Wilhelm-Scream
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You may say that about the dragons, but if so I wonder why modern translations have changed "satyr" to "wild goat".
Also, no way on Earth were the giants a symbol. It's the "historical account" of how David slew a 10 foot tall man. Unless you believe David himself was a symbol.*shrug* Most Christians do not.
I'm not going to copy/paste several books of the bible here, but you should read all of those in context. Seems pretty clear to me that they're not symbolic.
The human-faced locust are going to torment men for 5 months. Are the giant hailstones and the plagues and the famine and the new order under which no one can buy or sell short of worshipping the Antichrist also symbolic?
Of course not. God said he'd kill the first born of Egypt and send frogs, etc. and he parted the Red Sea and Christians believe that stuff really happened.
I know because they found a rusted old chariot at the bottom of the Red Sea and Christians were very excited that it was proof of the parting.
Well, he also said he'd send human-faced locusts with horse-bodies.
The cud-chewing bunnies are not symbolic. That comes from a long list of which animals are approved by god to be eaten
Also, in that dragon and unicorn stuff, it also mentions owls and bulls in the same breath. I wonder what the bulls and owls represent if not....bulls and owls.
Also, no way on Earth were the giants a symbol. It's the "historical account" of how David slew a 10 foot tall man. Unless you believe David himself was a symbol.*shrug* Most Christians do not.
I'm not going to copy/paste several books of the bible here, but you should read all of those in context. Seems pretty clear to me that they're not symbolic.
The human-faced locust are going to torment men for 5 months. Are the giant hailstones and the plagues and the famine and the new order under which no one can buy or sell short of worshipping the Antichrist also symbolic?
Of course not. God said he'd kill the first born of Egypt and send frogs, etc. and he parted the Red Sea and Christians believe that stuff really happened.
I know because they found a rusted old chariot at the bottom of the Red Sea and Christians were very excited that it was proof of the parting.
Well, he also said he'd send human-faced locusts with horse-bodies.
The cud-chewing bunnies are not symbolic. That comes from a long list of which animals are approved by god to be eaten
Also, in that dragon and unicorn stuff, it also mentions owls and bulls in the same breath. I wonder what the bulls and owls represent if not....bulls and owls.