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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 00:55:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > Cain is said to have never died, being cursed to walk this world forever lest
> > he enter the next. But I could just be remembering a terrible mini-series, I
> > dunno...
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> 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.
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> 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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> James
It never says "forever". It just says he'll be a fugitive and a vagabond
(...James VagaBond) sorry.
Also, it doesn't say there were only four people at this point. It says she
gave birth to them two and then it says, "in the process of time" they brought
offerings, signifying a long period of time. In the meantime Eve kept squeezing
out pups, probably one every few years. Seth was born after the murder of Abel
and it says that Adam was 130 years old at the time. Cain and Abel (and their
other siblings) were also of reproductive age at the time of the killing. There
were potentially hundreds of people at this time. Notice that Cain didn't find
his wife in Nod, it says he "knew" her when he got there, he already had a
wife.
Bill
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| (...) Yep. Not only that, but he'll bear a mark on his forehead, the curse mark. (...) Actually, there are many other theories that say that even though Adam and Eve were the first couple, they weren't the only one. That God had later created other (...) (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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