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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 an unimpeachable ''de facto'' argument for their once having been in existence. | + | 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 an unimpeachable ''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 an unimpeachable 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. At the very least, it is likely that they were taken aboard the Ark prior to the Great Flood.
