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Iarwain · 08-15-2003, 11:14 PM

Elves are deathless and live in a paradisial setting (Valinor).

Unfallen man would not be concerned with life and death, and would prosper in Eden.

Iarwain

P.S. Meneltarmacil, about Satan. What you said is not exacly Biblical. It branches from the works of Dante and Milton. If you actually look in the Bible itself, Lucifer is only mentioned by name in Isaiah 14, and even there it is a scant refrence. Search the Bible, and you will find very few mentions of Satan, or the Devil, or any such things. The history of Lucifer (most powerful angel, cast down into hell, ultimate tempter) has almost no solid background.

[ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

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Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 808	Elves are deathless and live in a paradisial setting (Valinor). Unfallen man would not be concerned with life and death, and would prosper in Eden. Iarwain P.S. Meneltarmacil, about Satan. What you said is not exacly Biblical. It branches from the works of Dante and Milton. If you actually look in the Bible itself, Lucifer is only mentioned by name in Isaiah 14, and even there it is a scant refrence. Search the Bible, and you will find very few mentions of Satan, or the Devil, or any such things. The history of Lucifer (most powerful angel, cast down into hell, ultimate tempter) has almost no solid background. [ August 16, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ] __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"