Genesis, 2:18-20

Let me quote from The New American Bible: "The Lord God said: 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him" So the Lord God formed out of the ground various animals . . . The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man." I am an individualist through and through, but we are social creatures, and we are not meant to live totally alone without other humans around. Dogs are gret companions, but we need human companionship too, a reality that God acknowledges early on. Note that God made man but man needs a woman, as a suitable partner, and this is divinely announced and ordered. Let us look at that quote from The Holy Bible (KJV): "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. And out of the ground, the Lord God formed every beast of the field . . . And Adam gsve 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 a help meet for him."