Don’t believe everything you read. When it comes to spams, the rule of thumb is, reject it unless you have credible proof (a second spam is not credible proof). To put in another way, an e-mail that has obviously been circulating for a while with the header THIS IS REALLY COOL is probably not the best source for reliable information.
I keep receiving spams in Spanish and in English, claiming that they have discovered skeletons of giants. This is said to prove the truth of Genesis 6:4, that there were giants in the land. The spam offers pictures, which, of course, have supposedly been suppressed.
In fact, the “giant” picture was an entrant in a photo-editing contest by the group “Word 1000″ by a guy using software. Someone found it, assumed it was genuine, and passed it around. It’s a complete hoax. There are plenty of second, third and fourth-hand rumors: watch for telltale signs such as “the evidence has mysteriously disappeared” or “so-and-so said he saw them but the photos didn’t come out right” or the old standby, “the mainstream media do not want you to see this!”
See http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/giantman.asp
Now somebody has found a way to connect these “skeletons” with Bible prophecy. Google “Nephilim” and “prophecy” and you will encounter a wave of interest in the idea that the Nephilim will appear on earth before the Second Coming. They are thought to be genetically-enhanced humans, extraterrestrials, UFO creatures, angels and all sorts of other options. As in many pop-prophecy theories, they are tied in with the New World Order, the book of First Enoch (a Jewish apocalypse that has mythical ideas but no connection with Enoch – we read it in one of my courses), the Mayans, the Masons, President Obama, and who knows what else. None of these notions has any basis in the Bible.
Enjoy your Bible…use common sense…reject hoaxes.
“Did they discover a giant skeleton?” by Gary Shogren, PhD, Seminario ESEPA, San José, Costa Rica
