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Steve Quayle Says Evil Giants Turned Humans Gay

5/4/2015

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Here's another right-wing Christian explanation for homosexuality that you can add to your list: the giants did it.

I have no formal training in psychology (the last psychology class I took was as a freshman at Indiana University over twenty years ago), but I'm sure there's some work exploring whatever it is in the human mind that compels us to try to integrate what we see in the world into some kind of internally-consistent framework.  Doing that isn't by itself "crazy" - I'm guessing we all do it to one extent or another.

There are a few people out there who have homed in on the idea that giants and/or the Nephilim are the key to explaining the world.  Steve Quayle is one of those people
, identifying giants as crucial to understanding just about every aspect of world prehistory, history, and current events.  His website declares him to be "The leading authority on giants," and he apparently makes a living selling books on giants, speaking about giants, "researching" giants, and doing whatever else it is that someone with the responsibility of being the world's self-proclaimed leading authority on giants would do. He recently appeared on The Rundown Live, a Milwaukee radio show hosted by Kristan Harris, filibustering for an hour about all kinds of topics related to giants (to his credit, Harris does manage to insert occasional comments about mermaids and the "Fiberaci Sequence," but the program was 95% "let's listen to what pours out of Steve Quayle's head").  If you have an hour to kill and want to experience the ramblings of one of the principal stirrers of the Nephilim whirlpool, you can find the program here.  If you want to save some time, I recommend Jason Colavito's blog post about the program.

One thing that jumped out at me during the program that I don't recall hearing before was the connection that Quayle makes between giants and the origins of homosexuality (about 47:30 into the interview):

"Let me share this with you: there's so much sanitation of the truth, or there's just downright corruption . . . and to corrupt means to literally destroy, you know, and to ultimately take apart or cause to go to pieces, so to speak . . . the thing is, it's just like moral corruption. It's fascinating to me as scientific corruption takes even higher precedent in the headlines that moral corruption comes along like it.  And I'll explain something to everybody: Diodorus - look him up - is one of the most interesting ancient historians talking about the Celtic giants declared that, even though they had comely women giants, meaning they were good-looking giant women, that they preferred the sexual accompaniment of each other.  So, that's interesting that most people don't understand but that was introduced to humanity. They weren't born with that: that's what the giants taught them."

So there you have it, straight from the world's leading authority: evil giants gave humans the gay.

I did what Quayle advised me to do and looked up Diodorus.  Diodorus Siculus was Greek historian writing in the first century BC.  He is most famous for his Bibliotheca historica,
a lengthy book of world history and geography.  As best I can tell, Quayle's claim that Celtic giants introduced homosexuality to humanity is in reference to Book V, where Diodorus describes the inhabitants of Gaul (I found it reproduced here):

    “For stature they are tall, but of a sweaty and pale complexion, red-haired, not only naturally, but they endeavour all they can to make it redder by art. They often wash their hair in a water boiled with lime, and turn it backward from the forehead to the crown of the head, and thence to their very necks, that their faces may be more fully seen, so that they look like satyrs and hobgoblins. . . . 
    . . .
    According to their natural cruelty, they are as impious in the worship of their gods; for malefactors, after that they have been kept close prisoners five years together, they impale upon stakes, in honour to the gods, and then, with many other victims, upon a vast pile of wood, they offer them up as a burnt sacrifice to their deities. In like manner they use their captives also, as sacrifices to the gods. Some of them cut the throats, burn, or otherwise destroy both men and beasts that they have taken in time of war: though they have very beautiful women among them, yet they little value their private society, but are transported with raging lust to the filthy act of sodomy; and, lying upon the ground on beast's skins spread under them, they there tumble together, with their catamites lying on both sides of them: and that which is the most abominable is, that without any sense of shame, or regard to their reputation, they will readily prostitute their bodies to others upon every occasion. And they are so far from looking upon it to be any fault, that they judge it a mean and dishonourable thing for any thus caressed to refuse the favour offered them.”


I’ve omitted a dozen paragraphs between where Diodorus describes the Celts as “tall” and the part about about sexual relations.  Those paragraphs describe, among other things, how the Celts eat, dress, fight, treat strangers and enemies, and worship.  The Romans were already familiar with Celts by this time, having been in conflict with them in the fourth century BC.  The Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC would bring the Romans and the Celts into very close, hostile contact.  Diodorus’ description of the Celts was probably not meant to be flattering, which makes sense considering the unfriendly nature of the interactions between Rome and the Celts. I'm sure it was not the first (or last) time in history when descriptions of homosexual and pederastic behavior were used to attempt to demean and distinguish "them" from "us."

The alert reader will note that the actual passages from Bibliotheca historica about the Celts aren’t anything like Quayle portrays them. There is nothing about giants (unless you believe that the simple remark that the Celts were “tall” meant that they were actually giant supernatural human-demon hybrids), and there is nothing about humans becoming gay by watching giant men getting it on with each other.  I’m not sure where that particular Nephilim fantasy is coming from, but there’s no basis for it in Bibliotheca historica.

