>Sort of. (Boy, I didn't expect it to be this hard to explain. :-) 
>
>What I am saying is this: 
>
>1. God created angels. 
>
>2. God created men. 
>
>3. Both are intelligent creatures originally created to serve Him. The 
>only differences are that men are created "a little lower than the 
>angels," and that men have a dual nature: a body and a soul (or 
>physical and spiritual), while angels have a single, spiritual nature. 
>
>4. Both fell, but in different ways (possibly because of their different 
>natures). When angels fell, the Fall was ascribed only to those 
>individual angels which fell. So you have unfallen angels and you 
>have fallen angels, or demons. When men fell, however, the whole 
>race (or species) fell; so there are no unfallen men (except for one--
>Jesus Christ, who is both God and man). 
>
>5. God, through His great love and mercy, provided a way of salvation 
>for fallen men in the person and work of His Son, our Lord Jesus 
>Christ. He came to earth as a man, to redeem men. He kept the law 
>which we were unable to keep (i.e., He never sinned). Thus, He 
>deserved never to die, but He chose to sacrifice Himself and take the 
>punishment for sinners who would trust Him to take that punishment 
>for them. So now fallen men can be saved if they put their faith and 
>trust in Jesus Christ. But a way of salvation was not provided for 
>fallen angels. 
>
>6. So, bringing all of this into DragonRaid: assume that God created 
>species of intelligent beings other than angels and men. We have no 
>idea if He did for real, of course (which is why I'd like to advocate 
>using a whole other universe for DragonRaid rather than having 
>EdenAgain be another planet in our own). Using the two scenarios we 
>have from the Bible, we can deduce how God might treat these other 
>beings: 
>
>   A. If the whole species falls, God may provide a sacrifice for them. 
>
>   B. If only some of the species falls, God may not provide a sacrifice 
>for them. Those fallen of the species become evil incarnate; those 
>unfallen of the species remain holy unto God. 
>
>7. Since the original description of the dark creatures has them exiled 
>from other planets where only *some* of the species has fallen, 
>Option B is chosen. Therefore, dark creatures are a) Separate species 
>from men; b) fallen from grace, like men and fallen angels; and c) 
>unredeemable, like fallen angels. 
>
>SO...
>
>They are not like angels or men, but are a wholly separate, 
>FICTIONAL entity. They have certain properties of men (i.e., physical 
>beings) and certain properties of fallen angels (evil incarnate; unable 
>to be redeemed). 
>
>Whew!! I hope that was clear. To quote Rodney Dangerfield, I feel like 
>I just gave birth. :-) 
>
>Your brother in Christ, 
>
>--
>Rich Sezov

I like it! Bravo!
				Nathan