quoting note1xck…xx4jMy takeaways from Genesis chapter 1 and 2, and Psalm 19:
Creation didn’t start from destruction, violence, boredom, or sex. It starts out of God’s sheer goodness (very different from other religious origin stories).
God created humans for 3 purposes: labor, leisure, and love.
Every day of creation is good.
On women and Eve: the word “helper” is used, but not to be meant as lower. Seems to be meant as something more profound with the way that “God is my helper” is used. note1l03…0fkx
marksea on Nostr: When God took Eve from Adam, he did not take her from his head to lord it over him, ...
When God took Eve from Adam, he did not take her from his head to lord it over him, nor from his foot to be walked upon by him. He took her from his side to walk with him, from beneath his arm to be guarded by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.