My main goal in writing this post is not simply to point out a factual error made by someone hocking ancient giants to sell books (if I had a nickel . . .), it's to highlight how fringe notions about the human past are used to frame the world today and how we regard the people in it.  Quayle's desire to attribute everything "corrupt" to the influence of evil giants may seem quaint and silly, but it's important to recognize how that theory of the way the world is connects to Quayle's statements about what ought to be done about it.  As I wrote in this post, Quayle has declared that the Nephilim bloodline needs to be exterminated, and the hunt is on among Nephilim enthusiasts for markers of Nephilim ancestry among living humans. How do homosexuals fit into Quayle's recommendations for behaviors to mitigate the coming End of the Age?


Quayle is selling the search for truth, but it's really snake oil.  It’s ironic that one of his dramatic lines in the interview is that “Men and women can choose: do they want to believe a lie? or do they want to believe the truth? Unfortunately the majority will believe a lie.” In reality, though, the willingness of people to believe a lie is what sells Quayle’s books.  If you're reading this post and you think Quayle may be onto something, I urge you to check out his claims about the past for yourself. Do what he says: look it up. As an archaeologist who deals mostly with prehistory, I'm not very familiar at all with Greek and Roman historical sources.  It only took me a few minutes, however, to track down Quayle's reference and see that his interpretation of Diodorus' account of the Celts was way off.  Is that just a mistake on Quayle's part, or is it an intentional fabrication to build the basis for stirring one more aspect of modern human society into his Nephilim crockpot?  If he's willing to aggressively misinterpret and misrepresent the past in order to sell you his picture of the present and the future, do you really want to trust him? I don't. Go and look for yourself.


Update (5/5/2105): Jason Colavito followed up on this post with some background about the history of Christian conspiracy theorists equating the Nephilim with homosexuality.
20 Comments
Greg Little
5/4/2015 07:30:32 am

If you look at a few articles on "Cognitive Dissonance" the gist of keeping our belief systems self-reinforcing and internally consistent is explained. But sadly and stupidly I once thought that if people understood how it worked it might lead to some beneficial change. I was wrong, of course. There are countless examples, some perhaps more important than others. Racism, sexism, nationalism, elitism, and so much more are examples used in psychology as are bizarre beliefs and other cherished beliefs. All of us learn things that are fundamentally wrong--we tend to notice the things that support our beliefs and discount or ignore those things that don't. Even our personality characteristics are subject to this. It is so simple and natural that it just happens without individuals questioning it. It can sort of keep us sane, but also sort of stupid.

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Bob Jase
5/4/2015 10:17:42 pm

The Nephilim are responsible for turning humans 'evil'?

I thought it was eating an apple. Or was it building a tower? Maybe it was the sin of Sodom which the bible says was hostility towards strangers (nothing about homosexuality)?

One 'book', so many excuses.

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Truthy1
8/23/2015 02:45:22 am

The Nephilim are part fallen angel and part human and they were residents in Sodom. The Pagan inhabitants regularly practiced homosexual sex with each other and with the"Angels". When Two Angels visited Lot the towns people (men) wanted to have sex with them and were struck blind to keep them out of Lot's home. After he had offered to them his virgin daughters in an effort to protect the Divine guests from harm. You don't have very good reading comprehension do you ?

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John Q
3/30/2016 12:15:22 am

Wait? Hostility towards strangers NOTHING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY? LOL

You must be a gay man. LOL

Ya hostility towards strangers would probably fit IF YOU CONSIDER RAPING VISITING MEN AS HOSTILE!

YA DUMMY!

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mike Schappell
7/29/2016 09:20:50 pm

I agree that SODOM INHABITANTS were "inhospitable", my friend. But our Lord destroyed it because angels, who also came there, were attempting to have homosexual relations with these strangers that they were blinded in order to keep them out of the house. Now let's say you visited a new town on vacation and every man tried to rape you...in a cluster, not after drinks in a gay bar. Would you call this gang rape a sin of inhospitable behavior? Did you expect them to give you spaghetti as they worked on your privates? I'm on. Ate you a criminal defense lawyer?

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Darrell Payne
6/29/2017 07:47:50 am

No, we are responsible for ourselves. God gave us free will, so we can only blame ourself.

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Darrell
8/2/2017 05:50:11 pm

Bob,

you might want to go back and read Genesis 19:5.
It says "And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally."
That is why God destroyed the cities. A lot of towns had people who were unfriendly towards strangers, but not to this extent.
However, we do have a choice in whether or not to do what is right in God's eyes. If we do not then it is nobody's fault but our own. I do not know if the giants were homosexuals or not. Even if they were they can't force it on man. It is our choice to make.

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Alan
1/9/2018 04:56:58 am

this is such a bogus hit piece by such an uneducated person...or should i say brainwashed by the deep state.... so bad that he probably thinks the CIA and the federal reserve and IRS are agencies of the republic of the United states

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Andy White
1/9/2018 05:28:49 am

What did I get wrong?

Derpy Duck
4/18/2019 02:17:58 am

Deep state. The government is not tryinf to make us believe in Gay Aliens having sexy time with human men. You my friend are stupid. High five you still learned to use a computer or phone. So theid is hope fir you.

