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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 05:06:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> -Shiri
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 into perspective. Alot can
happen in 130 years.
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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