Polytheistic religion creates an ideology of coexistence, given the fact that everything has a soul. Hence, the outlook and respect for all life is an extremely different approach than we see in monotheism. From this, one can observe that many of today’s complex and urgent environmental issues stem from the cultural norms created from monotheistic religion. It is essential to first address where the notion of human domination comes from. Looking to the Bible – specifically in Genesis – God says, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground” (CITE).
Iroquois tribes usually made wampum’s, sashes that had patterns that would tell stories, which was entirely different from the hieroglyphics the Mayans used as written language. They shared different beliefs, but both civilizations were polytheistic, meaning they worshipped multiple gods instead of one. Mayan way of life had a complex social structure, where classes were apparent and impacted the lives of their people. The Iroquois, on the other hand, maintained a simplistic social structure: everyone was equal. Everyone shared everything, and only chiefs were regarded differently from other natives.
Some of these differences are their religion, agriculture, writing skills, and inventions as well as their ways of life. The major cause of the differences they had was the location of the area where they lived in. The area affected their lifestyles in different ways. Mesopotamians were polygamists (worshiped multiple gods). Sumerians based their gods according to the forces in nature they also had a close relationship with their gods even though their gods were known to be cruel; their worship was also based around divinity.
It also illuminates how the development of agriculture, private property, and patriarchy have negatively affected the living practices in many societies. The documentation of the Iroquois Indians further supports the idea of communal living and sexuality along with other claims made in Sex at Dawn. The characteristics and lifestyles of the Iroquois tribes show great similarity to that of our Bonobo ancestors described in Sex at Dawn. However, they differed from the modern patriarchal society in almost every way. Iroquois culture embodied a heightened communal ethic, which mirrors the egalitarian tendencies displayed by the Bonobos.
The white settlers were the worst at farming, so the natives became the first resort of survival. According to Milton, “The “Indians” that greeted the English were known as the Powhatans, but they initially formed an alliance with the settlers to get metal tools and weapons and to take control of surrounding communities” (History.com Staff,
Once Adam and Eve ate the fruit they understood the difference between right and wrong and understood they had disobeyed God. God sent them out of the Garden of Eden instantly. God’s punishment was not physical but intellectual. The Egyptians and Babylonians believed in multiple gods while the Hebrews believed in one God. Each religion had moral codes, or laws, they had to abide by; the Babylonians followed Hammurabi’s code and the Hebrews followed the Ten Commandments.
In John Milton’s Paradise Lost, it seems as though Eve causes humankind’s fall by eating from the tree of knowledge. However, a closer look at the text reveals that, in fact, Eve does not deserve the blame for falling into temptation. In John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, Eve remains innocent and should not take the blame for mankind’s fall. For instance, in Paradise Lost, Eve should not receive blame for the fall of mankind because God does not create her with advanced intellectual capabilities. God decides to give Eve this fatal flaw, so the responsibility cannot fall directly on her.
One might agree that the story of Knowledge of Good and Evil was written by the Leavers because the apple from the tree wasn’t thrust upon him if one agrees with what Quinn says in the book. One could also argue that Quinn goes way too far as to suggest that Adam simply chose to eat from the tree because of temptation. If the Leavers had written it then there would be no temptation because they lived in the hands of the gods. Nothing Ishmael said in the book worked. It was either contradicted or too far fetched to be
The gods created the heaven, hell, sun, and the moon. With the belief of faith the understanding of the divine drama of the beginning is Genesis would be hard for one to get, there are questions that still remain unanswered like how long did it take the creation of earth? Or was God's days the same as ours or even longer?. Then God took Adam the man and eve the woman and placed them in Eden to take care of it and commanded them saying “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:16-17. The story goes on where the devil known as the serpent, trick eve to eat from the tree and makes her convince Adam to do the same.
This novel taught the creature about the relationship between the creator and creation, and more importantly, about being an outcast. The story is about the creation of Adam, Eve, the Garden of Eden, and all things good. It is also about Satan and evil as well. The creature initially related to Adam and viewed his creator, Victor, as God. However, the creature realized that he was very different from Adam.