“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.” (Genesis 2:18-20, KJV)
I'm using the KJV so we're on the same playbook here.
In one of Chick's tracks, called, "And It Was Good!" Chick teaches that God gave Adam an object lesson in order to teach him the correct kind of mate, that is, a human woman. A hen came, but she had a rooster. A mare came, but she had a stallion. An ape came, but she had a big ape. Then Chick says:
Adam understood the object lesson. Now God went into action.
The "action" being the creation of the woman.
This is a dangerous teaching, because nowhere in the above passage was this lesson. It just says that after Adam named the animals, it was found that there was, as of yet, no suitable helper for him. It is dangerous because Scripture also says:
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6, KJV)
Now, obviously, beastiality (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:15-16), and adultery (Exodus 20:14, among many places) are quite sinful. Obviously, any rabbit that says, "I have a boyfriend" is doubly out of the question. But those specific teachings do not appear in the Genesis text. Chick is making stuff up, to the reader's doom (similar to 2 Peter 3:16).
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