the bible. This myth is the foundation--the sine qua non of evangelical Christianity. Yet like so many things in the bible it crumbles when examined too closely.My final question, why apply Afrikan cosmology to a perverted book? That's like applying Odinani to the satanic scriptures or sankofa to a playboy magazine?
Just wondering, what's the purpose?
Much love, keep on flowing.
- Ikoro
Why do I use the bible to make this point? Because the myth does not exist outside the bible In every other system of belief that I know of salvation is based on charaacater. Our ancestors built pyramids all over the Earth but...do you know of any being built in Europe? These pyramids were aligned with the stars and had a reflective covering that could be seen from the sky. It's as if they were directing space traffic and saying don't even bother to come to Europe. Please correct me if I am mistaken about no pyramids in Europe. I just never heard of it. The white man is the only group to whom no prophet was sent. Yet through violence and deceit they have hoisted their book on the whole world. It has it's effect on us and it needs to be examined. Knowamsane?
Since it affects African People and is a point of reference for many of us who wouldn't dream of reading about the African cosmology it's good to show how that cosmology is present in a book that has taught us to fear and shun that very cosmology.