If all the continents merged?

[Anaris]

Gotta say the genesis account never says the fruit was an apple. That idea was depicted by artists who usually drew the tree as an apple tree.

And the Devil was not first called Lucifer until the third century.

And Mary Magdalene was not first conflated with the sinner who washed Jesus' feet until the sixth century.

An awful lot of what we take for gospel (if you'll excuse the pun) is either artistic license, later theological addition, or just confusion so old it's become ingrained.

...It's also important to remember that there were a number of other books that were not made part of the "official" bible in the 4th century, some of them for largely political reasons.

[Sonya]

I lost track  of the topic, we changed from a hipotetial scenario to a religion debate.


WOOOW!

[Ramiel]

Lilith comes before Christianity - its old Jewish.

[De-Legro]

Lilith comes before Christianity - its old Jewish.

Yes, but her placement as Adams first wife only developed in Jewish folklore in about the 10th century. She was first mentions in a Babylonian Talmud I think from around 500 AD. I think the Dead Sea Scrolls also made a reference to her. Earlier references generally cast her as a demon or a type of demon. The only biblical reference list her among 8 unclean animals when describing the desolation of Edom.

[Shizzle]

You do realise that Satan is a metaphore, do you? :P

[Chenier]

You do realise that Satan is a metaphore, do you? :P

And so is God. What's your point?  ;)

[Shizzle]

And so is God. What's your point?  ;)

That this whole discussion is pointless :) Well, it's not really a discussion, though.

[egamma]

Tom should probably move the later part of this to the Background forum.