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Samson legend gains substance?
« on: August 16, 2012, 07:59:54 am »
Well, not to me.  But some "scientific" reporters will resort to misleading headlines and extremely premature conclusions when an artifact is found which they think proves, or at the very least, lends credence to, something in the Bible.

This is a very good case in point.  Small seal from around the 11th century BCE appears to show someone fighting a lion or other large animal with a feline tail.  Why, it must be Samson!!!  After all, that's about the right time period.

I'm sure no other person in that area at that time ever had an encounter with a lion and had to fight it in a self-preservation mode.  And since that never happened at all, then it could not have found its way into the Bible as legend and attributed to Samson, a character that is found no where else other than the Bible.  No, sir.  That can't be it. ::)

Shit like this just drives me crazy.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 02:44:32 pm »
Apparently, there's no way that the seal could've depicted a completely fictional event, either.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 03:06:54 pm »
It's aliens, dammit! >:(

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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 03:31:56 pm »
That depicts Sam the Lion Fighter.  It's easy to see why they might get confused.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 04:52:01 pm »
It always amuses me when Christians say long hair on men is a sin (no, seriously, they do) and yet ignore the legend of Samson, a man who had to make a vow to Yahweh never to cut his hair, and in return got super strength.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2012, 05:16:50 pm »
Quote from: Zachski on August 16, 2012, 04:52:01 pm
It always amuses me when Christians say long hair on men is a sin (no, seriously, they do) and yet ignore the legend of Samson, a man who had to make a vow to Yahweh never to cut his hair, and in return got super strength.

Yeah, that's never made a bit of sense to me, either. 
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 01:36:13 am »
Sampson is obviously the only guy in mythology ever to fight a lion.

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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2012, 07:46:23 am »
Woah... Looks like he's wearing Scar.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2012, 10:31:35 am »
In the Disney version of Hercules, the lion he killed was Scar.  Or at least was physically identical to Scar.  Disney/Pixar likes to do that sort of thing.  For example, if you watch Monsters, Inc. all of the toys in Boo's bedroom are Toy Story toys.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2012, 11:50:33 am »
Ah yeah.  Self-referencing.  I guess Scar got to be the Nemean Lion.

I mean... Scar was a douche, but to be turned into headgear?   Ehhh..
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2012, 12:23:39 pm »
Quote from: Veras the Brujah on August 17, 2012, 10:31:35 am
In the Disney version of Hercules, the lion he killed was Scar.  Or at least was physically identical to Scar.  Disney/Pixar likes to do that sort of thing.  For example, if you watch Monsters, Inc. all of the toys in Boo's bedroom are Toy Story toys.

Really? I never noticed that.

Getting back to the OP. Presumably people back then made up stories about superheroes like we do today. No doubt Samson is the result of some pre-historic Stan Lee weaving his imaginative magic on the local populace.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2012, 09:05:44 pm »
Quote from: SpaceProg on August 17, 2012, 11:50:33 am
Ah yeah.  Self-referencing.  I guess Scar got to be the Nemean Lion.

I mean... Scar was a douche, but to be turned into headgear?   Ehhh..

Well what were they supposed to do to his skin after being ripped apart by heyenas? Looks nice on him.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2012, 09:50:07 am »
Quote from: Star Cluster on August 16, 2012, 05:16:50 pm
Quote from: Zachski on August 16, 2012, 04:52:01 pm
It always amuses me when Christians say long hair on men is a sin (no, seriously, they do) and yet ignore the legend of Samson, a man who had to make a vow to Yahweh never to cut his hair, and in return got super strength.

Yeah, that's never made a bit of sense to me, either.

I think it was St. Paul that came up with that particular bit of inanity.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2012, 09:57:27 am »
Yeah it was Paul.  Guy had... Issues.  Particularly with women.
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Re: Samson legend gains substance?
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2012, 12:37:38 pm »
Quote from: SpaceProg on August 16, 2012, 03:06:54 pm
It's aliens, dammit! >:(

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