2006-10-19 08:59:08 · 9 answers · asked by TJ 57 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe it has to do with beating someone with a bible to get them to believe.
2006-10-19 09:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by flashypsw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B/c they've watched Bambi and are great fans of Thump er the rabbit.
Seriously they must thump the Bible onto something.
2006-10-19 16:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term comes from the old Hellfire and Brimstone tent revivalist preachers. They used to get themselves worked up into a froth, and they'd beat the podium with their bible for emphasis.
When I went to a Fundie High School (6 years of indoctrination) in our bi-weekly chapel, they once had in an old fashioned tent revivalist preacher. Best floor show they'd ever had, except for the time one of our own ambushed a rep from Bob Jones University about their racist policies.
2006-10-19 16:04:26 · answer #3 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when they are preaching to you they are thumping the bible with their hands
2006-10-19 16:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bible-thumper is anyone who comes soliciting religion to your door. Hence the "bible" (whatever religion they're selling) and the "thumper" (Knocking on your door.)
2006-10-19 16:04:07 · answer #5 · answered by jirstan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bible humper.... oh goodness
2006-10-19 16:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by novembr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they beat on the bible when they give speeches?
2006-10-19 16:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by makemovie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone that believes EVERYONE must accept christianity
2006-10-19 16:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't
2006-10-19 16:03:03 · answer #9 · answered by Vivid Pink 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