Unicorns are REAL!!!!!!! Here is PROOF!!

[ORUgrad]

A fundie friend of mine commented on facebook that his church service was "magical". I could not resist a bit of fun, so I said "Were their unicorns and fairies there too?"

To which he replied with this link... http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v2/n1/unicorns-in-bible

"Some people claim the Bible is a book of fairy tales because it mentions unicorns. However, the biblical unicorn was a real animal, not an imaginary creature. The Bible refers to the unicorn in the context of familiar animals, such as peacocks, lambs, lions, bullocks, goats, donkeys, horses, dogs, eagles, and calves (Job 39:9–12.1) In Job 38–41, God reminded Job of the characteristics of a variety of impressive animals He had created, showing Job that God was far above man in power and strength...."

To which I replied "The Bible is not a book of fairly tales! I mean, there isn't one mention of fairies in it! And everyone knows that talking donkeys and talking serpents existed too and the earth is flat. It's right there in the Bible! ;) The only "evidence" we need is the ability to read! ;)

I might offer that last line as a new Christian slogan. What do you think??

[rsaavedra]

You know, the bible wasn't originally written in English. How can you (or your friend) be so sure the original referred to an animal like a horse with a horn? Have you thought that this can be a translation issue?

In a Spanish bible it doesn't say unicorn there, but "búfalo".

What is more, in a Tanakh translation (into English) by the Jewish Publication Society, it says "wild ox", not unicorn.

[ORUgrad]

Yes of course.

[HansMustermann]

Bah. Spoilsport. I always wanted an unicorn, and you just dashed my hopes ;)

[Brian-M]

Bah. Spoilsport. I always wanted an unicorn, and you just dashed my hopes ;)


You can still have your unicorn... take a white horse and graft a coral horn onto it. Something similar is already being done with humans. :)

http://www.ambient.ca/bodmod/implants.html

Just last week Enigma had his fourth generation of horn implants installed. A generation is basically equivalent to the gauge system used in wire, gradually getting thicker. The plan for the Enigma's horns is for seven generations, or stages, of teflon of increasingly larger size, allowing for the skin to stretch. Currently they are 3/4" long. By the end of one year (early 1997), he'll be ready to have the teflon implants removed when they're an inch long (sixth generation) and replaced with the seventh generation coral. Coral was chosen since the body will recognize it as similar to bone and will disperse the coral whilst calcifying it, adhering the horns to Enigma's cranium.


(Coral bone grafting does have genuine medical uses: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11847406)

[Thunder]

if its in the Bible, it MUST be true.

[Marduk]

If unicorns were real they seem to be an exceptionally reclusive animal, they were unknown in the Old Testament, and then suddenly a few hundred years later they were everywhere.

I suspect they were on holiday or something
;)

[Skeptic]

The Hebrew word used is re'em, more accurately translated as "wild ox". Certainly in context it does not seem to imply a "real" unicorn -- the re'em is mentioned together with the wild donkey, the wild ass, etc. "Unicorn" is a mistake of the translator in the King James' version.

[3point14]

The Hebrew word used is re'em, more accurately translated as "wild ox". Certainly in context it does not seem to imply a "real" unicorn -- the re'em is mentioned together with the wild donkey, the wild ass, etc. "Unicorn" is a mistake of the translator in the King James' version.

Sustained by god in the sight of god (or something like that), how could they possibly make an error? Must be a mistake in the original...

[Ladewig]

The Hebrew word used is re'em, more accurately translated as "wild ox". Certainly in context it does not seem to imply a "real" unicorn -- the re'em is mentioned together with the wild donkey, the wild ass, etc. "Unicorn" is a mistake of the translator in the King James' version.

I consider your response to be rational and reasonable. On the other hand, I have worked with fundamentalist who would consider your assertion to be the worst kind of blasphemy because they believe that God, himself, was working through the KJV translators. They would rather believe that unicorns once existed and somehow disappeared without a trace than believe that there is an error in the King James Bible.