It may help you to know that- well, at least where I come from, it wasn't us that caused Heaven to threaten to flood Earth.
There were some angels, the Grigori, that desired to live with humans so badly they left without permission - they defied God, and fell. They took human lovers, and the result of these unions may have seemed harmless at first; young Nephilim are small, curious, very much like any child.
But they universally despise their own existence, inherently impure with nothing to warrant it. Some seek death, but almost nothing can destroy them at this early stage. Some seek destruction, but can't carry it out. They compromise - the ones that wish to destroy consume the others. And with them, they consume their impurity. Enough impurity fully corrupts them, and corruption brings out the worst in a being. In this case, the blind fury of pain. They burst into flame and become rampaging monsters.
Heaven...would rather have destroyed Earth on their own terms, so it could be rebuilt on their terms. Otherwise, the world would have been overrun by these Fire Nephilim.
It's not a good story, save for the flood never happening. Purifying a Nephilim takes a tremendous amount of energy, there's no practical way to save them, and I don't even know if it does help them. But at least it doesn't hypocritically blame humanity for their actions when free will is our greatest gift.
cw: suicide/cannibalism because Nephilim are sad little creatures
There were some angels, the Grigori, that desired to live with humans so badly they left without permission - they defied God, and fell. They took human lovers, and the result of these unions may have seemed harmless at first; young Nephilim are small, curious, very much like any child.
But they universally despise their own existence, inherently impure with nothing to warrant it. Some seek death, but almost nothing can destroy them at this early stage. Some seek destruction, but can't carry it out. They compromise - the ones that wish to destroy consume the others. And with them, they consume their impurity. Enough impurity fully corrupts them, and corruption brings out the worst in a being. In this case, the blind fury of pain. They burst into flame and become rampaging monsters.
Heaven...would rather have destroyed Earth on their own terms, so it could be rebuilt on their terms. Otherwise, the world would have been overrun by these Fire Nephilim.
It's not a good story, save for the flood never happening. Purifying a Nephilim takes a tremendous amount of energy, there's no practical way to save them, and I don't even know if it does help them. But at least it doesn't hypocritically blame humanity for their actions when free will is our greatest gift.