Of course there are Unicorns, pt.I

Today on Wretched: Of course there are Unicorns, pt.I

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[Epagonizesthai]

Another example of how the so-called "enlightened" skeptics of the New Atheist movement are willing to uncritically accept any and every argument they hear against the Bible, whether it holds any real weight or not.

Excellent job!

[philosophizer149]

@bluemoonrising26 ...are not limited to scientific explanations, because God is the one who committed these acts, in saying these happenings are impossible, you assume God does not exist. This, however, is not to say we can't explain how God did it, nor are these happenings without proof they actually happened evidence for God's existence, with the exception of Christ's miracles, we actually have evidence of that.

[matthewtaylorbrown]

Yes, I assume there are no gods. There is a complete absence of evidence that gods exist or that Jesus' miracles are not myth. You believe what is written, we do not. Does that mean the Bible is useless and void of fact, absolutely not.

[matthewtaylorbrown]

@Epagonizesthai As an old atheist I can defend both sides of this coin. One, 'unicorn' is a very poor noun to use in today's English. It would seem best if it had been kept as re'em. Footnotes could then describe as they've done without the hassle. I don't believe in unicorns any more than I do gods. On the other hand, this is like a political statement that Obama is a Muslim, once it is said, it has a tendency to stick; right or wrong. Just say it's re'em, a massive and extinct ox like animal.

[matthewtaylorbrown]

I've been noticing that people are skipping over a significant point in the translations to unicorn. The point being that the Greek did, indeed, know of unicorns in their mythology. I'm not versed in Greek of Greek translations, but what was the original or near-original Greek meaning? Surely they had a word that specifically meant 'unicorn' from their description of the supposed Indian animal in question. Is it or is it not the same Greek word in the OT?

[notcon4md]

I believe unicorns really existed and there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME.

Not that it really matters much. I just enjoy believing in their existence. Does that make me non-scientific? Oh well.

[MisterNickOtine]

@NathanH83 those are modern cattle! lol do you even read my posts! the AUROCHS is EXTINCT. UNICORN (monoceros) is a septuagint mistranslation. Like I said in my previous comments which you ignore. Re'em which is the HEBREW word in the bible, not the greek translation, is a cognate of Rimu and is inscribed on assyrian and babylonian EPIGRAPHY (PICTURES!) of the aurochs!

[NathanH83]

@NathanH83 Found one: watch?v=xuytRXRfyeI

Now, where's your video showing a rhinoceros plowing a field?

[NathanH83]

@MisterNickOtine God says in Job that the rhinoceros (unicorn) cannot be used for plowing. Show me a video of a rhinoceros being used to plow a field. You won't find one. I'll show you plenty of videos of oxen being used for plowing.

[MisterNickOtine]

@NathanH83 I'm just curious by the way. Are you aware that people used to worship bulls in the fertile crescent, and in many other parts of the world?

[MisterNickOtine]

@NathanH83 Taken from the Glasgow Argus newspaper of 7 December 1835: ...The Ethiopic translation of the Scriptures renders it Arwe Harish , the names of the rhinoceros; this, however, is of little consequence, as it seems now to be admitted that that translation was made from the Septuagint. This latter, however, was effected before the birth of our Saviour, by Jews resident in Egypt, at a time when the rhinoceros was frequently exhibited there as a part of the royal pomp of the Ptolemies...

[MisterNickOtine]

@NathanH83 because rhinos can't be tamed. wtf. watch?v=_auf99tsUHc ever been to a zoo??? the tamed cattle were derived from the aurochs but the tamed and wild ones diverged, according to wikipedia, into almost different species.