Post #171631 by freddiefreelance on Wed, Jul 13, 2005 6:50 AM

On 2005-07-11 03:01, AlienTiki wrote:
Its funny that Nimrod has gotten such a bad rep.

I googled the name and this is really what I found. A side from countless blogs and forums where some guy calls another guy a Nimrod to improve his self worth or something.

the rest of the references to a man named nimrod are as follows.
Nimrod was "a mighty hunter before the Lord." he established a great kingdom and founded a number of important Babylonian and Assyrian cities. (Disclaimer: sorry not certain of the writings original source)

Any how I don't hunt or establish kingdoms. but if it makes you feel better you can call me a newbie nimrod.

Aloha
You Savages.

You didn't read far enough: Nimrod was the Poster boy for Hubris, he was King of Babel, Erech, Accad, Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, all in the land of Shinar. Babel being the most important of these towns, and was where legend says he built a tower to challenge JHVH.

The modern American usage of Nimrod is usually traced to a Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs sarcastically refers to Elmer Fudd as Nimrod.