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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 04:49:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > 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
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> It never says "forever". It just says he'll be a fugitive and a vagabond
> (...James VagaBond) sorry.
Yep. Not only that, but he'll bear a mark on his forehead, the curse mark.
> 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.
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 people in other areas. Nod was already populated by the time Cain got
there.
-Shiri
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) That's, IMO, just to explain it so that there was no incest. I don't see why it couldn't be true though (as it is not mentioned either way in the Bible). As far as I'm concerned, if it's not mentioned, it didn't neccessarily happen or (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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| (...) brought (...) Abel (...) find (...) That was the point above about the 130 years, enough people could have existed at that point to have migrated to Nod and settled. 130 years is a long time. It's 135 years back to the civil war, to put that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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| (...) 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" (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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