Unicorns Are Real
Unicorns Are Mentioned In the Bible and, Therefore, Exist.
In reaction to Kentucky’s Creation Museum, the folks at This Week In Science have launched a website for the Unicorn Museum. The idea behind the Unicorn Museum is to parody a principle that many theists adhere to: If it’s in the Bible, It’s true. Unicorns are mentioned 9 times in the King James Version of the Bible.
From the website’s home page and about page:
The Unicorn Museum is a parody of The Creation Museum, a religious-based institution which opened its doors in Petersburg, KY on May 28, 2007. The Creation Museum is a $27 Million state-of-the-art facility intended to teach the “truth” of the biblical creation story and promote the belief that the Universe is 6600 years old, Adam walked with the dinosaurs, and the Bible is a wholly accurate historical record.
The Creation Museum is designed to undermine evolution and present the biblical story of life on Earth as a scientifically valid viewpoint. At a time when U.S. children’s proficiency in Science and Mathematics is among the lowest in the modern world, we feel that the Creation Museum represents a challenge to the education and well-being of America’s youth.
Prepare to Believe What You’re Told
Isn’t the Bible an all or nothing deal? Believers aren’t allowed to cherry-pick the ideas they like and throw out the ones they don’t, are they? If you believe what you find in the Creation Museum, then why not believe in unicorns?
I dunno… maybe because, as your source states, unicorns aren’t actually in the Bible?
I’m no creationist, but you and This Week In Science undermine your case with seriously stupid arguments like these. It’s no less damaging to warp a child’s knowledge of literature by lying about what is and isn’t in the Bible than it is to teach that evolution isn’t real.
Written by Dan D. on April 8th, 2008agreed, no archaeological evidence has been found, hey even the shroud of Turin has been found as pre dated before the death of jebus.
Fantasy and fraud.
Just my point of view, understandable what you say is true if you believe in the bible you believe in miracles, unicorns and other such nonsense.
Until proven overwise or jebus actually strikes me down with his almighty toes ill continue to keep my opinions anon
Written by Anon on April 8th, 2008I don’t understand what the controversy is. Of course unicorns are real, just as dragons, demons, and angels are. There are supernatural forces that defy all of man’s comfortable assumptions about the universe and how things work. You cannot argue that simply because there is no fossil or photographic evidence, that such creatures do not exist, especially if those creatures have the power to resist detection and manipulate time and space (as in the case with demons and angels). There are people who have seen such creatures, in every culture, in every part of the world, going back thousands of years, but because of the advances in science and mass communication, most people arrogantly believe that we know everything there is to know about the universe and that there is nothing new to discover or new mysteries to be revealed. On the day that such a person dies though, they will be in a for a rude awakening.
Written by Wayfarer on April 8th, 2008@Dan D:
Deuteronomy 33:17 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Numbers 23:22 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Isaiah 34:7 (King James Version)
Written by ben on April 8th, 2008King James Version (KJV)
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
I don’t see what’s so magical and ‘unreal’ about unicorns. They’re just horses with horns. What’s ‘unreal’ about them, but not rhinos or deer?
Written by sam on May 4th, 2008I hope you’re kidding Sam.
Written by Ted Goas on May 4th, 2008Well…. Here…believe it or not… man is sceptical… ( I for one think it’s real )
Written by Shaun Collins on May 8th, 2008Ok Shaun, you’re free to believe what you want, of course. I hope you’re not basing your decision on the YouTube video you’ve linked to your name above. It’s a real stretch.
What does everyone else think of this video? Conclusive evidence of the blurry kind?
Written by Ted Goas on May 8th, 2008well mr ted…it’s for the viewer to decide and not you…. there are things in this universe that “you” can’t explain… and some things get caught on tape… i’m not basing anything on the video that i don’t already believe… i just stumbled onto it… and to me… it looks quite convincing… the surrounding… you are a “doubting Thomas” Mr.Ted…. not sure what that is??? it’s in the bible… to be smart is to have your mind open to all possibilities while not being nieve…. people who think they’ve got it all figured out, are the one who have the “least” figured out. thanks for taking the time to consider all possibilities…. after all… isn’t our own existance here on earth miraculous?
