"Natural Rock Formation"

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

You are hilarious, and you obviously haven't read or heard any of these tales. I have no interest speaking with someone who believes that every myth is exaggeration, or that every fairy-tale is a lie. You bring nothing to the table, sir. I am 5'7 and I was friends with a kid who's dad played professional basketball. THOSE FUCKERS WERE BIG, but I would never ever refer to them as "giants" and his father was the tallest person to ever play for the Pacers. Have you ever stood next to somebody who was three feet taller than you? Have you ever seen them stand next to some thing three feet taller than them? There are clear and definable differences in height, and I seriously laugh at your foolish notion that the old tribes just exaggerated every time they told their tales.

[–]GConly 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

THOSE FUCKERS WERE BIG, but I would never ever refer to them as "giants"

And you tell it to your grandkids who've never seen someone that tall, saying "those guys were huge" and they tell their kids, and it gets distorted. Someone writes it down in a few thousand years and huge becomes giant, or the meaning of the word changes. That happens more than you'd think.

For example in the Bible the word used to describe the Nephilim is translated as "giant" in some versions, but "great men" is closer to the text. People misunderstood and it got morphed into "giant" in some translations.

someone who believes that every myth is exaggeration, or that every fairy-tale is a lie.

Most are. I've tracked the evolution of different religious myths and gods, it's very educational when it comes to how stories get changed over thousands of years.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You have a modern view on humanity, and it's pretty bland and unappealing. Logic dictates this and that, and when evidence first comes to you, your mighty logic already has things to say about it. You are arguing a point of view that retarded Christian monks argued with the "pagans" two thousands years ago in Scotland and Ireland, and quite recently in the Americas. Do you realize that you are shilling for imperialists?

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So you'd rather just have stuff you've made up given equal weight?

LOL.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, because that is what I said. /s