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†. Gen 1:27b . . in the image of God created He him; male and female
He created them.
Some women would be offended to be called a "him" but it's a biblical
designation nonetheless. Regardless of one's gender, all human beings are
of the genus Adam and can be legitimately referred to as a him or as a he.
Bible students really have to watch for that because when they run across
the word "man" and/or "men" in the Bible, it doesn't eo ipso indicate males.
†. Gen 1:28a . . God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile
and increase,
Some interpret that verse to be a mandate requiring married people to have
children; and that they have no business getting married for any other
reason. But the wording is so obviously a blessing rather than a mandate;
especially since God said the very same thing to the winged creatures, and
the fish, and the reptiles, and the bugs, and the beasts.
It's always best to regard blessings as benefits and/or empowerments
unless clearly indicated otherwise. Some blessings have to be merited (e.g.
Deut 28:1-13) but not this one. It was neither requested nor was it earned:
it was freely given without any strings attached and nothing asked in return.
NOTE: The belief that couples should enter marriage for no other reason
than procreation is an invention right out of an ascetic imagination; and if
truth be known, it's in defense of a celibate clergy. According to Gen 2:18
24 and 1Cor 7:7-9, marriage is primarily for the purpose of companionship
rather than procreation. If in fact deliberately childless marriages are wrong,
then Catholicism's platonic union of Joseph and the Lord's mom would be a
sinful relationship.
Without the gift of fertility, Man would be just as sterile as a soup spoon. So
it was a very essential blessing. And a very interesting blessing it is because
the blessing of fertility empowers living things to pass their own kind of life
on to a next generation. God quit creating after six days. So unless
creatures were enabled to reproduce, all would soon die out and become
quite extinct in a very short time.
Libido therefore, is an essential element of the blessing of fertility. God
intended for His creatures to reproduce; and to ensure that they did, He
wired them all with libido rather than instilling within them a sense of duty.
It isn't necessary to cajole creatures to mate; no, they will do so on their
own, propelled by built-in sensual proclivities and predilections.
†. Gen 1:28b . . fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the
sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.
The Hebrew word for "master" is from kabash (kaw-bash') which emphasizes
coercion and force; and means: to disregard; to conquer, and to violate.
The word for "rule" is from radah (raw-daw') and means: to tread down; to
subjugate.
kabash and radah are very strong language. Those two words combined
leave no room for doubt regarding Man's supremacy in the sphere of things.
God blessed humanity with the authority to dominate and to violate planet
Earth at will, and exploit it to his own advantage.
Man answers to no plant nor animal on this entire globe. The whole Earth is
within the scope of humanity's purview. If aliens ever come here
unannounced, they can be arrested for trespassing, and/or charged for
parking.
But the interesting thing is; the Ruddy species is also the monarch of the
whole cosmos; not just the dinky little third rock from the Sun where he
hangs his hat.
"For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put
under him." (Heb 2:6-8)
†. Gen 1:29-30 . . God said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant
that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit;
they shall be yours for food. And to all the animals on land, to all the
winged creatures of the sky, and to everything that creeps on earth,
in which there is the breath of life, I give all the green plants for
food. And it was so.
Prior to the Flood; man, beast, bug, and birds too-- even the lions and tigers
and hawks and eagles and vultures and crocodiles --subsisted on fruits,
nuts, grains, and vegetables. Precisely what kind of diet God intended for
sea life is not stated.
That raises an interesting question: why do carnivores have teeth so
uniquely suited for killing other creatures and ripping their flesh? Well, I
think it's obvious that they didn't use their teeth like that at first.
For example; buck-toothed beavers have incisors that could take your hand
off but they don't use them for that purpose. Male musk deer have saber like
upper canine teeth and their diet is moss and grass and sometimes twigs
and lichen. And everybody knows about Wally the walrus' big ol' tusks;
which he doesn't use to kill his food, but rather, to plow up the sea bottom
in search of his favorite mollusks.
Though the fossilized remains of a therapsid, named Tiarajudens
eccentricus, exhibits saber tusks, it is believed to have efficiently chewed
leaves and stems with interlocking incisors and cow-like molars.
In the kingdom of God, carnivores won't be carnivorous any more, and
nothing in the animal kingdom will any longer pose a danger to either Man
or to each other. (Isa 11:6-9)
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†. Gen 1:27b . . in the image of God created He him; male and female
He created them.
