In Friday's news we got this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4404682.stm
"The brain structure of people with autism is an "exaggeration" of the
normal male brain, researchers suggest. It has long been suggested
that autistic behaviour is an exaggeration of male habits such as
making lists. But Cambridge Autism Research Centre researchers say the
actual development of the autistic brain also exaggerates what happens
in male brains. "

And the following Monday, this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4406176.stm
"The female hormone oestrogen could give women the edge when it comes
to tasks such as safe driving, say researchers. Tests showed attention
span and ability to learn rules were far better among women than men. "

No surprises there! But let's think about this: Christian, Islamic,
and Judaic religious mythology has it that a god made a man first, and
women as a much belated afterthought. The question here is: just what
*was* Adam supposed to do by himself in Eden?

The Bible assures us in Genesis 2 that this creator was so stupid that
he forgot to make arrangements to take care of this perfect garden he
made. But why would he need to take care of it in the first place if
it were perfectly designed? Didn't he *design* care into it? Wasn't
it supposed to be a self-sustaining system? Here's one of the very
earliest clues we get from the Bible writers that the Bible writers
were clueless.

This god's "solution" to the problem was to create a human to take care
of the "garden". So the Bible assures us that this god had no original
plan to create humans. There was no pact, no covenant, no place in
Heaven. Indeed, there was no afterlife in the Old Testament.
Afterlife was an afterthought of the New Testament liars.

In the OT, people lived and died, and that was it. This god created
Adam himself as an afterthought - as nothing more than a janitor. The
planet was the pinnacle of creation, and Adam was the gardener. God
said to Adam, "That shallot? That's your lot!" One man. One planet.
Even match. According to the clueless Bible scribes.

So all Adam had to do was sit and twiddle his green thumbs. Or twiddle
*something*, as boys are prone to do. Maybe he could talk to the
animals? We have it on good authority (at least, believers certify
that it's good authority) that there was at least one talking snake,
who was more truthful than the creator. There was even a talking ***** -
or is it just that this god talks out of his *****?

God wasn't an *****, you say? Then why did he fail to create the female
half of the equation immediately? If this god wasn't a complete moron,
why did he parade every single animal in front of Adam to encourage him
to indulge in bestiality before the dimmest bulb in the universe
finally popped on, and he created a woman?

I find it curious that if Adam is supposed to be the head of the
household, he was loosely thrown together from dirt: mostly silicon
with the rotting remains of plants and animals mixed in, whereas the
woman was sturdily sculpted out of pristine bone.

Is this why many men think the purpose of a woman is to be boned? No
wonder they get ribbed for it, but it does tie in with the assessment
of the news items at the start of this article. And it brings me to my
second question. If Homo was sapiens, and the only sapiens in the
menagerie, why did this god imbue him with such aggression?

This god made Adam the most aggressive species he ever created. This
was (so believers claim) the pinnacle of his creation - the master of
all he surveyed. He was supposed to have dominion over the Earth and
everything in it. There were no other humans. So why was this man
made to be so aggressive? What did he have to fear? What did he have
to stand up to? What did he have to fight? *Nothing*! Why would a
god put this troublesome ingredient into the mix?

And how come Eve got to be so sweet? How come she didn't have to worry
about that extreme male brain? How come she got to have "oestrogen" to
enable her to learn better? How come she was made so social when there
were no people to socialize with? Is the joke true that when god made
man she was only practicing, and her perfection was Eve? Maybe Eve was
supposed to be parthenogenic and god forgot to delete Adam?

So while Adam is sitting around making a list of all the animals he's
known and loved, Eve is striving to learn the rules. She was never
warned by this god about the fruit tree (this same god who robbed her
of the ability to tell right from wrong) and that fruit sure was the
smart choice.

Or is it that there is no god and what we have is nothing more than a
species of animal which got too "smart" for itself, and we've been
dealing with the fruits of that ever since?

Budikka

In Friday's news we got this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4404682.stm
"The brain structure of people with autism is an "exaggeration" of the
normal male brain, researchers suggest. It has long been suggested
that autistic behaviour is an exaggeration of male habits such as
making lists. But Cambridge Autism Research Centre researchers say the
actual development of the autistic brain also exaggerates what happens
in male brains. "

And the following Monday, this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4406176.stm
"The female hormone oestrogen could give women the edge when it comes
to tasks such as safe driving, say researchers. Tests showed attention
span and ability to learn rules were far better among women than men. "

No surprises there! But let's think about this: Christian, Islamic,
and Judaic religious mythology has it that a god made a man first, and
women as a much belated afterthought. The question here is: just what
*was* Adam supposed to do by himself in Eden?

The Bible assures us in Genesis 2 that this creator was so stupid that
he forgot to make arrangements to take care of this perfect garden he
made. But why would he need to take care of it in the first place if
it were perfectly designed? Didn't he *design* care into it? Wasn't
it supposed to be a self-sustaining system? Here's one of the very
earliest clues we get from the Bible writers that the Bible writers
were clueless.

