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Undergoing review is Ben Watkins: Why I Am an Atheist. I had a discussion with Ben—see here—and found that he’s one of those philosopher types who has lost the ability to understand simple concepts. For example, I used the term “accident” and it took him circa half an hour to understand what I mean—even though…

Of all of the Bible’s Nephilim texts—all of two verses, not even texts actually—Num 13:32-33 is the mother of them all since without it, no one would even imagine concluding post-flood Nephilim from the Bible. The common tactic of post-flood Nephilim believers is to pick up one single un-contextual verse, 13:33, run with it and…

Undergoing consideration is Catholic Answers’ Q&A with Tom Nash titled Explaining the “Nephilim” of Genesis. The question was, “Where in Scripture does it talk about demons having sex with women and having offspring?” The reply includes, “I think you’re referring to a passage in Genesis 6” which is quoted as referring to “sons of God,”…

Ellen White—no, not the founder of Seventh Day Adventism—(Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible, University of St. Michael’s College) and formerly the senior editor at the Biblical Archaeology Society wrote the post Who Are the Nephilim? The mysterious beings of Genesis 6 on February 08, 2022. To the question, “Who are the Nephilim?” White replies, “The giant…

Gonzales’s focus is twofold: 1. “the identity of the ‘sons of God’ and the Nephilim as found in the Bible” and 2. “the exact process of the recurrence of the Nephilim as found in Numbers 13:32-33 which is long after the flood.” I will bypass the “‘sons of God’ (Hebrew beney ha′elohim)” issue since we…

I encountered a link to an article by a certain Timothy Yung which is titled: Nephilim, Og’s bed, the Defeat of the giants, and Jesus’ proclamation of victory. Upfront, he notes, “I agree with Pastor John MacArthur’s position that the fallen angelic beings didn’t directly procreate with humans”: I covered MacArthur’s views in my book…