(July 1, 2015 at 11:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(July 1, 2015 at 10:40 pm)Beccs Wrote: And, don't forget, unicorns are mentioned in the bible so they must be real.
Apparently someone hasn't learned that words change their meaning over time.
https://en.glosbe.com/en/ang/unicorn
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(historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם); a reem or wild ox.
So yes, unicorns existed.
Look at that Huggy! You found an actual fact. However, and this is my point, the medieval church included the unicorn in their bestiaries on the basis of that mistranslation. It's only during more critical translations and readings during the Renaissance and later, that the unicorn was discarded. Modern cirtical analysis shows the Bible to be anything but historically accurate or divinely inspired. Why having accepted the unicorn mistranslation don't you apply your brain to the rest of the "holy" book?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.