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| − | The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times,<ref name="unicorn_id">[http://www.learnthebible.org/q-a-identity-of-the-unicorn.htm "The Identity of the Unicorn"]</ref> which provides | + | The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times,<ref name="unicorn_id">[http://www.learnthebible.org/q-a-identity-of-the-unicorn.htm "The Identity of the Unicorn"]</ref> which provides a ''de facto'' argument for their once having been in existence. [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] have advanced various arguments that the biblical unicorn was not a fantasy animal. <ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v14/i2/unicorn.asp</ref><ref>http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/what_about_the_unicorn_and_the_satyr</ref> |
In the original texts, unicorns go by the [[Hebrew]] name ''Re-em'' whereas the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] used the name ''Monokeros''.<ref name="dinobible">[http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/bible/bible.htm "Dinosaurs in the Bible"], Genesis Park</ref> ''Unicorn'' itself is [[Latin]]. All three names mean "one [[horn]]". | In the original texts, unicorns go by the [[Hebrew]] name ''Re-em'' whereas the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] used the name ''Monokeros''.<ref name="dinobible">[http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/bible/bible.htm "Dinosaurs in the Bible"], Genesis Park</ref> ''Unicorn'' itself is [[Latin]]. All three names mean "one [[horn]]". | ||
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The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times,[1] which provides a de facto argument for their once having been in existence. Christian apologists have advanced various arguments that the biblical unicorn was not a fantasy animal. [2][3]
In the original texts, unicorns go by the Hebrew name Re-em whereas the Greek Septuagint used the name Monokeros.[4] Unicorn itself is Latin. All three names mean "one horn".
While popularly characterized as a horned member of the horse baramin, it is likely that the unicorn was actually quite unhorselike. One recognized theory is that the unicorn was actually the rhinoceros,[1] however a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the ceratopsian baramin.[4]
Post-Noachian references[1] to unicorns have led some researchers to argue that unicorns are still alive today.