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Clarification on Genesis | maria | Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
Question: Hi In Hindu mythology they believe in such strange creatures. It says God was unhappy with evil and decided to flood the land . my question is didn't God foresee such happenings. |
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD
Dear Maria: This story is in Genesis 6:1-8 and is cited as the reason for Noah's flood:
This is story of the spread of wickedness of Man that was so great that it prompted God to regret the creation of Man and thus He caused a flood to destroy all but Noah and his family. The wickedness is represented by the "sons of God" marrying the "daughters of men". There are many people, especially some Protestants, who assert that Fallen Angels mated with human women to produce the Giant people known as Nephlims. This is not possible, however. As such, it is erroneous and irresponsible for the translators of Bible editions to assert that "heavenly creatures", "fallen angels", "supernatural creatures", and the like mated with women. This is simply impossible. Angels (of God or of Satan) are pure spirits. They have no biological functions in which to procreate. For angels to impregnant a woman is utterly impossible. When the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary that was a miracle performed by God. Only God can perform miracles, angels and demons cannot. The Navarre Bible Commentary gives a good explanation of these passages. To quote and paraphrase that commentary...
But, since it is impossible for a spirit to impregnate a woman, there has to be some other explanation. Even a simple understanding of Angelology will ask for another explanation. The explanation given by St. Augustine, St. Cyril of Alexandra, and other Church Fathers is that the "sons of God" means good men, the descendants of Seth, who indiscriminately took as wives the descendants of Cain ("daughters of men"). The line of Cain was cursed because Cain killed his brother Abel. As such, the descendants of Seth had no business marrying women from the line of Cain. This mating caused corruption and is perhaps a biblical example of why we should not marry outside of our faith. It is Mankind's moral decline on account of pride and abuses of marriage that prepares the way for the Flood. Such a society condition is very much like today. What we know for sure is that neither good or evil spirits can impregnate humans since they have no biology to accomplish such a feat and they cannot perform miracles. What we also know is that moral decline precipitated the destruction of Man in the Flood. This moral decline is seen today. That decline will continue until God stops it all, not by Flood this time, but by fire, and then the Second Coming. God Bless, Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum
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