Why are extremely devout Christians who evangelize called "Bible thumpers?" When I think about it, I would think that it would be more appropriate to call non-believers who criticize Christianity "Bible thumpers," because if someone is going to thump something, it usually means they don't like that thing. For instance, if I started thumping my printer, you would probably think I either hated it or was really mad at it.
Thoughts? Comments?
2007-10-14 09:57:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Imagine someone beating (i.e. thumping) on a Bible while screaming, "I hate you! You suck!! AHHHHHHHHHH!"
LOL
2007-10-14 09:58:44 · update #1
Actually I think the term "bible thumper" came from the preachers raising the bible up and banging down on the pulpit as they preached with fire in the old days.
2007-10-14 10:02:48 · answer #1 · answered by Stan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Bible Thumper but I really don't thump on my Bible.
2007-10-14 10:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by tas211 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because when they are speaking they are usually holding a bible and are very uh... energetic about their speeches most of the time. The keep on thumping the bible on their hands or sometimes on the thing they stand on to speak.
2007-10-14 10:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by LadyP 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old time Preachers, usually Holiness, use to do it whenever they were emphasizing a particular point in a particular verse. I have actually witnessed them doing it when I was a kid. Holding the Bible open in one hand and thumping the pages with his other hand.
2007-10-14 10:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the term came from the behavior of some old-time tent revivalists who would thump on their Bible during a sermon to make a point (i.e., "It says so right in here!").
2007-10-14 10:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by 222 Sexy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ummmm well u have a point BUT i am a christian as i try to get the bible every day which i thinks thump, but i do not like to use the term
2007-10-14 10:02:33 · answer #6 · answered by Jill B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a person makes an emphatic point, they may pound on the table (like Khrushchev did with his shoe on the UN podium).
People who carry their Bibles with them, and who have a passionate point to make would emphatically point to their Bible. They are giving the message that these words they're saying are not their own...they come from God Himself, revealed in the Bible.
2007-10-14 10:11:02 · answer #7 · answered by bwlobo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people when talking about scripture take their fingers or hands and wack their Bible. I am a Christian and I have seen it. It scares me to death..usually they wack and thump it but never read it.
2007-10-14 10:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can imagine a preacher thumping flat handed on the Bible screaming : "You are all going to Heeeeeeeell! (Thump) It is in the BOOK!" (Thump)
2007-10-14 10:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by didi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone pointing to the bible as holding truth, salvation and hope (and doing that with love and humility), is a good thing.
Someone using the bible to bash in someone's head and condemn them is, I think, what brought that term into being. This is not a good thing.
2007-10-14 10:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