The Bible Qualifies as a Collection of Fairy Tales - E

The proposition on offer is that the Bible qualifies as a collection of fairy tales. The letter is to disambiguate from other versions of the same debate. Obviously by collection, I mean that there are more than one in the same book ("something that is collected; a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, esp. for some purpose or as a result of some process" - Dictionary.com). And by fairy tale, I mean the following: Fairy Tale: –noun 1. a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures. 2. an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief: His story of being a millionaire is just a fairy tale. Thus, the resolution is satisfied if the Bible contains more than one story that is either about magical creatures or has incredible/misleading content. ******************************* There are a number of magical and mythical creatures mentioned in the Bible. A short list: Giants Dragons Cockatrices Unicorns The Cheldean's Horses Sorcerers/Witches Other Gods The Bible also contains a number of stories with misleading (deceptive; tending to mislead -> to lead or guide wrongly or into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.; lead astray) or incredible (so extraordinary as to seem impossible, not credible; hard to believe; unbelievable). A short list: Creation of Earth and Man The Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve Life Spans of Adam, Noah, Methuselah, et al Plagues of Egypt Parting of the Red Sea Jonah and the Great Fish **************************** Evidence for each of these: 1. Giants - http://en.wikipedia.org...(mythology) Gen 6:4 - "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Num 13:33 - "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." 2. Dragons - http://en.wikipedia.org... Rev 12:7 - "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," Isa 13:22 - "And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged." 3. Cockatrices - http://en.wikipedia.org... Isa 11:8 - "And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den." Jer 8:11 - "For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD." 4. Unicorns - http://en.wikipedia.org... Job 39:9 - "Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?" Psa 29:6 - "He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn." 5. The Cheldean's Horses - http://en.wikipedia.org... Hab 1:8 - "Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat." 6. Sorcerers/Witches - http://en.wikipedia.org... Acts 13:8 - "But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith." 1 Sam 15:23 - "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king." 7. Other Gods - http://en.wikipedia.org... Jud 2:13 - "And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth." Jud 10:6 - " And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him." 8. Creation of Earth and Man (Genesis 1, 2) God snaps his fingers and makes the world, then forms man from some dust and woman from one of man's ribs. 9. The Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1-3; 4-5) God, who knew the natures of Adam and Eve allows Satan to tempt them and then evicts them from the Garden of Eden. They subsequently begin breeding the human race. 10. Life Spans of Adam, Noah, Methuselah, et al (Genesis 1-5; 6; 5) These Biblical characters supposedly lived for 390, 600, and 900 years respectively. 11. Plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-12) Seven plagues strike Egypt in the space of about a week and a half. Highly improbable, and some of the plagues are physically impossible (water to blood). 12. Parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 13-15) Somehow Moses strikes a body of water with a piece of fabric and the water moves out of the way long enough for a bunch of people to walk across the sea, but not long enough for hundreds of chariot-riding Egyptians to catch them. 13. Jonah and the Great Fish (Book of Jonah, 2 Kings 14) Somehow Jonah lives inside the belly of a large fish for three days. The fish then decides to regurgitate him conveniently on the beach somewhere. *********************************** This is just a short list of the absurdities and nonsense the Bible contains. It is easy to see how this qualifies as a collection of fairy tales. Even if all these stories are metaphorical, they are still about mythical creatures. In other places, the Bible delivers stories that seem to suggest that seeking complex medical attention is wrong (Jam 5:14-15; 2 Chr 16:12). I would call that misleading. Stories of physical impossibilities, highly improbable events... all incredible stories.... and all qualify as fairy tales. AFFIRMED.