Relationships: Adam and Eve Revised
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Posted By: Ivan Butcher II on April 14, 2011 What I realize is that before you can cure the ills of our people, you have to first heal the relationships between black men and black women. The bulk of blogs and postings are on and about relationships. So that my response is understood, not necessarily accepted, I am posting this blog explaining the foundation of my philosophy. Adam and Eve Revised The parables in the old and new testaments, although they are meant to simplify GOD's messages, they are all left up to our own interpretations. Some choose to leave that up to their spiritual advisors. Others have their own interpretations, like myself. My interpretation is just that, it is not meant to give the impression that this is my understanding. My intention is not to sound blasphemous, but to have Faith in someone else's interpretation is, Wishful Thinking. I Hope that the manner in which I live my life and how I practice my beliefs, that I am worthy of GOD’S Forgiveness. In the beginning GOD created Life, and SHE create Lilith in HER image. [Yes! My GOD is a Woman. Man can neither birth nor nurse a baby. Men are exactly what we have been created for to provide for and to protect. The Amazon race of women were believed to be absent of men. Today all of this is possible with artificial insemination, In vitro fertilization and cloning of an egg with an egg. Man can only provide sperm if the woman accepts it. The question has been asked, What came first, the Chicken or the Egg? One thing is for sure, Adam never laid an Egg : ) Giving a gender to GOD is questionable, but if GOD is ALL of ALL, then GOD is both genders male and female. This point of view could definitely serve to support the Bisexual person. I am not talking about the exhibitionist, nor the economic and social opportunist. What, I feel is that GOD’S feminine nurturing side is the CREATOR.] (There are a lot of different interpretations of Lilith, but not in the testaments. This is mine.) Lilith being alone in Eden, GOD then created Adam. Adam was to provide for and to protect Lilith. and in return Lilith was to be submissive to Adam. Lilith feeling that she was first and had been surviving alone, objected to submitting to Adam, and she left Adam. When Lilith refused to return to Adam, GOD casted her out of Eden. Now, Lilith is at odds with Adam. (In some interpretations, Lilith mated with Satan and became the Queen of Darkness, mother of Dracula.) GOD sees that Adam needs a mate to provide for and to protect in order to feel fulfilled, SHE created Eve. Eve (woman), possessing the same ego as Lilith, was created from Adam’s rib so that she would be more submissive to Adam (man). The problem was that unprotected (or neglected) by Adam, Eve was submissive to the Serpent (Satan), or one of Lilith's off-spring. Eve coming with the feeling of Understanding to Adam, thus persuading him to disobey GOD's Command, they too were banished from Eden. [To me, the original sin that Christ died for was Adultery, because GOD gave Eve to Adam. To make matters worst, Eve gave her first child to Adam as his. Adam and Eve’s first child Cain was the son of the Serpent, or the offspring of Lilith.] Out side of Eden was chaos, and Adam and Eve had to adapt to and to nurture their family. Sibling rivalry was the reason for Abel’s death, Adam’s son, by the hand of his brother Cain. Afterwards, the suggestion is that all of Adam’s other children were with Eve. Following the timeline of events, the world became more evil lacking order and humanity, so God destroyed the world. Today! My intent is to focus specifically on the state of our Black families by using the symbolism of Adam / man and Eve / woman roles as parents. Because of slavery, black men were systematically deprived of being able to fulfill their purpose of providing for and protecting their families. Black women, surviving by any means necessary, matured not to have a need for her man. Too many of these women with this attitude, I consider to be the daughters of Lilith, who will not be submissive and with every opportunity, these women are partied to the emasculation of their men and sons. Whom, I consider to be the daughters of Eve are those women willing to self scarifies for the betterment of her children and to be submissive to their men, who in turn is expected to be provide for and to protect their families. But some of these women have to be reassured, that their man is going to keep her and her children secure to remain supportive, or they too may be lead astray like Eve. Now the responsibility, that all women must answer to, is their choice to have or not to have children, and with whom. The suffering of child bearing and rearing is the penance for Eve’s sin. The umbilical cord is that connection that the man does not have as a bond. So regardless of what part the man plays in the life of a child, the woman is fully responsible for her pregnancy, unless she is forced against her Will. For too long, too many daughters Eve are become more like Lilith, acting selfishly neglecting their responsibility to their children, especially the male child. I am not excusing the sons of Adam, but with so many working against them, a lot of men are succumbing to the challenges: first there is the system; next you have the Ante-man, who are loving each other; then the Anti-man, the woman who wants to act like a man and hating men; also there are the daughters of Lilith, who will never submit to a man and last the daughters of Eve, who have given up trying. Too many black women today do not seem to be willing to make the commitment to motherhood like the women of the past. The man can only be the head of the family when the woman allows him to be. Then she maybe willing to be submissive to him, only if he is able to provide for and to protect his family. Since, I believe that the woman is in control of the relationship, the man has to be reassured that his sacrifice of providing for and protecting the family is honored and respected. If not, men will continue to walk away and mistreat women. If the man is out doing all that he can for his family, then the woman is the primary role model and teacher for the children, again the man is the support. I remember at school one year, when we had a visiting guess artist from The Gambia speak to the students during an auditorium assembly, and one student asked, What rights did kids have in his country? His response was that the children of his country had but two rights: one, listen to the father and to do what ever the mother tells them to do. We need to get our families back to the state where both mothers and fathers are fulfilling their role as caregivers of GOD’S Children. (Communication is essential, but one good thing about writing is that you have the opportunity to express your opinion without interruptions defending your position : ) Ivan Butcher II If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Ivan Butcher II
Business Proprietor, The Butcher Shop of the Virgin Islands Member Since February 2008 |
Comments
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Brother Ivan, Women are not born hating men. When a father first holds his baby daughter, she falls in love. Her father is her first love. All other men must measure up. She doesn't know whether he is black or white, rich or poor, she LOVES him. There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a man with his big hands cradling his baby and her little hand encircle his big fingers. So, where does the break down come from? I know a baby girl who told her mother at age 4 or 5, "I don't mean to hurt your feelings or nothing, but I want to stay with my daddy." I know baby girls who defend their fathers against their mothers when they are arguing. I have been around the block a few times and I will be the first to admit that men, Black ones, have a hard row to hoe, but a real man makes his choices based on his VALUES and understand that there is no can't. A real woman will support her man no matter what, if he is worthy of her love and support and he undestands that there is no CAN'T. AND HIS BABY DAUGHTER WILL LOVE HIM UNCONDITIONALLY. Friday, April 15th 2011 at 6:38PM |
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Any way, MAN wrote all of those stories and changed them them to suit himself..
Friday, April 15th 2011 at 6:40PM |
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Adam and Eve Revised? How about this revision, THERE WAS NO ADAM AND EVE.
Friday, April 15th 2011 at 6:41PM |
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Greetings Ms. Johnson Our problem as a Black Family is the Father that you speak of has been absent, mines wasn't there, I addressed my position on that issue in Man Up....... I posted. My parable approach to relationships was just that. If you look at the women and men in your life, you can probably identify those that fit my characterizations. I feel the lack of communication has been and is the divide. Most women I have contact with, especially those who never experienced that male nurturing are struggling with compromising their achievements, goals, values........etc. And they shouldn't have too. I have a daughter, grand-daughters, nieces, etc., and I would speak to anything I felt was harmful to them. I was that Father to my daughter, and I tried to be that role model for all of the students I have had. As for Adam and Eve, I believe they were the Ancient Astronauts stranded/abandoned here, and science can support this theory more so than any parable. Friday, April 15th 2011 at 7:20PM |
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