It clearly states that insects have 4 feet? I mean, do you really believe that the Lord and his Messengers would be imbiciles who are incapable of realizing that insects have 6, and not 4 feet?
LEV 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
LEV 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
LEV 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
2007-02-17 18:13:09 · 8 answers · asked by David W 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And do not respond that this is metaphorical... nobody ever says that humans walk on all fours, why should it apply to insects?
2007-02-17 18:14:40 · update #1
David: Never before of all the theology study students of all of the Colleges or Universities has anyone ever, discovered this as proof of the invalidity of the Bible. WOW ! Devine revelation or what? Yep ! ... You have done it. No insects ever existed where any insects had 4 feet to crawl around on. Locusts have 18 feet - used to have 4 ... evolution - I guess ! Well ... now we have to close down all the theology courses taught in all of the seminaries as well !!!
2007-02-17 18:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me make two distinctions in this passage.
'Goeth upon all four' does not necessarily mean on for feet, or legs or anything.
There is the possibility of some ambiguity in the third verse. In this translation, it seems evident that the author was saying that all other flying creeping things have four feet. I can't look at the Hebrew and tell you, but it's not inconceivable for me that the author is stating that 'all other flying creeping things with four feet' are an abomination, and that this is just a poorly placed comma.
That's just a thought, but a scholar in ancient hebrew could clear this up quickly.
2007-02-18 02:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by soulinverse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you are understanding what it actually says....it says 6 feet.
" Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four (means...it goes, walks on all 4, of 4 feet), which have legs above their feet (legs above their feet...meaning another set that are higher than the front 4), to leap withal upon the earth (stating, these high feet are meant for jumping).
Now get on google and hit images and type in grasshopper. What do you see?
You see 4 small legs, that it goeth upon the earth with...and it has 2 higher feet that it uses to jump with...in turn, 6 feet.
2007-02-18 02:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Do you honestly believe that the authors of Scripture believed that insects had four feet? If you believe that, you really shouldn't be thinking about these kinds of subjects.
Just out of curiosity, when was the last time you used the word "cockroach"? Were you aware that it is from the Spanish root 'cuca' meaning 'caterpillar'? Do you actually believe that cockroaches are caterpillars? Or do you suppose that the word "cockroach" just passed into common usage?
Now what do you suppose the Hebrew 'arba meant? Do you suppose it was a term for 'bug,' or do you actually think that it meant 'a thing with four legs'?
They have this new thing out called 'etymology.' It explains how root words are combined to form the langauge of every day speech. You should check it out some time.
2007-02-18 02:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Suppose it would be too long a list of varieties. You missed to mention even arachnoidaes (8 legs) - and what about the more legged ones? Like centipedes... ! And what about kangaroos, who use their hind legs? And birds? Imagine this: "every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all two, four, six (pardon me, star-fish, you have five...), eight, etc. etc..."
2007-02-18 02:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by nini 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't believe that the Bible is the word of God. I don't think that's the meaning of Paul calling it "inspired".
But when I look at a grasshopper, it looks a lot like it has four feet above those that hop. I don't see your point.
2007-02-18 02:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
and ants have no leaders.
Pro 6:6 You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.
Pro 6:7 Ants don't have leaders,
Pro 6:8 but they store up food during harvest season.
2007-02-18 02:24:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh come on...you know Satan added another pair (or more) of feet in order to try to trick people...
2007-02-18 02:22:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