Agreed, Harry. That "creation joke" is not too funny, and I'm not sure
about the second one either, your addendum. One reason that so many women
have turned away from the church (and from Christianity) is that they/we are
so often the butt of speakers' supposed jokes. One just gets tired of being
ridiculed, portrayed as ignorant, stupid, silly, etc. Sexism is still with
us: women are still fair game, it seems. - from V (Ginny) of vwhearncat,
etc.
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Berkeley
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----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Cook <hcook@oanet.com>
To: William B. Peters <bpeters@siu.edu>; Dale K Stalnaker
<Dale.K.Stalnaker@grc.nasa.gov>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Creation Joke
> Stalnaker writes:
>
> This is one of my favorites:
>
> >>>
> Adam was walking around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so
> God
> asked him, "What is wrong with you?"
>
> Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to.
>
> God said that he was going to make Adam a companion and that it
> would
> be a woman. He said, "This person will gather food for you, cook for
> you, when you discover clothing, she'll wash it for you. She will
> always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your
> children
> and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of
> them. She will not nag you, and will always be the first to admit she
> was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will never have a
> headache, and will freely give you love and passion whenever you
> need
> it."
>
> Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?"
>
> God replied, "An arm and a leg."
>
> Then Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?"
>
> The rest is history.
>
> And I (HCook) would add: This just is not very funny if you think
> about what it says about women (IMHO). So I would suggest,
> instead:
> Eve is talking to Adam: "Will you always love me?!"
> Adam replies: "Who else is there?!"
> --------------------
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