It's interesting how much controversy has been stirred by the biblical quotation to which you allude. It seemed to be taken for granted in ancient times that the sons of God referred to in the passage were angels, and a great deal of post-biblical literature grew out of that assumption. Much later on, people argued that angels had no physical bodies and hence couldn't conceive children with mortal women. "Sons of god" was then interpreted as being men, which seems unnatural in the context. People who still used stories about the Watchers tended to merge them with the angels who fell with Satan.
Speaking of adaptation, I've read a different way to reconcile faeries with Christian cosmology. It is sometimes said that the faeries were angels who remained neutral in the war between God and Satan. Instead of going to hell, they fell to earth, where they will stay until they disappear when the last judgment begins.
I think that's what you're supposed to be in Diablo 3 too, but the story was a marshmallow skewer to the brain so I can't say for sure.
I never played that one - although a marshmallow skewer to the brain is hard to resist…
Love the breakdown!
Thank you!
It's interesting how much controversy has been stirred by the biblical quotation to which you allude. It seemed to be taken for granted in ancient times that the sons of God referred to in the passage were angels, and a great deal of post-biblical literature grew out of that assumption. Much later on, people argued that angels had no physical bodies and hence couldn't conceive children with mortal women. "Sons of god" was then interpreted as being men, which seems unnatural in the context. People who still used stories about the Watchers tended to merge them with the angels who fell with Satan.
Speaking of adaptation, I've read a different way to reconcile faeries with Christian cosmology. It is sometimes said that the faeries were angels who remained neutral in the war between God and Satan. Instead of going to hell, they fell to earth, where they will stay until they disappear when the last judgment begins.
This was so interesting! They sound really awful😅