Hello Bob,   
      
    LL>>            ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,   
    LL>> ALL OF MANKIND OF DESCENDED FROM 1 MAN AND 1 WOMAN ...   
    LL>>              WHO HAD TWO SONS.   
      
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   BK>They "KNEW" their wives. Where those wives came from is not   
   BK>explained.   
      
   Their "wives" could have been each other.  Cain and Abel were   
   brothers, but they could also just as well have been sisters.   
   We really do not know what sex they were, given there are five   
   sexes of man -   
      
   * male   
   * female   
   * pseudo hermaphrodite   
   * true permaphrodite   
   * eunuchs   
      
   We can probably rule out eunuchs, since that would negate   
   any possibility of making babies.  Since the Bible depicts   
   Cain and Abel as being brothers, they could not have been   
   female.  Since Cain offed Abel, then Cain could not have   
   been male, although Abel might have been.  Do understand   
   the difference.  A male needs to mate with a female or a   
   hermaphrodite in order to make a baby.  That means Cain   
   must have been a true hermaphrodite, having the capability   
   to get himself pregnant.   
      
   The Bible tells us that God placed a mark on Cain and   
   sent him away to another city or place.  It was a very   
   special mark, a mark that Cain needed for protection.   
   But who was God protecting Cain from?  The Bible does   
   not say ...   
      
   BK>Maybe Von Danikan had something going after all.   
      
   Erich von D„niken says he is a practicing Catholic.   
   However, he questions much of what is in the Bible.   
   Or rather, the interpretation of what is in the   
   Bible.  I have most of his books, and he talks at   
   great length about this subject.  His theories are   
   a lot sounder than most people think ...   
      
   Erich von D„niken cites the book of Genesis, with   
   Fallen Angels and the Nephilim.  Who were they?   
   Where did they come from?  Were they aliens from   
   outer space who mated with females from Earth?   
   Did they create a new race of beings that were   
   an abomination to God?  Was this the reason for   
   the flood, of which only Noah and his family   
   were allowed to escape?   
      
   Another example he gives is Ezekiel's description   
   of a spaceship.  He had scientists and engineers analyze   
   that section in order to find an explanation of what   
   Ezekiel had seen.  And it was most definitely a spaceship.   
      
   Another example he gives is "giants in the Earth" -   
   which Joshua and his warriors were at war with.   
   The Bible gives the exact number of those creatures.   
   Joshua and the battle of Jericho was about ridding   
   the Earth of that damnation.   
      
   And that's just some of the Biblical questions he has.   
   Most of his research is in the sciences, especially   
   archeaology.  However, one of the few places he has   
   not been (to the best of my knowledge) is Poverty Point,   
   Louisiana.  Did you know that those ancient remains   
   are an exact duplicate (in minitiature) of what   
   Plato described as Atlantis?  Archaeologists have   
   only unearthed a bare fraction of the site, a mere   
   one percent at best.  What mysteries will be found   
   there?  When Atlantis slipped into the sea, did   
   the survivors of Atlantis make their new home to   
   be Louisiana?   
      
   Mankind in its modern form has been around for the   
   past 50,000 years.  We have progressed in many ways,   
   especially in the past two hundred years, but our   
   hardware is stuck in a rut remaining the same.   
      
   With DNA splicing and other technological marvels,   
   scientists might give mankind that hardware upgrade.   
   This new man could well become the new Nephilim.   
   Only this time, there will be no Joshua to purge   
   the Earth ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
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