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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't there people outside the garden? I think it stood somewhere that they met people after leaving the garden.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of the early books come from a time before the church decided to make Abrahamic religions monotheistic. YHWH was once the Hebrew god of war; a god within a pantheon of others. In that context, it makes sense that the other gods would have been doing their own thing. Another good example is GEN 3:22.

[–] Viking_Hippie 0 points 1 year ago

YMWH? Your Mother With Hiccups?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't know wasn't there but Genesis 4 definitly speaks about other people because Cain has a wife and his sons married some women who were not mentioned before.

[–] Madison420 5 points 1 year ago

Adam wasn't gods first man. It says God created man then the next chapter is the creation of Adam.

[–] MrsDoyle 1 points 1 year ago

The fuck did they come from?

The land of Nod, east of Eden. I'm not making it up, it's in there. Quite the plot twist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It isn't explained. They were there when Adam and Eve were expelled. Which means they were kinda like an experiment for God.

But God is all-knowing, he basically set a trap on them knowing the outcome. He knew he was going to punish humanity even before he created the universe.

"Jusr wait until I create these mofos, the ass whooping I'm gonna give them... Fucking hell, I love working in mysterious ways"