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Giant People in the bible?

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Blue Jay
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01-09-2009 11:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 228 by Coyote
01-09-2009 8:35 PM

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Hi, Coyote.
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Coyote writes:
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But "giants" is normally interpreted to mean tall as well as large, so I don't think the Neanderthals would fit the bill.
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In defense of this statement:
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For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
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Deuteronomy 3:11 (KJV)
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And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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1 Samuel 17:1 (KJV)
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Height is the primary characteristic of "giants" from the Bible (admittedly, Goliath isn't actually called a "giant" in the Bible, but still...).
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Blue Jay
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01-10-2009 1:35 AM 		Reply to: Message 230 by Coyote
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Hi, Coyote.
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Sorry, I don't believe a word of it.
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Well, that wasn't the point. I was just confirming your argument that Neanderthal couldn't have been the biblical "giants." This, I think, is a good, simple line of argumentation because it doesn't rely on radiometric dating, which would instantly turn this thread into another groaner.
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