If marriage is an institution created by God, why did the Sumerians have marriage before Judaism was created?

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The God of the Sumerians wasn't Yahweh, he was Anu, and he had sons(who weren't himself) if you're claiming Anu to be Yahweh then you're admitting Christianity is plagiarised and polytheistic.

Additionally, the story of Adam and Eve originated in Sumer.

Dewcoons: You couldn't be more wrong. Abraham actually grew up in a Babylonian city. The city of Ur. Which was at a time after the Sumerian civilization had dissapeared.

So you're telling me that your God told people that didn't worship or believe in him, but a different God (a polytheistic one) about marriage. That is a miracle!

Answer 1

You wont get through. They think Adam and Eve were christian and spoke English. really, it is no use.

Answer 2

"Additionally, the story of Adam and Eve originated in Sumer."
Unprovable either way. Even if the oldest known surviving manuscript containing an Adam and Eve type story were found in Sumer, it would still be only the oldest "known" (i.e., there could be older ones that have yet to be found) and "surviving" (i.e., there could be older ones that have been lost to us) manuscript. Since many of the cultures were oral, rather than written, even if one assumes that there never were any older manuscripts, that still would only tell us that the Sumerians were only the first to write down the story (or some garbled version of it). Just because they were the first to write it down doesn't mean they have the original or correct version.
Therefore, the Jews could have been following an orally passed down tradition that pre-dated the Sumerians.

"They think Adam and Eve were christian and spoke English."
Wrong on both counts. I suppose that there might be some small percentage that does (but I have yet to hear about one), but the vast majority does not.

Answer 3

Interesting question. From my readings, it appears that Sumerians believed in many gods (as most Arabic types did back then). The culture was male-dominated.

At some point, polyandry (women taking on multiple partners) was banned. Polygyny is where the man has multiple wives. They sounded like heathens to me.

Anyway, Judaism and Islam banned polyandry completely.

I don't see the connection with their form of marriage with how God instituted marriage. So I think you are mistaken.

Anthropologists and Sociologists seem to think the Sumerians got the idea of multiple spouses by observing animal behavior.

Through Adam and Eve, God set up the true relationship that was meant to be for His creation, male and female, in a marriage. I think you can see why.

We are going backwards today by doing it our way. Remember God wants to show us the way.

Answer 4

The book of Genesis tells the story of how the Herders of the Middle East (It may have been the Samnites, I don't remember) were killed by the Farmers in the area (Cain. The Herders were Abel). The Farmers believed the Herders to be inferior because they didn't control their fate (I.E, large scale agriculture). They killed them and watered their fields with the Herders blood.

That is Genesis. It was written by the Herders. The "Tree of Life" bore fruit that gave whoever ate it the knowledge of Who Should Live and Who Should Die. Still, this fruit only works for Gods, which Humans are not. Still, a Human could eat this fruit and believe that he has this knowledge, the most destructive result possible. You can tell the story was written by the Herders, otherwise the fruit would have been thrust upon the Farmers

Answer 5

Adam and Eve were married by God Himself. Even if you don't believe they were real, the first humans who chose to live together for life almost certainly came along before the Sumerians.

Answer 6

Good point. Babylon was part of Sumer, which after Sumer "disappeared" (it looks more like it simply spread out and became larger) Babylon became one of the larger "cities" of Sumer... Ur was a type of city-state.

Answer 7

Because marriage was an institution created by God, not the Jews. God was around long before that, and talking to people long before the Jews came into existence. Or have you forgotten that Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, and Job (all considered prophets of God) were not Jewish and all lived before the Jewish nation came into existence.

Oh, and the Sumerians were not around before Judism was created. Abraham, who was the founder of the Jewish religion, appears to have lived a generation or two before the Sumarian tablets to which you refer were written. In fact, there appears to be a reference to Abraham's descendants (the Jews) living in that area at the time the tablets were written.

So they do not predate the Jewish religion. Sorry.

Answer 8

Because it was an institution created by their God. New beliefs tend to take a lot from beliefs before them. Think CHristianity and Islam, and all the things is took from Judaism.

Answer 9

God created marriage in time for Adam and Eve, so I suppose the Sumerians could have fiugured it out from their firs tparents....

Answer 10

Theists deny that their gods were created by humans, so I think that they'll simply ignore the point you're making.

Answer 11

God was here long before that and God also gave us something called free will you can choose the easy route with God or create a harder life for yourself