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# According to the Baptists
these and all the other bad guys were utterly destroyed by God during the flood, rather than just drowned, hence the lack of humanoid remains in strata contemporary with all the fossils of extinct beasts.
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:00, archived)
# Yet they make a comeback in Numbers 13:33
which is set after the flood...
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:24, archived)
# I like your use of the word "set"
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:27, archived)
# it appears to mean "Fallen Ones,"
there are various early writings about what they actually were, "offspring of angels and humans" being one theory, the other that they were entirely human and that "sons of God" oughtn't be taken literally. The Roman Catholic Church maintains the latter view, I think.
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:31, archived)
# Well if "son of God" is a generic, non-literal term
what's all the fuss about this Jesus fella?
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:34, archived)
# exactly!
well it does mean something special, in Judaism, it means "a righteous person".
(, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:37, archived)