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TIL there was an early Christian sect called the Severian Encratites who taught that the Devil created women and “the lower half” of men. They believed vines came from the Devil as well, because o... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL there was an early Christian sect called the Severian Encratites who taught that the Devil created women and “the lower half” of men. They believed vines came from the Devil as well, because of their snake-like tendrils, whereas the Devil himself was created by the Gnostic power, Ialdaboth.

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