Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

Well, so not just Goliath, but, um, when, when they go into the promised land and they like, you have the story of, there's these 10 spies that go to scope out the land that God has promised them. And then they come back and, uh, no, it's 12 men. And 10 of them are like, we can't go in there. There are giants there. And the term there is Nephilim. Like they, they're giants.

Well, so not just Goliath, but, um, when, when they go into the promised land and they like, you have the story of, there's these 10 spies that go to scope out the land that God has promised them. And then they come back and, uh, no, it's 12 men. And 10 of them are like, we can't go in there. There are giants there. And the term there is Nephilim. Like they, they're giants.

Well, so not just Goliath, but, um, when, when they go into the promised land and they like, you have the story of, there's these 10 spies that go to scope out the land that God has promised them. And then they come back and, uh, no, it's 12 men. And 10 of them are like, we can't go in there. There are giants there. And the term there is Nephilim. Like they, they're giants.

I don't know if it's like, They could just be spooked. They don't want to go in there, so they come up with this excuse that there are giants in there. Because the idea of the flood is that they were destroyed. So everybody dies, including the Nephilim. But then you have guys like C.S. Lewis. Lewis and Tolkien...

I don't know if it's like, They could just be spooked. They don't want to go in there, so they come up with this excuse that there are giants in there. Because the idea of the flood is that they were destroyed. So everybody dies, including the Nephilim. But then you have guys like C.S. Lewis. Lewis and Tolkien...

I don't know if it's like, They could just be spooked. They don't want to go in there, so they come up with this excuse that there are giants in there. Because the idea of the flood is that they were destroyed. So everybody dies, including the Nephilim. But then you have guys like C.S. Lewis. Lewis and Tolkien...

had these ideas that these stories of Zeus and the Greek gods, those were echoes of cultural remembrances of these heroes of old, men of renown, which is what they're called in Genesis chapter 6. It's kind of a cool idea. I don't know who they are. Do you believe in giants? I believe that there were giants, yeah. When you say giant, what do you mean? I don't know. Like, Andrew's a giant.

had these ideas that these stories of Zeus and the Greek gods, those were echoes of cultural remembrances of these heroes of old, men of renown, which is what they're called in Genesis chapter 6. It's kind of a cool idea. I don't know who they are. Do you believe in giants? I believe that there were giants, yeah. When you say giant, what do you mean? I don't know. Like, Andrew's a giant.

had these ideas that these stories of Zeus and the Greek gods, those were echoes of cultural remembrances of these heroes of old, men of renown, which is what they're called in Genesis chapter 6. It's kind of a cool idea. I don't know who they are. Do you believe in giants? I believe that there were giants, yeah. When you say giant, what do you mean? I don't know. Like, Andrew's a giant.

Game of Thrones? You're a giant to me. Everybody's a giant to me.

Game of Thrones? You're a giant to me. Everybody's a giant to me.

Game of Thrones? You're a giant to me. Everybody's a giant to me.

Yeah, yeah. The Hebrew Old Testament says that Goliath was nine feet tall, but the Greek translation of the Old Testament says that he was like, I think it was six foot five. So it's like, it could just be a word for really tall people. He was really tall people.

Yeah, yeah. The Hebrew Old Testament says that Goliath was nine feet tall, but the Greek translation of the Old Testament says that he was like, I think it was six foot five. So it's like, it could just be a word for really tall people. He was really tall people.

Yeah, yeah. The Hebrew Old Testament says that Goliath was nine feet tall, but the Greek translation of the Old Testament says that he was like, I think it was six foot five. So it's like, it could just be a word for really tall people. He was really tall people.

being reductive to the religious texts i don't know no not necessarily it's tricky because it's not like like these stories tell you what you need to know not what you want to know and so often we have to like speculate which is where you get the book of enoch and that's like let's expand upon this stuff

being reductive to the religious texts i don't know no not necessarily it's tricky because it's not like like these stories tell you what you need to know not what you want to know and so often we have to like speculate which is where you get the book of enoch and that's like let's expand upon this stuff

being reductive to the religious texts i don't know no not necessarily it's tricky because it's not like like these stories tell you what you need to know not what you want to know and so often we have to like speculate which is where you get the book of enoch and that's like let's expand upon this stuff

I think it depends on what you're looking at and whether it's meant to be taken literally or not.

I think it depends on what you're looking at and whether it's meant to be taken literally or not.