“God says, ‘It’s not good that humans be alone. I will make him a helper against him...’ The man said, ‘This time, it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman.’ Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:18, 23-24)
This appears to be a contradiction—to have a helper against him. Why was man created alone if his ideal state is joined to a woman? The world was created in a state of entropy. “There was darkness on the face of the deep.” All natural systems tend towards entropy. Humans have to use free choice in order to build synergies. The highest level of synergy is husband and wife, who collaborate to create a house of “trust.” In turn, the families will collaborate with each other to create community. Community redeems mankind and redeems the natural entropy of the world.
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Author: Howard Hoffman
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Bible reference(s): Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23-24, Proverbs 18:22, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Timothy 2:13-14, 1 Peter 3:1-6
Source: A Dialectic of the Hebrew Language, pg. 40.
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