that rabbits don't have cuds?
"And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you."
Leviticus 11:6
2007-06-20 04:30:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They found out quickly, but no one told God.
2007-06-20 04:37:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dear Confused Man,
The Hebrew phrase for ‘chew the cud’ simply means ‘raising up what has been swallowed’.
Coneys and rabbits go through such similar motions to ruminants that Linnaeus, the father of modern classification (and a creationist), at first classified them as ruminants. Also, rabbits and hares practice refection, which is essentially the same principle as rumination, and does indeed ‘raise up what has been swallowed’. The food goes right through the rabbit and is passed out as a special type of dropping. These are re-eaten, and can now nourish the rabbit as they have already been partly digested.
It is not an error of Scripture that ‘chewing the cud’ now has a more restrictive meaning than it did in Moses’ day. Indeed, rabbits and hares do ‘chew the cud’ in an even more specific sense. Once again, the Bible is right and the skeptics are wrong.
2007-06-20 04:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by search 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is correct that rabbits do not chew the cud. But the creature referred to Leviticus, the " 'arnebeth" apparently did. Scientist are unable to identify what animal Leviticus actual refers to. Rather then leave the word untranslated (as was done with come other animals such as leviathan, behemoth, and camels) the KJ translators attempted to match it with a known animal - the hare. (Of course, you know the hares are NOT rabbits, don't you? Different species). It appears their guess on this one was off.
2007-06-20 04:40:49 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, you have never seen a rabbit in real life. They barf up digested vegetation and chew it. Same as a cow and camel. The cow has a divided hoof but neither the camel nor the rabbit do.
Cud \Cud\ (k[u^]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of
uncertain origin; cf, G. k["o]der bait, Icel. kvi[eth]r womb,
Goth. qi[thorn]us. Cf. Quid.]
1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by
ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed
a second time.
A rabbits cud is called refection.
Refection is a process in which rabbits eat their own dung mixed with undigested material. And is hence a cud chewing.
The fact of the matter is that atheistic scientists are desperate to find any amount of contradiction in the Bible and have put out a myth for the uneducated and ignorant to use as a proof of their own godless notions. The fact of the matter, a cud is simply chewing on digested and undigested food, which the hare does and it cannot be denied. The difference is the difference between rumination and refection.
2007-06-20 04:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by Truth7 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I laughed at the wording of the question. How long did it take for scientists to figure out rabbits don't have cuds? I don't think any animal I have seen has a cud. Unless they are hidden somewhere beneath its utters. Thanks I needed the laugh. Good to see our scientists are spending their grant money improving whatever.
2007-06-20 04:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by Edward J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alimentary canal of ruminants, such as the cow, goat, sheep and antelope, is unable to produce the enzymes required to break down the cellulose and hemicellulose of plant matter. Accordingly, these animals have developed a symbiotic relationship with a wide range of microbes, which largely reside in the reticulorumen, and which are able to synthesise the requisite enzymes. The reticulorumen thus hosts a microbial fermentation which yields products (mainly volatile fatty acids and microbial protein), which the ruminant is able to digest and absorb.
2007-06-20 04:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who cares whether rabbits have cuds. Very few people eat rabbit anyway.
Kisses BB
2007-06-20 04:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The expression chewing one's cud means meditating or pondering so maybe back in the ancient times it meant something else.... the whole Bible has been retranslated over and over again and words get jumbled
2007-06-20 04:36:42 · answer #8 · answered by 21 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The bible isnt a science text book you moron.
In Genesis the 2 creation accounts are contradictory.
2007-06-20 04:34:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits aren't hares, though...
Poor little bunnies, doomed by the bible :(
2007-06-20 04:34:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, maybe hares do.. Don't take that the wrong way, I think the Bible is total BS.
2007-06-20 04:34:38 · answer #11 · answered by juhsayngul 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