Giants run dolmen
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Otherwise, if the comparison were taken literally, the Nephilim would be more than one hundred feet tall. Concerning Numbers 13:33, the comparison of the spies being like grasshoppers next to the Nephilim certainly must have been an exaggeration. The context of Genesis 6 is not precise enough to determine anything about the Nephilim except that they appear as unusual individuals. It was the King James translators who rendered those words "giants" while other translators simply transliterate the Hebrew word into English as "Nephilim." Scholars argue over the exact meaning of the word. The Bible mentioned the "nephilim" and "rephaim" in Genesis and Exodus. See the following paragraphs from "Giants in the Land" by Harold Mosley, an article that appeared in THE BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR, 30:2 Winter 2003-04, a Sunday School publication put out by the Southern Baptist Convention: The Southern Baptist Convention (that promote young-earth creationism) has argued for toning down the heights of "human giants" mentioned in the Bible. The story came from a letter published apparently in an unnamed Christian publication by an unnamed Christian, neither does the original story even mention "femurs," not once! Blanco webpage admits that the "femur" pictured on their site is not a genuine femur, but just a sculpture that the owner of the museum molded in order to illustrate an unsubstantiated story. AND as I had hoped the REAL meat of the discussion is within the comments and not necessarily the original article. Along with that question I included word (and image) as food for thought. My purpose was not to show that there were or were not giants in the land. It was created from a photo of a Cornell University excavation to make it appear like it was a giant. Thanks for the well thought out comment Edward but you may have missed where it says "This bizarre image first showed up in October 2002 as an entry in a Photoshop contest run by the website. However, it is noteworthy that there were many, many of these legends all over the world at one point. History has relegated these legends to the "myth" status, and they are not seen as actual historical accounts. Many of these legends speak of powerful gods and goddesses that were larger than life. Before the Bible was even conceived of, there were oral histories passed down from generation to generation in Sumer (Mesopotamia), Greece, Rome, Egypt, and elsewhere.However, what cannot be argued is that Judeo/Christian doctrines are not the only ones who speak of a giant human species. Arguments have arisen in the theological community for centuries as to what the Nephilim were, or if they were indeed the giants that seemed to be described.
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It is believed by some that these were the Nephilim, theorized to be gigantic in stature. The Holy Bible speaks about the offspring of "the sons of God and the daughters of man," indicating that angels who desired earthly pleasures impregnated the women of human origin.Legends throughout the world have spoken of a race of giants that once walked the Earth.