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Subject: 
Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Date: 
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:11:59 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
It also talks about Cain, after being sent away for killing Abel, went to the
land of Nod, where he married Lillith and lived among the people there.  Neat
trick, since this is while the human count is still 4.  (er...make that 3,
that being what got Cain into trouble)

Wasn't Lillith mentioned in some other religious text, perhaps Babylonian or
Phoenecian?  Evidently, Adam's first wife was Lillith, who left due to
interpersonal incompatabilities.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society



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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) the (...) Neat (...) YOu know, I don't like the idea of future generations getting their theology from role playing games. Markus (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) I don't know if it was mentioned in RELIGIOUS texts, but C.S. Lewis mentioned it in "The Lion, the witch & the wardrobe", which is definitely christianity- influenced... (Not to mention it's like a bible to me :) I love Narnia!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) stories (...) could (...) That is indeed in Genesis. It's been the source of any number of cheezy things, including much of White Wolf's back story for their Vampire:The Masquerade RPG. It also talks about Cain, after being sent away for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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