Why humans misbehave (philosophy)

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REL 2300 World Religions

February, 21 2015

Wak the Creator (Ethiopian Myth)

There is an Ethiopian myth that describes the origin of human behavior. There once was a creator God named Wak who created heaven and earth (Comete). Wak put heaven in a vault and separated it from the earth (Comete). Wak did not punish people because he did not know how to punish people (Comete). Also, in the Ethiopian myth there a man who was told to sleep inside a coffin for seven years (Comete). The man then became lonely and wished to never be alone again (Comete). The Ethiopian myth gives reasons for why a man does not want to be alone and why God does not punish people.

According to the Ethiopian myth, the origin of human behavior was created by a God called Wak (Comete). Wak did not punish people because he did not know how to punish people (Comete). In my opinion, If Wak was unaware of how to punish people, then people are free to do what they want to do. In addition, humans could commit bad acts and not receive punishment for them. Wak must of been a God that lets humans do what they want to do. In my opinion, the Christian God is no better than Wak because they both let humans do what they want to do. In the living world, humans do not have a supreme being keeping them in order. Humans have to punish other humans to keep order and balance. The Ethiopian myth suggests that the reason humans can choose to be disobedient is because Wak does not punish humans. 

In the Ethiopian myth, a man does not want to be alone because he was alone for a long time. The creator God Wak told man to build a coffin for himself (Comete). Man listened to Wak and decided to build himself a coffin (Comete). Then, Wak took the man and decided to put him inside the coffin for seven years (Comete). After seven years, Wak stepped on the coffin and opened it up (Comete). The man felt like the time he spent in the coffin was only a couple of minutes (Comete). The man then became tired of living alone, so Wak took some of his blood and made a woman for man (Comete). In my opinion, this myth suggest that the reason man is tired of being alone is because man has been alone for a long period of time. Also, I think man does not want to live by himself anymore because a man by himself does not notice what day it is.

The Ethiopian myth gives reason to why some humans are disobedient and why man does not want to be alone. The reason humans can choose to be disobedient is because the creator God Wak does not know how to punish humans (Comete). The reason why man does not want to be alone is because man was living alone for a long time. In conclusion, the Ethiopian myth is a story that explains concepts that cannot be explained in modern ways. I believe that science and math only tell how something is made, but it does not tell why something is made. The Ethiopian myth gives humans a possible answer as to why the world we live in today is the way it is now. 

Word Cited

Comete, Fernand. Pagans Circle. W & R Chambers Ltd, 1991. Web. Feb. 20 2015.


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