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[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a lot of bullshit in genesis to make fun of, but this is the least weird.

it's implied in the bible that Adam and eve had heaps of kids.

[–] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, women just aren't mentioned because the author probably didn't believe they matter.

[–] lauric@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He wasn’t wrong for though. His assessment retained validity for the the following millenia.

[–] HamBrick@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

This comment is technically correct, people stuck with this ideology for quite a while after the Bible was written

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Wow at the time of commenting this, over twenty people got upset because you pointed out women were regarded less important than men for centuries.