Myths and Realities of the Second Creation: From Theology to Misogyny"
Introduction
It can be observed that this second creator follows a different, inverse order from the first, with no reference to time, which leads one to think that everything was created in a single day, to then proceed with the second phase, which includes the story of Adam and Eve.
The Second Creation and Its Parallels with Other Mythologies
However, for countless reasons that will be explained below, the second creation gives the impression that it was not dictated by a god and that it was written long after the first, when the world had already existed for some time. It was probably authored by one or several writers, with the striking feature that it contains surprising parallels with Mesopotamian and Greek mythologies.
Reading this story, it becomes clear that the author or authors were not careful enough to avoid leaving visible errors or flaws that would raise doubts about the truth of what is expressed.
The Prohibition of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
After forming the first human being from the dust of the earth, God planted a garden in Eden and placed him there. He made trees grow that were pleasing to the eye, and especially, He placed in the middle of the garden the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; the latter was forbidden for the newly created man to eat from, on the penalty of death.
This prohibition could not have come from an omniscient God, who knows everything—past, present, and, of course, the future—since this imposition represented a restriction on that being, who was the seed of all humanity, from knowing good and evil, a condition absolutely necessary for human coexistence. Therefore, it can be considered an absurd impediment.
Theological and Philosophical Interpretations
This prohibition has led to many theological, philosophical, and, to a greater extent, imaginative interpretations.
Among these deductions, wise exegetes have given it a sexual connotation; that is, a prohibition against sexual relations. This represents another absurdity because, if followed according to this interpretation, human beings would not multiply, and the newly created earth would remain unpopulated.
The Reaction of a Human-like God
Despite the risk of violating the prohibition imposed by God, it was broken, yet no death occurred. However, the reaction of this creator God was far from divine, as He acted like an ordinary human, filled with conflicting emotions of hatred and anger, imposing punishments, expulsions, and even going as far as cursing His own creation.
Geographical Inconsistencies in the Creation
Another aspect of this creation that raises doubts about its truth is the mention of rivers and lands with familiar and existing names, like Pishon, which winds through the land of Havilah, where there is gold, bdellium, and onyx; Gihon, which encircles the land of Cush; the Tigris River, east of Assyria; and the Euphrates River.
It is astonishing that if God was creating the world, how could He mention rivers with known names, existing rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates, and already existing lands like Assyria and Havilah? Moreover, He refers to precious metals in these lands, whose quality had already been determined.
Eve and the Prohibition of the Tree of Knowledge
Another unanswered question contained in this second creation is the fact that Christianity attributes the violation of the prohibition of eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil to the woman, Eve, without considering that such a prohibition was only imposed on Adam, as can be read in Genesis 2:16 and 2:17. Additionally, it is clear that at that time, Eve did not exist; she had not yet been created. Despite this, the disobedience was attributed to her, making her responsible for all the evils imagined by the Church Fathers.
When the serpent asked Eve (Genesis 3:1) if God had told her not to eat from every tree in the garden, Eve lied, responding that she could eat from the fruit of the trees in the garden (which tacitly includes the tree of life), but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, she said, "God said: ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’"
When, at what moment, did God impose this prohibition on Eve? There is no evidence that God had spoken to her, nor that Adam had imposed it on her.
Conclusion: Reflections on the Two Creations
All these unanswered questions in the second creation should serve for the reader to evaluate them according to their judgment. If they find objective answers that are not the result of religious fanaticism, they should make them known to eliminate such deep doubts about the veracity of these narratives, which, as will be seen, have been used for very negative purposes against women.
It cannot be understood how, from a story about the creation of the world—which was simply that, the creation of the physical world and humanity—highly intelligent human beings, hundreds or thousands of years later (since there is no specific date for this narrative), would develop and extract multiple themes from it, such as obedience, disobedience, temptation, knowledge of good and evil, morality, sexual relations, virginity, mortality and immortality, work, sacrifice, pain in childbirth, and, the most important one for Christian theology: ORIGINAL SIN.
When God creates the world, there is no reference to any of these aforementioned topics, as there is no mention of them in Genesis. This is evidence that all these interpretations are the product of the prodigious imagination of the creators of Christianity, who, based on that story, structured an entire theological philosophy of guilt and punishment, which was transformed into an irrefutable truth. This truth, linked to heaven, hell, purgatory, and limbo, served—and has continued to serve—to terrorize human beings, who, in turn, became fanatics, using women as the epicenter of all evil. Christianity and Catholicism turned women into the most robust scapegoat known to this day.
One of the enigmas that has most intrigued believers, researchers, and non-believers alike is why the creators of Christianity chose, developed, and established the second creation of the world, which includes the story of Adam and Eve, as dogma and doctrine, turning it into one of the most robust pillars of the religion.
It is evident that Christianity and Catholicism have placed the first creation, whose perfection is unquestionable, on a secondary level, and have done everything possible to keep it forgotten, since they have not been able to eliminate it. To achieve this, they have created multiple philosophical, theological, and imaginative interpretations to minimize it in comparison to the second creation, which has been adopted as an unquestionable dogma.
If we objectively analyze the two creations, without fanaticism and without religious bias, we can see that the first creation would not serve to develop the purposes for which Christianity was created. No stories can be derived from it to convince the unbelievers, to lull the believers, or to indoctrinate and fanatize the gullible. Nor can absurd impositions be derived from that first creation to generate faults and impose punishments on innocent beings, nor can perpetual crimes be imagined with eternal penalties that are also passed down from generation to generation to innocent beings.
These writings about the two creations of the world are not intended to attack individuals or institutions. Their purpose is to invite the reader to reflect, to analyze objectively, free of fanaticism, and then to reach personal conclusions. If the reader considers them important, they should make their comments, adhering to reason, truth, and the utmost impartiality, since that second creation has been the foundation of misogyny and much of what Christianity has created against women.





