The r/FanTheories Reddit page had the following posted by a certain Suspicious-Jello7172 by the title of [Jack The Giant Slayer] The giants are the Nephilim from the Bible:
So, one thing that’s been debated for years is where the Giants of Gantua came from, or how they got up there in the first place. Well, here’s my theory:
They’re the Nephilim hybrids from Biblical times.
Let me explain,
In Genesis, it describes how the sons of God (fallen angels) came down to Earth and intermingled with human women. After which, the women got pregnant and gave birth to enormous hybrid offspring who were called the Nephilim. And they were described and monstrous-sized giants.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
And in the Book of Enoch, they were described as man-eating cannibals:
3 These giants consumed everything humans produced. And when humans could no longer support them, 4 the giants turned against them and devoured mankind.
Why do I believe that the giants in the movie are the same described in these texts? Because of the fact that they believe in God, they love the taste of human flesh, they seem to be closely related to humans, and they possess abilities that are almost supernatural (which could hint to supernatural origins).
With that in mind, how did they end up living on a floating island in the sky? Well, my theory is that when the giants began to overpopulate the Earth and devour humans on mass, God commanded the angels to deal with their destructive offspring or He would destroy them. So, the fallen ones created an enormous island and called it Gantua. After which, they sent the giants there, and they’ve been residing in the sky ever since.
If I’m right, it would explain a lot of things; particularly how they got up there, and why they seem to have a deep desire to return to Earth.
I, Ken Ammi, replied:
The phrase “giants are the Nephilim from the Bible” is fundamentally meaningless until you tell us what’s the usage of the vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage and modern English word “giants” in English Bibles? What’s your usage? Do those two usages agree?
FYI: 99% of pop-Nephiloloists can’t answer those questions.
Since, “Giants of Gantua” are labeled, “Giants” due to being subjectively tall then note that the dirty little secret is that since we’ve no reliable physical description of Nephilim then their height is a non-issue and that alone debunks 99% of un-biblical Nephilology—the modern branch of which is just un-biblical neo-theo sci-fi tall-tales.
There’s zero reliable indication, “women…gave birth to enormous…monstrous-sized giants.”
I see that you attempt to support the assertion that they’re are, “described” as such in 1 Enoch but that’s just Bible contradicting folklore from centuries, if not millennia, after the Torah, see my book “In Consideration of the Book(s) of Enoch“: It has Nephilim as being MILES tall which is great folklore but poor reality.
Well, that ended it since no interaction was forthcoming.
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