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[[Image:unicorn.vinycomb1907.png|right|Heraldic rendering of a unicorn|200px]]The '''Unicorn''' is likely purely a mythical beast, from the [[Latin]] ''ūnicornis'' meaning "one-horned", is commonly depicted as resembling thought to resemble a white horse with a single horn grown growing out of its forehead.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unicorn</ref> However, recently The unicorn is generally held to be a horned member of the discovery of horse [[baramin]], however a single horned deer growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn is causing actually a reexamination member of the unicorn issue[[triceratops|ceratopsian]] baramin.<ref>http[[Image://newsreem.softpedia.com/news/039-Unicorn-039-Deer-Spotted-in-Italy-87847.shtml</ref> Gilberto Tozzi, director png|Remains of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, stated the following regarding the single hypothetical two horned deer: "This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly," he said by telephone. "Itceratopsian ''s not like they dreamed it up."<ref>http://news.softpedia.com/news/039re-Unicorn-039-Deer-Spotted-in-Italy-87847.shtml</ref>em'']]

==The existence of unicorns has been documented from at least 3000 BC in places as far apart as China, the Indus valley and India. The Ancient Greeks also knew of unicorns as is shown in descriptions of the creature by Pliny. Unicorns are mentioned in the Judeo-[[King James Version|King James]] [[The Bible|Bible]] nine times<ref>http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/what_about_the_unicorn_and_the_satyr</ref> and have, since at least 200 AD, been a comon feature of Christian Traditionart and symbolism, often in [[heraldry]] where they are portrayed as having the body and head of a horse, the tail of a [[lion]], the limbs and hoofs of a stag, and a twisted horn growing from the forehead.<ref name="vinycomb">''Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with special reference to their use in British Heraldry'', by John Vinycomb, 1907</ref> It is typically used to symbolize virtue of mind and strength of body, but has also been used as an emblem of [[Christ]] as the horn of our [[Salvation]].<ref name="vinycomb"/> In 1389 AD the German priest John of Hesse, while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, witnessed a unicorn water-conning near Mount Sinai. In 1567 AD Vincent Le Blanc saw a unicorn at Mecca. In 1800 AD ancient primitive depictions of unicorns were found in a cave in Namaqualand, South Africa and in 1820 Major Latter of the British Army saw unicorns in Tibet.

Popular opinion is that Unicorns are mythical, however some [[Young earth creationism|young earth believing]] [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] have advanced various arguments that Secular science rejects the biblical Unicorn was not a fantasy animal overwhelming eyewitness testimonies and that Biblical truth, preferring instead to regard the animal did not have one horn. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v14/i2/unicornas a mythical creature.asp</ref> In the original textsOften suggesting that prevous reliable reports of unicorns were mistaken observations of other creatures, unicorns go by such as the [[Hebrew]] name ''Re-em'' whereas the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] used the word ''monokeros'', meaning "one-single horned"deer recently seen in Italy.<ref name="dinobible">[http://wwwnews.genesisparksoftpedia.com/genparknews/bible/bible.htm "Dinosaurs 039-Unicorn-039-Deer-Spotted-in the Bible"], Genesis Park-Italy-87847.shtml</ref> The English word "unicorn" is derived from the [[Latin]]Gilberto Tozzi, ''ūnicornis'', also meaning "one-horned". While popularly characterized as a horned member director of the horse [[baramin]]Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, it is likely that stated the following regarding the single horned deer: "unicorn" was actually quite un-horselike. One recognized theory is This shows that "unicorn" actually refers to a [[rhinoceros]]even in past times, and a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the [[triceratops | ceratopsian]] baramin. However no fossil evidence of unicorns has there could have been found to dateanimals with this anomaly.<ref name="dinobible"/> In the past, ” Atheistic scientists also gloat over how narwhal tusks, with their distinctive spiraled shape, have often been mistaken for or inaccurately advanced as unicorn horns. <div style="text-align:center">[[Image:reem.png|Remains of hypothetical two horned ceratopsian ''re-em'']]</div> ==Symbolic & Heraldic Usage== [[Image:unicorn.vinycomb1907.png|right|Heraldic rendering of a unicorn|200px]]Unicorns in [[heraldry]] typically have the body and head of a horse, the tail of a [[lion]], the limbs and hoofs of a stag, and a twisted horn growing from the forehead<ref name="vinycomb">''Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with special reference to their use in British Heraldry'', by John Vinycomb, 1907</ref>. It is typically used to symbolize virtue of mind and strength of body, but has also been used as an emblem of [[Christ]] as the horn of our [[Salvation]]<ref name="vinycomb"/>past.

==Artificial UnicornsLiberal deceit==

In 1984 the U.S. patent office granted patent number 4,429,685 to the [[liberal]] Timothy G. Zell for his development of a surgical procedure to create a "unicorn" from a horned animal.<ref>Patent 4,429,685 [http://colitz.com/site/4429685/4429685f.htm]</ref>. The basis for the patent was "Lancelot the living unicorn" (actually a goat) bred by Timothy "Otter" Zell and his wife Morning Glory Zell.<ref>Lancelot[http://www.lair2000.net/Unicorn_Dreams/Unicorns_Man_Made/unicorns_man_made.html]</ref>.

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