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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:20:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> 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)
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
YOu know, I don't like the idea of future generations getting their theology
from role playing games.
Markus
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| (...) ...? Which role playing games? I'm sure the game company lawyers would *love* to argue that they had the idea first, but Lilith is a valid character from several ancient religious texts. I found the reference: Lilith is mentioned early on in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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