This god's "solution" to the problem was to create a human to take care
of the "garden". So the Bible assures us that this god had no original
plan to create humans. There was no pact, no covenant, no place in
Heaven. Indeed, there was no afterlife in the Old Testament.
Afterlife was an afterthought of the New Testament liars.

In the OT, people lived and died, and that was it. This god created
Adam himself as an afterthought - as nothing more than a janitor. The
planet was the pinnacle of creation, and Adam was the gardener. God
said to Adam, "That shallot? That's your lot!" One man. One planet.
Even match. According to the clueless Bible scribes.

So all Adam had to do was sit and twiddle his green thumbs. Or twiddle
*something*, as boys are prone to do.

animals? We have it on good authority (at least, believers certify
that it's good authority) that there was at least one talking snake,
who was more truthful than the creator. There was even a talking ***** -
or is it just that this god talks out of his *****?

God wasn't an *****, you say? Then why did he fail to create the female
half of the equation immediately?

why did he parade every single animal in front of Adam to encourage him
to indulge in bestiality before the dimmest bulb in the universe
finally popped on, and he created a woman?

I find it curious that if Adam is supposed to be the head of the
household, he was loosely thrown together from dirt: mostly silicon
with the rotting remains of plants and animals mixed in, whereas the
woman was sturdily sculpted out of pristine bone.

Is this why many men think the purpose of a woman is to be boned? No
wonder they get ribbed for it, but it does tie in with the assessment
of the news items at the start of this article. And it brings me to my
second question. If Homo was sapiens, and the only sapiens in the
menagerie, why did this god imbue him with such aggression?

This god made Adam the most aggressive species he ever created.

was (so believers claim) the pinnacle of his creation - the master of
all he surveyed. He was supposed to have dominion over the Earth and
everything in it. There were no other humans. So why was this man
made to be so aggressive? What did he have to fear? What did he have
to stand up to? What did he have to fight? *Nothing*! Why would a
god put this troublesome ingredient into the mix?

And how come Eve got to be so sweet? How come she didn't have to worry
about that extreme male brain? How come she got to have "oestrogen" to
enable her to learn better? How come she was made so social when there
were no people to socialize with? Is the joke true that when god made
man she was only practicing, and her perfection was Eve? Maybe Eve was
supposed to be parthenogenic and god forgot to delete Adam?

So while Adam is sitting around making a list of all the animals he's
known and loved, Eve is striving to learn the rules.

warned by this god about the fruit tree (this same god who robbed her
of the ability to tell right from wrong) and that fruit sure was the
smart choice.

Or is it that there is no god and what we have is nothing more than a
species of animal which got too "smart" for itself, and we've been
dealing with the fruits of that ever since?

Budikka

The Bible assures us in Genesis 2 that this creator was so stupid that
he forgot to make arrangements to take care of this perfect garden he
made. But why would he need to take care of it in the first place if
it were perfectly designed? Didn't he *design* care into it? Wasn't
it supposed to be a self-sustaining system? Here's one of the very
earliest clues we get from the Bible writers that the Bible writers
were clueless.

The question here is: just what *was* Adam supposed to do by himself
in Eden?

In Friday's news we got this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4404682.stm
"The brain structure of people with autism is an "exaggeration" of
the
normal male brain, researchers suggest. It has long been suggested
that autistic behaviour is an exaggeration of male habits such as
making lists. But Cambridge Autism Research Centre researchers say
the actual development of the autistic brain also exaggerates what
happens in male brains. "

And the following Monday, this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4406176.stm
"The female hormone oestrogen could give women the edge when it
comes
to tasks such as safe driving, say researchers. Tests showed
attention span and ability to learn rules were far better among
women than men. "

No surprises there! But let's think about this: Christian, Islamic,
and Judaic religious mythology has it that a god made a man first,
and
women as a much belated afterthought. The question here is: just
what *was* Adam supposed to do by himself in Eden?

The Bible assures us in Genesis 2 that this creator was so stupid
that he forgot to make arrangements to take care of this perfect
garden he
made. But why would he need to take care of it in the first place
if
it were perfectly designed? Didn't he *design* care into it?
Wasn't
it supposed to be a self-sustaining system? Here's one of the very
earliest clues we get from the Bible writers that the Bible writers
were clueless.

This god's "solution" to the problem was to create a human to take
care
of the "garden". So the Bible assures us that this god had no
original
plan to create humans. There was no pact, no covenant, no place in
Heaven. Indeed, there was no afterlife in the Old Testament.
Afterlife was an afterthought of the New Testament liars.

In the OT, people lived and died, and that was it. This god created
Adam himself as an afterthought - as nothing more than a janitor.
The
planet was the pinnacle of creation, and Adam was the gardener. God
said to Adam, "That shallot? That's your lot!" One man. One
planet.
Even match. According to the clueless Bible scribes.

So all Adam had to do was sit and twiddle his green thumbs. Or
twiddle
*something*, as boys are prone to do. Maybe he could talk to the
animals? We have it on good authority (at least, believers certify
that it's good authority) that there was at least one talking snake,
who was more truthful than the creator. There was even a talking
***** - or is it just that this god talks out of his *****?

