Tough Questions for Christians #25: God's Afterthought

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According to Genesis, Adam was created as a gardener. He was created to dress and tend the Garden of Eden.

In fact, it says here in Genesis 2:15 "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."

He created man, Adam, as his gardener. His slave to tend the garden for him. He decided then that Adam needed a companion. You can't be a gardener all by yourself, there is no one to talk to but the trees. So, he decided he would create ALL the animals, and he gave them to Adam to name.

Now he has one slave, a garden, and a large zoo.

Apparently, then, only because Adam couldn't find an animal he was happy to have as a companion, only then did God decide to create women.

Women, according to the Bible, you are an afterthought from God. The ONLY reason God created you was because dogs really are not man's best friend. If dogs were man's best friend, God wouldn't have bothered to create women.

So the question: If God knew Adam was lonely, and needed to find a companion, or as the King James Version says: "an help meet for him," why didn't he just create women to begin with? He knew Adam would be lonely, he is all-knowing, so why did God only create women when the animals wouldn't please Adam?

TOUGH QUESTION FOR CHRISTIANS #25
WHY DID GOD TRY TO MAKE ADAM CHOOSE AN ANIMAL COMPANION BEFORE HE DECIDED TO CREATE A WOMAN?