Talk:Nephilim: Difference between revisions

Anyway, that is probably more than enough criticism for now.  I apologise if I seem to have "dismissed" somebody's hard work but I have actually been looking hard at Nephilim in Scripture lately so this is all fresh in my mind.  Much of the latter portion of this article is more about giant humans in general than Nephilim specifically, and may be better suited to a "Giants" article.  Is there currently such an article?[[User:LowKey|LowKey]] 14:08, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

:I just popped in and noticed that none of what I raised here has really been addressed in a substantial fashion.  "Nephilim" has been changed to "Giants" in headings etc, but the content still says that the Bible called Nephilim giants, and still lists post-flood references to large-statured people as being references to the Nephilim.  Neither of these are true.  The Bible calls the Nephilim "Nephilim".  The ''only'' post-flood reference to the Nephilim is the "evil report" (which we know was an untrue report).  While apochryphal references and the common theme of mythology indicate that the Nephilim could well have been (and probably generally were) gigantic, this does not mean that all giants are/were Nephilim.  Genesis 6:4 has been nominated to support belief in post-lodd Nephilim, but no explanation is given why ''afterward'' should be taken to mean ''after the flood'' particularly as the flood as not yet been mentioned at that point.  I don't think such an explanation belongs in the lead, but it should be in the article somewhere.  I am loathe to make the corrections myself due to the "don't revert admins" rule. [[User:LowKey|LowKey]] 01:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)