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Post by paulh on Feb 27, 2009 0:40:32 GMT
if there were giants back then, why haven't we dug up their skeletons? Ruff You are setting a very high standard. Evolutionists do not have to produce specimens of any of the missing links in large numbers of proposed evolutionary sequences. After 150 years of no evidence for missing links, that theory is alive and well. It seems that artists impressions and statements like 99% of the genetics are in common are sufficient substitutes for evidence. But if you are determined to look for evidence of giants there is quite a lot Sociological is easy: - How many tribes does the OT specify as giant? - For how many implements of giants does the OT give measurements? Numbers 13 32 ........All the people we saw there were giant! 33 We saw the N'filim, the descendants of 'Anak, who was from the N'filim; to ourselves we looked like grasshoppers by comparison, and we looked that way to them too!" If you want physical evidence there is some around. But humans are pretty reluctant about evidence for giants as their existence suggests that humans are not the high point of intelligent life. Still if you like to use Google you can find lots of over-sized stone age tools and some body remains. For example www.stevequayle.com/Giants/index2.html
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Post by paulh on Feb 27, 2009 21:00:11 GMT
Perhaps they were just people who could not control their eating. That might well explain the huge stone tools that are found - to assist with faster food supply ;D
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Post by maximus on Mar 1, 2009 2:06:15 GMT
Get in my Belly!
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Post by afterthought on Mar 1, 2009 3:49:40 GMT
The cyclops was a cheesemaker.
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Post by ruffashlar on Mar 9, 2009 15:23:18 GMT
Blessed are the cheesemakers
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Post by ruffashlar on Mar 9, 2009 18:31:39 GMT
I hope you're not one of those blasphemers against Our Lord Brian
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Post by maat on Mar 10, 2009 0:25:07 GMT
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Post by FireMist on Mar 15, 2009 4:13:39 GMT
First picture is of two men working well below the leve that two skeletons were found. Interesting phot, but the skeletons are of a normal human size. The second photo is of a petrified (now rock) a bone from the age of dinasoars. I don't remember if it was a dinasor or a mastadon...it is pertrified like that because of an old tar pit. ...........next BTW. Supposedly Goliath ...you know, the fellow David slew..... was a Giant. Why do people tend to dismiss out of hand any suggestion that there actually were giant people in (??) the earth in those days. Because it's a stupid idea, perhaps? I mean, if there were giants back then, why haven't we dug up their skeletons? They were too heavy. To find an entire skeleton is rare.
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Post by FireMist on Mar 17, 2009 4:12:38 GMT
LOL.... and perhaps they were.....if true. I didn't realize I'd copied that bit of the other post. goodnight/morning all
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Post by maximus on Mar 17, 2009 6:12:13 GMT
First picture is of two men working well below the leve that two skeletons were found. Interesting phot, but the skeletons are of a normal human size. The second photo is of a petrified (now rock) a bone from the age of dinasoars. I don't remember if it was a dinasor or a mastadon...it is pertrified like that because of an old tar pit. ...........next Good spot. Next indeed.
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Post by maat on Mar 18, 2009 2:24:39 GMT
Read where the word Nephilim, which is normally translated in English as giants, stems from the Semitic root NFL which means 'to cast down'.
So the translation re giants in the Earth etc could be referring to 'those who were cast down upon Earth'.
Spiritually there is no 'up' or 'down' ... so ??
Maat
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Post by paulh on Mar 18, 2009 2:37:40 GMT
Perhaps they were dumped here and their transport destroyed - sort of a Pacific solution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Solution "Detention camps were set up on Christmas Island, Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, and on the tiny island nation of Nauru. "
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Post by maat on Mar 18, 2009 4:56:05 GMT
That might be a possible answer to questions which arise about 'the bad guys getting kicked out' the heavens. Then we have the 'sons of God and the daughters of men' - no different to Capt Cooks day and Bligh's mutinous men really. Simple Maat
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Post by maat on Mar 19, 2009 0:31:32 GMT
Yup - Earth is the 'naughty chair'.
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Post by Mr_Chaos on Mar 28, 2009 20:11:53 GMT
In Greek and Norse mythology the original ruling class of gods were referred to as giants. This can be seen in the characters of Loki and Prometheus. Also, I've always found the similarities between those two very interesting.
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Post by paulh on Mar 28, 2009 22:09:47 GMT
Prometheus was neither a giant nor god. He was a titan. There are differences. Please do not muddy their definitions. "In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν - Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες - Ti-tânes); were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians, effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks borrowed from the Ancient Near East.[1]" It looks like the titans are elder gods. I have read that unlike humans they continued to grow with age and therefore had no obvious height limits - hence they were (are) titanic
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Post by maximus on Mar 28, 2009 22:20:59 GMT
In Greek and Norse mythology the original ruling class of gods were referred to as giants. This can be seen in the characters of Loki and Prometheus. Also, I've always found the similarities between those two very interesting. Loki was not a Jotun (Giant), but an Aesir.
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Post by paulh on Mar 28, 2009 22:59:42 GMT
There are huge differences between gods and Elder G-ds. Perhaps you would like to elaborate. I am particularly interested in how gods overthrow Gods
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Post by Mr_Chaos on Mar 29, 2009 17:41:04 GMT
In Greek and Norse mythology the original ruling class of gods were referred to as giants. This can be seen in the characters of Loki and Prometheus. Also, I've always found the similarities between those two very interesting. Loki was not a Jotun (Giant), but an Aesir. From Wikipedia; Line 1, Paragraph 1 In Norse mythology, Loki is a god or jötunn (giant), or both. Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. -------------- He definitely was not an Æsir. In fact in Ragnarök it is told that he will lead the jötunn into battle. Maybe you are confused because he is a character that is tolerated by the Æsir, similar to Prometheus.
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Post by maximus on Mar 30, 2009 2:11:25 GMT
Loki was not a Jotun (Giant), but an Aesir. From Wikipedia; Line 1, Paragraph 1 In Norse mythology, Loki is a god or jötunn (giant), or both. Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. -------------- He definitely was not an Æsir. In fact in Ragnarök it is told that he will lead the jötunn into battle. Maybe you are confused because he is a character that is tolerated by the Æsir, similar to Prometheus. I am not confused. I have studied the Elder and Prose Eddas, not Wikipedia. Freya is my patron Goddess (Vanir). Loki, although he may lead the Jotun against the Gods in Ragnorok, is not himself a Jotun. He represents the forces of entropy, the inevitable destruction that leads to rebirth, which Ragnorok is symbolic of.
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