An odd bit of trivia
Jun. 19th, 2008 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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17 Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of [g] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
Out of the line of Cain comes every major cultural and civilization advance.
Herding.
Music
bronze and iron working.
Is this to say creativity and technology are wicked?
17 Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of [g] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
Out of the line of Cain comes every major cultural and civilization advance.
Herding.
Music
bronze and iron working.
Is this to say creativity and technology are wicked?
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Date: 2008-06-20 04:26 am (UTC)The way christianity was taught for a couple thousand years was that stinking was your punishment as was disease and famine. Women were denied painkillers in childbirth because it was their punishment for taking the apple, and ignorance was your lot in life.
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Date: 2008-06-20 04:35 am (UTC)It was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Good and Evil really don't figure into working bronze.
The stinking really didn't get started until we lost Roman plumbing. Then someone decided that being naked was sinful, so baths were wicked.
And that lasted until Francis Bacon came up "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." (the Wesley brothers popularized it)
But yes the childbirth pain is explicitly stated as a curse on women.
Which is why I maintained for so long that not only was God male, he hated people.