[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Unicorns, dragons and satyrs are REAL, the Bible tells us so

The Bible got it right!It seems that no one is looking at the definitions from the Biblical times. Or alternate Greek and Hebrew translations.
For instance:
The UNICORN was simply their name for a type of wild ox (Bos primigenius). Since extinct. The name may be unfortunate since it was a two horned animal. The mythical creature came into writing later and was probably unrelated.
The COCKATRICE was most likely a type of cobra given that it was in a den and the proximity to, if not one of, the asps(snakes). Isaiah also refers to its viper eggs. The word cockatrice is the same as the Greek Basilisk(snake) which means 'little king" for its mitre on its head. It may also, although unlikely, refer to an extinct bird that had a reptile like tail that we know from fossils looked very much like the mythical version of a cockatrice. Who's to say that it wasn't still around then or they just saw the bones and imagined it was still around. I've also read books from that era that had a cockatrice character that was described as a very mean /evil rooster. Kind of a "fowl" fowl. Lol I get the sense that that was a common term for rooster back then.
DRAGONS were likely how they referred to wild dogs or jackals since most of the times the word is used in english, the Hebrew translation would have been jackal. That's not to say that it isn't possible that they're referring to dinosaur remains or even living remnants of some sort of dinosaur since we consistently find human and dinosaur remains,fossils and tracks together. Also, drawings and carvings of human/dinosaur interactions.
SATYRS? Well your guess is as good as mine. As far as I can tell, they're simply he-goats as the Hebrew translations say or some sort of demon that all translations hint to. But that Neanderthal theory intrigues me. There's no proof or reason they didn't coexist.
So that's my long winded spiel on how they knew exactly what they were doing when they wrote the Scriptures. It's only been man that has gotten it wrong. Mostly because of those that want it to be wrong.

Is it your contention that the Lord thy God was incapable, or unwilling to say what He meant?

[Brother Gonzalez]

Re: Unicorns, dragons and satyrs are REAL, the Bible tells us so

Is it your contention that the Lord thy God was incapable, or unwilling to say what He meant?

He is using the "in Hebrew means" fallacy to deny the Bible. It is more common than it seems. It implies that they know better than King James.

[Jay North]

Re: Unicorns, dragons and satyrs are REAL, the Bible tells us so

Mary, not at all. I am taking the words very literally. I believe the words to be exact. No need for faith or fantasy. That serves to strengthen my belief and serves as a powerful tool to help bring others to Gospel. Also takes a bullet away from nonbelievers and exposes their mockery to be very ignorant and silly.

Brother Gonzales, I have no idea how you jumped so far from my intended point. I only offer Hebrew as a second example of how the words are used in their time to show the words are correct and don't need to be deformed into an animal we know of today or become some mythical creature that just serves as fodder for those that ridicule. It keeps it simple for all. The animals existed just as the words describe them.


I'm not at all implying that His words were anything but precise. His words or meanings didn't change, ours did. Nor did his need to change or have to be anything but what they existed to be.


I'm also not implying that I know even a fraction of others. Many people have probably forgotten more than I'll ever know.

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Unicorns, dragons and satyrs are REAL, the Bible tells us so

I see. So you claim the Holy Bible can and should be understood precisely as It is written, so long as you don't actually understand it precisely as It is written.

Thanks for clearing that up!