

| Subject: | Re: to strike a gender balance........ |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:32:10 -0500 |
I am not even going to "bite" on this one!!! <grin>!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Arlen wrote: > > Subject: Women's version of creation ... > > Moses' account of the creation in the book of Genesis is so familiar and > so entrenched in our cultural heritage that many accept as actual > historic fact the assertion that Woman was created from one of Adam's > ribs. > > Science has railed against such simple beliefs for centuries; last week, > at a dig in the escarpments along the western shore of the Dead Sea, > archeologists have uncovered ancient, original texts that pre-date > Moses' writings by 1,300 years. Translated, their account of life's > beginnings on earth are much more scientifically plausible ... "... and > God created Woman, giving her three breasts to suckle her young. And > God spoke, saying to her, "I have created thee as I see fit, but mine is > no longer the only opinion in the universe (sigh). Is there anything > about thee that thou would prefer differently?" > > And Woman spoke, saying, "Lord, I am not made to birth whole litters; I > do not need but two breasts." > > And God said, "Thou speak wisely, as I have created thee with wisdom." > > There was a crack and a lingering odor of ozone, and it was done, and > Woman stood holding her third breast in her hand. > > "Now just what am I gonna do with this useless boob?" Woman exclaimed. > > And so it was, God created Man.
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