The monotheistic God is almost always interpreted as patriarchal. He is the Father and we are the children. You pray to him for personal protection ("I alone can fix it"). You want to please him, "or else". You have a personal relationship with him/his son, making you and what you want quite special and important, and it gives you the right to go and take it. Sound familiar?
The monotheistic God is almost always interpreted as patriarchal. He is the Father and we are the children. You pray to him for personal protection ("I alone can fix it"). You want to please him, "or else". You have a personal relationship with him/his son, making you and what you want quite special and important, and it gives you the right to go and take it. Sound familiar?
The monotheistic God is almost always interpreted as patriarchal. He is the Father and we are the children. You pray to him for personal protection ("I alone can fix it"). You want to please him, "or else". You have a personal relationship with him/his son, making you and what you want quite special and important, and it gives you the right to go and take it. Sound familiar?
Blame those who “wrote” the Bible as we know it today. I’m surprised the translators included the statement that God created Man AND Woman.