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Old 09-22-2003, 09:20 PM   #21
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Magus you are aware that your handle, Magus, is synonimous with that of the Zoroastrian priesthood, which happens to be, non-christian.
Main Entry: ma·gus
Pronunciation: 'mA-g&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ma·gi /'mA-"jI, 'ma-/
Etymology: Latin, from Greek magos -- more at MAGIC
Date: 1621
1 a : a member of a hereditary priestly class among the ancient Medes and Persians b often capitalized : one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant Jesus

I'm a big gamer, so i've always used this name for fantasy and roleplaying screen names which is what it originated as. Back in Diablo I i think is when I first started using it, maybe in Warcraft.... but we digress from the topic...
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Ever come across a game called Starcraft? I can vaguely remember a person with the handle Magus, granted it could be a widely used account name.
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Well, I do have a question for you. Who was Cain's wife? Reproduction with Eve...incestual fornication was allowed by god? Highly doubtful, the theory of evolution once again prevails.
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Ever come across a game called Starcraft? I can vaguely remember a person with the handle Magus, granted it could be a widely used account name.
Yup, use to play starcraft too. Can't remember if Magus was my handle on that or not - probably not just Magus, too common of a name and doubt I would have been lucky enough to get the name with nothing after it.
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Hmm, no I highly doubt it was you then. This guy played for Team Canada, so I'm sure he would've been more familiar with his account name .
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Well, I do have a question for you. Who was Cain's wife? Reproduction with Eve...incestual fornication was allowed by god? Highly doubtful, the theory of evolution once again prevails.
The most accepted answer is one of Cain's sisters. Since Cain was the second generation of humanity, the genetics were extremely pure, with no imperfections. Sin hadn't been around long enough to corrupt the genetic pool, so it wasn't called "incest" back then. The purpose of humans was to multiply, no matter who with since the human body was designed for that purpose. After human genetics got more corrupt over time, and more prone to problems or defects, God outlawed sexual relations between family members and then it became incest and a sin ( I think it was outlawed in Leviticus). Before the outlaw, incest didn't exist.
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The most accepted answer is one of Cain's sisters. Since Cain was the second generation of humanity, the genetics were extremely pure, with no imperfections. Sin hadn't been around long enough to corrupt the genetic pool, so it wasn't called "incest" back then. The purpose of humans was to multiply, no matter who with since the human body was designed for that purpose. After human genetics got more corrupt over time, and more prone to problems or defects, God outlawed sexual relations between family members and then it became incest and a sin ( I think it was outlawed in Leviticus). Before the outlaw, incest didn't exist.
So it was still all right that Lot had sex with his daughters? That was Genesis, wasn't it?
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The most accepted answer is one of Cain's sisters.
So, where did she come from? Show me the verse.
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So, where did she come from? Show me the verse.
It doesn't specifically say where she came from. Adam and Even had many many other children. The Bible doesn't go into detail about where she came from, because the only point of mentioning her, was to show that she and Cain had kids, in order to continue explaining the Geneology from Adam to Noah. For all practical purposes of the story, God could have thrown a woman on Earth and had Cain meet her. Who his wife was, or how Cain met her isn't the point.
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Where in the Bible does it say Adam and Eve produced many kids... and why is there no mention of them, wouldn't the 2nd generation of man also be important........

Here's another question for you....... According to the Bible, man was created with a deciphered language.... tell me then, why would that language have not been passed down and exist today...

Logic tells us that men from different areas of the world created their own languages (and religions) based on the area around them.
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