Back to Adam and Eve, God and Lucifer

Here is a short parable to explain precisely what it is about Christianity, Islam and Judaism (not to mention the other big names around) that certain feminists keep on screaming against. Once upon a time, God wrote a letter to His great Apostate, Lucifer, the Angel of Light : 'Dear Lucifer, I hear from Archangel Gabriel that you have been going around with fanciful notions about the extent of your powers. Just who do you think you are? Since it is quite clear that you have never been to the School of Angels and, consequently, never learnt the rudiments of theological algebra, I set down the two fundamental equations on which all Reality is based : (A) God + God = 0, and (B) God - God = God. Therefore, it is impossible (= 0) for Me, God, to have an Equal, and even if you take away everything from Me, I still remain undiminished in power as your God. Yours divinely, God.'

Lucifer was quite amused to read this letter, and try hard as he did, he was unable to divine the meaning of those two equations. One morning, he came down to earth where he saw Adam sitting down under an apple tree. Lucifer decided to create some rumble in God's sweet paradise, and went up to young man Adam. 'Dear Adam', he exclaimed, 'Do you not want to be like your Master, the great God who rules over all things with nothing and nobody to challenge His suzerainty? You can become like your own Master, only you must first plead with Him to create a new being, whom you shall name Eve, and whom you shall rule over just the way your Master rules over you and me'.

So Eve was born. And God gave Adam a commandment to rule the earth, multiply and prosper. Soon Adam started schools to teach his own children, grand-children, great-grand-children and so on. The following seven equations were now inscribed onto the first page of every text-book of every descendant of Adam. (1) God + God = 0, (2) God - God = God, (3) God - Adam = Eve, (4) God - Eve = God, (5) Adam + Adam = 0, (6) Adam - Adam = Adam, (7) Adam + Eve = Free dinner and Free laundry for Adam.

To which some feminists said : 'Whew! Out with all that mess. Here are two simple equations : (1) Eve - Adam = Eve and (2) Eve + Adam = Nonsense.'