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Thread #77956   Message #1395623
Posted By: Bat Goddess
01-Feb-05 - 10:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: The flaw in Christian Theology
Subject: RE: BS: The flaw in Christian Theology
Anybody ever read "We Are the Other People" by Oberon Zell?

Here's a quick quote -- "Cain left the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.   We can assume that the phrase "left the presence of Yahweh" implies that Yahweh is a local deity, and not omnipresent. Now Eden, according to (Gen. 2:14-15), was situated at the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, apparently right where Lake Van is now, in Turkey. "East of Eden," therefore, would probably be along the shores of the Caspian Sea, right in the Indo-European heartland. Cain settled in there, among the people of Nod, and married one of the women of that country. Here, for the first time, is specifically mentioned the "other people" who are not of the lineage of Adam and Eve. i.e: the Pagans"

Linn