• Gutotito@kbin.social
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      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.

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      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.

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      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”