Vampires Real?
Vampires Are Real With today’s media a fascination with monsters has risen to an all-time high. One monster in particular, though, has become the center point for all attention, the vampire. Many believe the existence of vampires is just a myth. One valid arguments of non-believers is that if vampires did exist, wouldn’t they have depleted their food source? Early legends of vampires are supported by the belief that people suffering from a deadly, but rare, blood disease not vampirism. Believers are of the opinion that the legends of vampires date back thousands of years, with every culture having some roots linked with the undead. Very important historical figures have been labeled as vampires for years, some even becoming a model for the modern vampire. Although the supernatural will always be under scrutiny, there are compelling facts that vampires do exist.
Stories of vampires date back thousands of years, even to one of the first ancient civilizations, Mesopotamia. Although their description was the first recording of a person, becoming a demonic and immortal creature that sucked the life out of the living is far from the vampire we know today. Every culture has seemed to embrace some form of the vampire in their history. Every continent has a record of the same demons lending credibility to the claim and underlying truth in the matter. There is a story of such a creature in our own Bible. When God banishes the son of Adam and Eve for murdering his brother Abel, Cain is marked as a killer and forced to live on Earth for all eternity, cursed. It is also said that all of Cain’s children are cursed, just as their father. (New International Version Bible. Genesis. 4.8-25.) The Bible could very well be the first reference to vampires that we have today. People in history have been referred to as vampires. The definition of vampire is a person who lives solely by preying on other people (Vampire). There have been important figures in history that can fit in
Stories of vampires date back thousands of years, even to one of the first ancient civilizations, Mesopotamia. Although their description was the first recording of a person, becoming a demonic and immortal creature that sucked the life out of the living is far from the vampire we know today. Every culture has seemed to embrace some form of the vampire in their history. Every continent has a record of the same demons lending credibility to the claim and underlying truth in the matter. There is a story of such a creature in our own Bible. When God banishes the son of Adam and Eve for murdering his brother Abel, Cain is marked as a killer and forced to live on Earth for all eternity, cursed. It is also said that all of Cain’s children are cursed, just as their father. (New International Version Bible. Genesis. 4.8-25.) The Bible could very well be the first reference to vampires that we have today. People in history have been referred to as vampires. The definition of vampire is a person who lives solely by preying on other people (Vampire). There have been important figures in history that can fit in
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