God wasn't an *****, you say? Then why did he fail to create the
female
half of the equation immediately? If this god wasn't a complete
moron, why did he parade every single animal in front of Adam to
encourage him to indulge in bestiality before the dimmest bulb in
the universe finally popped on, and he created a woman?

I find it curious that if Adam is supposed to be the head of the
household, he was loosely thrown together from dirt: mostly silicon
with the rotting remains of plants and animals mixed in, whereas the
woman was sturdily sculpted out of pristine bone.

Is this why many men think the purpose of a woman is to be boned?
No wonder they get ribbed for it, but it does tie in with the
assessment
of the news items at the start of this article. And it brings me to
my
second question. If Homo was sapiens, and the only sapiens in the
menagerie, why did this god imbue him with such aggression?

This god made Adam the most aggressive species he ever created.
This was (so believers claim) the pinnacle of his creation - the
master of
all he surveyed. He was supposed to have dominion over the Earth
and
everything in it. There were no other humans. So why was this man
made to be so aggressive? What did he have to fear? What did he
have
to stand up to? What did he have to fight? *Nothing*! Why would a
god put this troublesome ingredient into the mix?

And how come Eve got to be so sweet? How come she didn't have to
worry
about that extreme male brain? How come she got to have "oestrogen"
to
enable her to learn better? How come she was made so social when
there
were no people to socialize with? Is the joke true that when god
made
man she was only practicing, and her perfection was Eve? Maybe Eve
was supposed to be parthenogenic and god forgot to delete Adam?

So while Adam is sitting around making a list of all the animals
he's
known and loved, Eve is striving to learn the rules. She was never
warned by this god about the fruit tree (this same god who robbed
her of the ability to tell right from wrong) and that fruit sure was
the smart choice.

Or is it that there is no god and what we have is nothing more than
a species of animal which got too "smart" for itself, and we've been
dealing with the fruits of that ever since?

Budikka

No surprises there! But let's think about this: Christian, Islamic,
and Judaic religious mythology has it that a god made a man first, and
women as a much belated afterthought. The question here is: just what
*was* Adam supposed to do by himself in Eden?

The Bible assures us in Genesis 2 that this creator was so stupid that
he forgot to make arrangements to take care of this perfect garden he
made. But why would he need to take care of it in the first place if
it were perfectly designed? Didn't he *design* care into it? Wasn't
it supposed to be a self-sustaining system? Here's one of the very
earliest clues we get from the Bible writers that the Bible writers
were clueless.

This god's "solution" to the problem was to create a human to take care
of the "garden". So the Bible assures us that this god had no original
plan to create humans. There was no pact, no covenant, no place in
Heaven. Indeed, there was no afterlife in the Old Testament.
Afterlife was an afterthought of the New Testament liars.

In the OT, people lived and died, and that was it. This god created
Adam himself as an afterthought - as nothing more than a janitor. The
planet was the pinnacle of creation, and Adam was the gardener. God
said to Adam, "That shallot? That's your lot!" One man. One planet.
Even match. According to the clueless Bible scribes.

So all Adam had to do was sit and twiddle his green thumbs. Or twiddle
*something*, as boys are prone to do. Maybe he could talk to the
animals? We have it on good authority (at least, believers certify
that it's good authority) that there was at least one talking snake,
who was more truthful than the creator. There was even a talking ***** -
or is it just that this god talks out of his *****?

God wasn't an *****, you say? Then why did he fail to create the female
half of the equation immediately? If this god wasn't a complete moron,
why did he parade every single animal in front of Adam to encourage him
to indulge in bestiality before the dimmest bulb in the universe
finally popped on, and he created a woman?

I find it curious that if Adam is supposed to be the head of the
household, he was loosely thrown together from dirt: mostly silicon
with the rotting remains of plants and animals mixed in, whereas the
woman was sturdily sculpted out of pristine bone.

Is this why many men think the purpose of a woman is to be boned? No
wonder they get ribbed for it, but it does tie in with the assessment
of the news items at the start of this article. And it brings me to my
second question. If Homo was sapiens, and the only sapiens in the
menagerie, why did this god imbue him with such aggression?

This god made Adam the most aggressive species he ever created. This
was (so believers claim) the pinnacle of his creation - the master of
all he surveyed. He was supposed to have dominion over the Earth and
everything in it. There were no other humans. So why was this man
made to be so aggressive? What did he have to fear? What did he have
to stand up to? What did he have to fight? *Nothing*! Why would a
god put this troublesome ingredient into the mix?

And how come Eve got to be so sweet?

How come she didn't have to worry
about that extreme male brain? How come she got to have "oestrogen" to
enable her to learn better? How come she was made so social when there
were no people to socialize with? Is the joke true that when god made
man she was only practicing, and her perfection was Eve? Maybe Eve was
supposed to be parthenogenic and god forgot to delete Adam?

So while Adam is sitting around making a list of all the animals he's
known and loved, Eve is striving to learn the rules.

She was never
warned by this god about the fruit tree

(this same god who robbed her
of the ability to tell right from wrong) and that fruit sure was the
smart choice.

Or is it that there is no god and what we have is nothing more than a
species of animal which got too "smart" for itself, and we've been
dealing with the fruits of that ever since?