2007-06-11 15:12:37 · 19 answers · asked by Luv2no is in the house 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I really don't know.
BUT, after being Born-Again and watching things for a while, I got this Idea to get a Big Bible, so just in case somebody gets outta line, you can whomp'em back into their Seats!!!
Bible Whompers.
Yep! (you know I'm just being Silly right now!)
Ditto.............
2007-06-11 15:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bible thumper (also Bible basher, or Bible Beater) is a derisive term used to describe Christian fundamentalists, or anyone perceived as aggressively pushing their religious beliefs upon those who do not share them. As an insult, its target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religiosity, fundamentalist or not.
The term alludes to a preacher thumping his hand hard down on the lectern and the Bible on it to emphasize a point during a sermon.
Sid Meier used the term in his PC game "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri" to refer to the religious fundamentalist faction, with remarks made by the other factions in the game along the lines of "they're too busy bible-thumping and it's cutting into their bible-reading" to suggest that they had lost sight of the bible's true teachings.
It is also the name of a Bible-study program for Palm OS which contains the full text of the King James Bible. This is a good, albeit possibly somewhat tongue in cheek, example of an insult being reclaimed as a positive description.
2007-06-11 15:17:58 · answer #2 · answered by DrK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True Bible-thumpers (of old) did not thump on the book. They thumped the books on the heads of the children they were indoctrinating.
2007-06-11 15:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's funny! I thought it was from people turning the pages with their thumb to sound like Thumper on Bambi when he thumped his foot. HaHa! Guess the other makes sense. They are part of the God Squad.
2007-06-11 15:21:47 · answer #4 · answered by Happy2Bspoiled 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It comes from people who open up their Bibles and repeatedly thump their fingers on some passage or another, trying to prove some point they're trying to legitimize because a passage in the Bible makes some vague reference that could maybe possibly be construed to mean whatever point that person's trying to get across.
Make sense?
2007-06-11 15:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a term used for people who use the Bible as their reason for doing everything! They "hide" behind the scriptures, basically. They run towards the Bible for every single thing, from raising kids to the gay community. Basically, it's people who can't think on their own and need the Bible to apparently back up their claims.
2007-06-11 15:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by chicyuna 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your question brought memories of a relative of mine who use to get so upset at some people in the community. He referred to them as 'Bible thumping, psalm singing, hypocrites'. He could say it in such a way you could almost see the fire coming from his eyes.
2007-06-11 15:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the old southern tradition, the preacher would stand at the pulpit and scream at the parishoners. Some of them got so excited that they literally began beating the bible with their fists while they spoke.
2007-06-11 15:17:02 · answer #8 · answered by Ninja grape juice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When certain christians thump their bibles when making a particular biblical point, they got that epithet.
2007-06-11 15:51:24 · answer #9 · answered by CC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it refers to the way preachers hit the bible to create a dramitic emphasis on their preaching.
2007-06-11 15:15:14 · answer #10 · answered by rss_beatty 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