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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (6)	4/30/2003 2:20:06 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 520

Seems like women have been blamed for treachery that brings up destruction for a long time. But I think this has been more pronounced in Semitic religions than elsewhere. The Greek, Persian, and Hindus have had a tradition of honoring women and have had many strong goddesses. To this day, women are much more empowered amongst Persians and Hindus than their neighboring states. Both Greeks and Persians had female kings. And although ancient Egypt also had female kings, the royal dynasty was not Egyptian at all. I have read stories about Lilith [sp?] being the first woman created (also from mud), but Adam did not like her because she insisted on being on top during sex (Freud would have been proud of the implications). So God destroyed Lilith and created an obedient woman for Adam out of his rib. Does anyone know more about this? Also, I seem to recall stories of evidence that Jews used to believe in two Gods, a male and female. They became monotheist when their culture became so male dominated that the female god was unacceptable. I'd be interested to hear about theories on this too. ST