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Originally Posted by pelathais

Well, first of all... I don't know. I don't know how or even if it could happen. I don't know that it did happen literally - but from an entirely cultural standpoint it does seem that something important is going on here.

A few questions, Pel. If it did happen, why doesn't it happen now? Or if you think it happens now, are all giants the offspring of a human and angelic union?

Almost every culture on the planet has some tale about "the gods" or "the sons of the gods" or some supernatural order of beings interbreeding with human women and/or men. Peleus the father of Achilles comes to mind as an example of a human male who conceived a child with a goddess; in this case Thetus. The father-god figure of Zeus was notorious for his affairs with mortal women and all of his offspring were either gods (Apollo and Aphrodite) or heroes (Heracles).

And....????? are you hinting that there is a grain of truth to all of these myths?

The denial of such unions is really a novelty from late antiquity and the early medieval age. Given Peter and Jude's apparent acceptance of this view, we either have to take it seriously in some fashion or reject Peter and Jude.

I might have missed it and if I did could, you give me the link to the post that expounds on the verse in the epistles of Peter and Jude which show their acceptance of this view? or can you explain to me why you believe Peter and Jude accept this view. I can't recall having that impression when I read their epistles.