Some women would be offended to be called a "him" but it's a biblical
designation nonetheless. Regardless of one's gender, all human beings are
of the genus Adam and can be legitimately referred to as a him or as a he.
Bible students really have to watch for that because when they run across
the word "man" and/or "men" in the Bible, it doesn't eo ipso indicate males.
†. Gen 1:28a . . God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile
and increase,
Some interpret that verse to be a mandate requiring married people to have
children; and that they have no business getting married for any other
reason. But the wording is so obviously a blessing rather than a mandate;
especially since God said the very same thing to the winged creatures, and
the fish, and the reptiles, and the bugs, and the beasts.
It's always best to regard blessings as benefits and/or empowerments
unless clearly indicated otherwise. Some blessings have to be merited (e.g.
Deut 28:1-13) but not this one. It was neither requested nor was it earned:
it was freely given without any strings attached and nothing asked in return.
NOTE: The belief that couples should enter marriage for no other reason
than procreation is an invention right out of an ascetic imagination; and if
truth be known, it's in defense of a celibate clergy. According to Gen 2:18
24 and 1Cor 7:7-9, marriage is primarily for the purpose of companionship
rather than procreation. If in fact deliberately childless marriages are wrong,
then Catholicism's platonic union of Joseph and the Lord's mom would be a
sinful relationship.
Without the gift of fertility, Man would be just as sterile as a soup spoon. So
it was a very essential blessing. And a very interesting blessing it is because
the blessing of fertility empowers living things to pass their own kind of life
on to a next generation. God quit creating after six days. So unless
creatures were enabled to reproduce, all would soon die out and become
quite extinct in a very short time.
Libido therefore, is an essential element of the blessing of fertility. God
intended for His creatures to reproduce; and to ensure that they did, He
wired them all with libido rather than instilling within them a sense of duty.
It isn't necessary to cajole creatures to mate; no, they will do so on their
own, propelled by built-in sensual proclivities and predilections.
†. Gen 1:28b . . fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the
sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.
The Hebrew word for "master" is from kabash (kaw-bash') which emphasizes
coercion and force; and means: to disregard; to conquer, and to violate.
The word for "rule" is from radah (raw-daw') and means: to tread down; to
subjugate.
kabash and radah are very strong language. Those two words combined
leave no room for doubt regarding Man's supremacy in the sphere of things.
God blessed humanity with the authority to dominate and to violate planet
Earth at will, and exploit it to his own advantage.
Man answers to no plant nor animal on this entire globe. The whole Earth is
within the scope of humanity's purview. If aliens ever come here
unannounced, they can be arrested for trespassing, and/or charged for
parking.
But the interesting thing is; the Ruddy species is also the monarch of the
whole cosmos; not just the dinky little third rock from the Sun where he
hangs his hat.
"For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put
under him." (Heb 2:6-8)
†. Gen 1:29-30 . . God said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant
that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit;
they shall be yours for food. And to all the animals on land, to all the
winged creatures of the sky, and to everything that creeps on earth,
in which there is the breath of life, I give all the green plants for
food. And it was so.
Prior to the Flood; man, beast, bug, and birds too-- even the lions and tigers
and hawks and eagles and vultures and crocodiles --subsisted on fruits,
nuts, grains, and vegetables. Precisely what kind of diet God intended for
sea life is not stated.
That raises an interesting question: why do carnivores have teeth so
uniquely suited for killing other creatures and ripping their flesh? Well, I
think it's obvious that they didn't use their teeth like that at first.
For example; buck-toothed beavers have incisors that could take your hand
off but they don't use them for that purpose. Male musk deer have saber like
upper canine teeth and their diet is moss and grass and sometimes twigs
and lichen. And everybody knows about Wally the walrus' big ol' tusks;
which he doesn't use to kill his food, but rather, to plow up the sea bottom
in search of his favorite mollusks.
Though the fossilized remains of a therapsid, named Tiarajudens
eccentricus, exhibits saber tusks, it is believed to have efficiently chewed
leaves and stems with interlocking incisors and cow-like molars.
In the kingdom of God, carnivores won't be carnivorous any more, and
nothing in the animal kingdom will any longer pose a danger to either Man
or to each other. (Isa 11:6-9)
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