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[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Lilith left Adam after she refused to become subservient to him and then would not return to the Garden of Eden

Based.


All Hail Lilith, The sacred mother of Feminism

Tonesatire

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She became the first demon. The first example of the Bible literally demonizing women.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sort of but not really. Lilith isn't in the biblical version of Adam and Eve. There might be one mention of Lilith in and unrelated story in Isaiah, or it might be an old Hebrew word for screech owl.

The connection to Adam comes from folktales and fanfics written 1,000 years later. In terms of biblical tradition, she's closer to Steve than Adam.

The Bible does a fine job of demonizing women, starting with Eve. But Christians don't need a scriptural reason to demonize something they can't control.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Steve ? You mean from Minecraft?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point, I meant 1000 years after the ecumenical councils established what books would be included in the Bible.

But you're right, Genesis and Isaiah are old testament, much older than the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

We need the Book of Rejects. All the books and stories that were considered but not included

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

That's the reason my wife and I named our daughter Lilith.

She's not taking anyone's shit.