Bad birds
Bad birds
▸ ± Le 11:13-19 And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, Le 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Le 11:15 Every raven after his kind; Le 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, Le 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Le 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, Le 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Skeptics love to point out that bats are not fowl. But their error is that the scripture does not say they are. It says they are 'flying things'. It is an error to make rash judgements concerning the integrity of the Word of God based on English translations.
- Before you say God can't be trusted, be sure you are reading what he actually said. Many a skeptic will stand before God with an accusation, like Roseanne Roseannadanna [1], completely ignorant of the issue, who can only respond "Nevermind" when confronted with her misunderstanding of a simple word.
- fowls ‘owph עוף - fly [2].
Since I am not a bird watcher, the behaviors that Adam observed when naming the bird may elude me. It would be fun to ask a bird watcher about bird behaviors based on the names Adam gave them, which are now revealed through the restored notarikon.
