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Section E.5

The Questions We Cannot Yet Answer

Creator: Jason Paul · Developed with AI by ToC Works.

The mechanism of the Genesis unions remains unexplained. Their exact chronological relation to the Greek genealogies is unresolved. No particular catastrophe has been securely established as the common source of Noah and Deucalion, and a further post-Flood generation has not been demonstrated.

The identities and jurisdictions of individual powers also remain incomplete. Biblical testimony discloses relationships and conflicts more clearly than a full registry of the beings involved.

These are central questions, not minor details awaiting decoration. They determine how far the comparison can become a historical reconstruction. Naming them plainly allows the inquiry to end honestly and gives future work concrete problems to address.

Sources

  1. Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  2. The Problems of Sons of Gods, Daughters of Humans, and the Nephilim in Genesis 6:1–4: A Reassessment
  3. Microsoft Word - Routledge-22.doc
  4. The Flood Narratives in Gen 6-9 and Darren Aronofsky's Film "Noah"
  5. 2 Peter, CHAPTER 2 | USCCB
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