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Originally Posted by Timmy
The Bible promises signs, and warns about false signs. But there is no way to tell them apart. Weird. Discernment itself is just as uncertain: some with discern differently from others, and then what do you do? 
As for "you cannot have a fake unless there is a genuine"? I feel I can go out on a limb here and say with utter certainty, that is wrong. You absolutely can have a fake anything without the need for the real thing to exist. It is entirely possible to have fake leprechauns, even if no real leprechauns exist. |
For those in antiquity the idea of a "sign" existing was already a given. It was a part of the cultural milieu. And so, it ends up being a discussion of "real" versus "false." And notice, I said "false" and not "fake." The Bible primarily warns us about the "false" and leaves "fakes" to a more general denouncement.
A "leprechaun" in the Bible's world would have probably been more of a "false" sign, whether actual leprechauns existed or not. They were a facet of a folklore that employed symbols and imagery alien to the culture of the writers of the Bible.
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