Written by Shaun Collins on May 9th, 2008Hi Shaun, I re-read my original comment and apologize, as I was rather snide and somewhat condescending. It was out of place and for that I apoligize.
I understand there are things in this universe that I cannot explain and I am perfectly OK with that. I certainly do not think I have it all figured out, nor do I think anyone else does either. I am also not 100% sure that unicorns don’t exist, but I have a strong reason to believe they don’t (hence my bias). I would not consider myself to be close minded. If I were, I would not have even viewed your video. But I did and found it rather blurry and unconvincing.
So does this mean you already believe in unicorns and this video that further cements your belief? Perhaps that has weighed into your decision?
Once again, I am not a strong believer or a strong disbeliever, as it’s these folk who think they have some deeper wisdom and they alone have it all figured out for sure.
I applaud your research and questioning, but it the evidence wasn’t very convincing in this case.
Written by Ted Goas on May 9th, 2008well i don’t doubt the existance of anything…. and if it is or isn’t real… like the Patterson video of bigfoot… there will be someone… somewhere… that catches it on tape… and people will allways try and say it’s not real… for one, horses arent keen to those kinds of conditions… being up high on a cliff on the side of a mountain… anyways, i’m not at all just defending the existance of unicorns… but the possibility of anything existing…. just like us
Written by Shaun Collins on May 9th, 2008Right, I think we both agree that it’s possible for the just about anything to existance… technically speaking.
Technically speaking, I can’t disprove that leprechauns exist, or the god Zeus. I am 99% sure they don’t exist, but cannot prove it beyond all doubt. Do you think it’s possible (or probable) that leprechauns or Zeus exist? There’s no YouTube video to suggest otherwise, in these cases, it’s true. Perhaps that’s where we differ most in the conversation.
I am 99% sure that unicorns do not exist. I do not think the YouTube video is very good evidence (or evidence at all) for the existance of unicorns. You disagree. I am still open to the fact the unicorns might exist, but I need better evidence if I am to be swayed.
Does that sound somewhat accurate?
Written by Ted Goas on May 9th, 2008in other words you want to see one in person because there could be no video that would be believable…. take a video camera and try to zoom in as far as he had to… and there is nothing magical about a horse with a horn… you’re comparison to greek mythology and leprechauns are not justified for neither is mentioned in the bible… and i think that certain things are more probable than others… but who am i? right? there would be no evidence good enough to convince someone who has his mind made up… well 99% made up
Written by Shaun Collins on May 9th, 2008I did not see a horn in your YouTube video. I see a few VERY blurry frames of something that looks like a horse. I did notice an equally blurry line near the animal’s head. Was it a horn? I can’t tell from this video. Have you considered this ‘horn’ could be a camera glare? Or a part of the rock behind the horse (the ‘horn’ never actually moves with the horse, by the time the horse moves the horn is behind the bush)? The video might be doctored (it’s only a few frames to edit). Have you considered that IT’S YOUTUBE? YouTube isn’t a great place to find credible and reliable information. Even so at just over 8,000 views, this video isn’t exactly making headlines…
There are other explanations abundant, but I get the impression you’ve chosen to jump right to the single conclusion that it could a unicorn because Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible and therefore exist. If you want to believe it, that’s fine with me. I need something a bit better, more concrete if I’m to believe your bold claim.
You’re saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video is shows that. I’m saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely and this video adds nothing to the equation.
I’m not saying I have my mind made up, I’m just saying I don’t think this ‘evidence’ is good. Don’t take it personally…
“and there is nothing magical about a horse with a horn” - I don’t think magical is the word you want. Look up the term Elasmotherium.
Written by Ted Goas on May 9th, 2008You know what, strike everything in my last comment. It boils down this this part:
You’re saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video is shows that. I’m saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video adds nothing to the equation.
I’m not saying I have my mind made up, I’m just saying I don’t think this ‘evidence’ is good. Don’t take it personally…
I’ll keep looking for evidence of the existence of unicorns, but you haven’t presented me with anything to change my 99% made up mind on this topic. I still have a good reason to believe unicorns don’t exist: No good evidence…
Written by Ted Goas on May 9th, 2008“there would be no evidence good enough to convince someone who has his mind made up… well 99% made up”
Mr. Collins, it’s this kind of attitude that drives me crazy. Why would you assume that a person who has his mind 99% made up could never be convinced? The following would convince me that unicorns exist:
fossil remains of unicorns are found
a deceased, but still fresh, unicorn is found
a live unicorn is captured.
If any of those things were to happen, I’d look like an idiot for denying the existence of unicorns. It would be like denying the existence of lions.
You don’t sound as though you are suggesting that unicorns exist…are you just saying that we shouldn’t say they DON’T exist? Why shouldn’t we say that? If unicorns and lions both exist, why can we go to the zoo to visit one, but not the other? Why do different rules apply?
You said there’s “nothing magical about a horse with a horn,” which would suggest that it can’t dissapear or make itself invisible to humans, etc. So where is it?
In the meantime, given the many hoaxes I’ve seen in my 27 years, I find the youtube video unreliable.
Written by Sara on May 9th, 2008with god… anything is possible…. and if you think that we have found and discovered everything that has ever existed on earth mrs/ms sara, you are wrong… of course it’s a strech… some people believe in things beyond what we call reallity and normal to our standards of everyday life… just open your mind to the possibility that we don’t know it all and who are we to say if something does… or doesn’t exist… people have reasons for believing certain things i understand… you people want to ride one… or live next door to bigfoot… in order for them to exist… it’s dangerous to rule out the existance of the unkown… because then you might not believe in the things you should. this is my last message… for since i’ve never “seen” a unicorn in person… i can’t argue their existance… but i will say i have seen things that are out of this world and i’m just telling you don’t be so quick to judge what you think is real and not real… just because “you” haven’t seen it… ( sara, did you know that even elephant bones are almost impossible to find… we know they’re there…. because of the great numbers we do find bones once in a while… maybe there wasn’t many of them ) lol who knows right?
Written by Shaun Collins on May 10th, 2008“…and if you think that we have found and discovered everything that has ever existed on earth mrs/ms sara, you are wrong…”
I agree with that 100%. I’m not claiming that we’ve discovered everything, by any means. That’s what’s wonderful about science…we make new discoveries all the time. And I have no doubt that during my lifetime alone, many new species of animal will be discovered. So we don’t disagree on that point.
“who are we to say if something does… or doesn’t exist…”
Okay, here’s where we start to disagree. While I’ll admit that there’s a lot we don’t know, this doesn’t mean we have to take things like unicorns as a serious possibility. All we can do is work with the knowledge we have, and right now, we have nothing to suggest that unicorns are reality. If our knowledge of unicorns changes (say, if we ever find a live one) then we will know unicorns are real. However, until such time comes, I don’t see why it’s neccessary/beneficial to say “well, unicorns COULD exist…” Look at it this way. Many people have claimed to see the Loch Ness monster. Others have claimed to produce pictures of it. So it makes sense, from a scientific point of view, to keep open-minded enough to check the facts and search for evidence. However, given that the extensive searches performed in Loch Ness throughout the past fifty years have never turned up concrete evidence, it seems more likely to me that “Nessie” is a myth. Fun to believe in, maybe, but still without any basis in reality.
I don’t need to “live next door” to Bigfoot to believe in it, as you say, but I refuse to assign special rules to Bigfoot. I don’t need to live next door to a penguin to know that penguins exist. But penguins have been conclusively proven, while Bigfoot, unicorns, and the Loch Ness monster have not. And no, I’ll admit I didn’t know that elephant bones, in particular, were nearly impossible to find, but I do know that fossils, in general, are extremely rare. In any case, WE HAVE REAL ELEPHANTS to study. Mankind has lived with, worked with, and studied elephants for centuries. I’ve never met a person who denied the existence of elephats.
So, in a nutshell: while we certainly haven’t discovered everything, what is to be gained by taking unicorns seriously, given the complete lack of evidence to suggest they exist?
Written by sara on May 10th, 2008yes unicorn did back 2 and a half millenions ago i wish i could touch a unicorn
Written by nicola on May 16th, 2008