Andy White
5/4/2015 10:58:49 pm

I'm no theologian, but it seems to me that the Nephilim-centric view of the world fundamentally dilutes the whole idea of Original Sin. I'm surprised there's not a more vocal response from mainstream Christians.

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Bob Jase
5/5/2015 08:58:56 am

From my observations there is longer a mainstream Christianity.

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Hypatia
5/6/2015 01:22:28 am

Perhaps pornography has gone so mainstream too in the world of male mainstream Christians that blaming sex (and blaming women for it) for all the evils on earth can no longer be reconciled with one's behavior.

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Kenneth bentley
7/22/2017 12:47:43 am

I have read quayles books he did a lot of research but is he right about Giants who knows but they did exist . Now the Hugh buildings in Peru and in Syria that weigh thousands of tons to move I don't see Giants moving them . But I do see a supernatural force that did it . Quayle give a theory that the nazi are helped and moved to the artic . I have his book and it does seem reasonable that it happened . Just like after the civil was members of the confederacy in the south left America for South America and Australia . Monuments do exist there to this day .

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Rogidez link
3/22/2018 02:15:46 am

I think Quayle and his cronies (LA Marzulli; Horn; Skiba to name a few) have latched onto a topic that has captured the imagination of many - willing to be mislead and manipulated - ears, Christian and non- Christian alike. The Nephilim concept, detailed in Apocrypha books like Jasher, Enoch and Jubilees et al...describe Angels from Heaven breeding with human women (and messing with the animals) resulting in fantastically abnormal beasts and giants that fed off of mankind until God had to basically step in and flood the world in order to save mankind and a bloodline that would enable the birth of Jesus Christ. Taking the sin of man out of the spotlight and blaming these mythical creatures for our fallen state.

What a crock of BS - I have spent many hours listening to Quayle & co as he (Quayle) frantically becomes more and more unhinged while ranting about these terrifying things that are going to come upon the earth, nazi bases under the ice in Antartica yada yada yada - he makes his money from fear porn along with all these other miscreants who continue to lead people astray from the truth. If you're a Christian - as I am - read Scripture and let Scripture interpret itself, the Apocrypha books are not inspired by The Holy Spirit.....if you're not - that's your choice but be careful with the material that you're reading as I think these guys have an agenda - ironically enough most of them (Quayle; Marzulli and Dizdar all have Occult roots and backgrounds)

I believe there were giants - but as far as Angels mating with humans - science fiction - and a very convincing one if you give credence to false doctrines like Enoch..

Peace

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Pastor Chuck link
4/4/2018 12:01:29 pm

Rogidez,

The Genesis 6 account is certainly not the line of Cain as taught by much of the mainstream, but something else, something strange was going on. Not saying Quayle has it all correct (I have his books as well) but he's on to something for sure. Just because he references outside sources I'd caution you not to be too hasty and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Genesis 6 New International Version (NIV)
Wickedness in the World
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. I don't (in my opinion) believe this takes away from original sin at all in anyway. I've taught on Giants as they were definitely around after the flood as well and referenced not in outside sources but in the Word of God! Had a replica of Goliaths spear showcased at our Assembly last year, pretty cool. Afraid I'm not with you on this one.

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Rogidez
4/5/2018 01:08:14 am

Pastor Chuck,

Thank you for your reply - teaching on a topic as controversial as the Nephilim carries an enormous responsibility, as does teaching The Word of Yahweh - may He bless you, your ministry and your endeavours.
The NIV is a dodgy source as it is published by Zondervan Publishing, a subsidiary of Harper Collins - which incidentally publishes the Satanic Bible - too close to the bone for my liking.

As far as Quayle and Co I do believe that they employ a New Age / Occultic approach to their work. You only have to look at the covers of all the books / CD's and their websites, which are riddled with New Age symbology - hidden in plain sight so to speak.

I agree that there were giants on the earth before and after the flood - the text in Genesis is plain and easy to read -

Genesis 6:4-5 "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 unto them, the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown.
And God saw that the wickedness of MAN was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Clearly read the Word states that there were giants there - and not as a result of the mating. The sons of God topic is another issue on it's own really.

I'm not concerned as to whether you stand with me or not on the Quayle clique - he has to answer for himself when the time comes.

The topic of Nephilim and the days of Noah when Yeshua will return has become a fantastic money spinning carousel for the above, creating confusion and disparity in the ranks of the churches, diverting the focus off of Yeshua and His instruction to us -

Galatians 6: 7-9
" Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

I spent a significant amount of time absorbing the "teaching of Chuck Missler, Quayle, Marzulli (another crackpot - awarded a PHD from an unaccredited University BTW) Dizdar, Stearman, Skiba, Horn et al.

I have read the books of Enoch and Jasher - far out stuff - but not inspired by the Holy Spirit - completely against the grain and not focused on Yeshua - our True Saviour!!

For me - I have learnt my lesson - I will only refer to The Bible for truth. No mans word will suffice - not yours (no disrespect); not the televangelist and certainly not the insane and corrupted occultists that label themselves prophets of eschatology.

Respect and Blessings
Rogidez

Joe J
5/19/2018 08:11:59 pm

Where did Mr. Quayle say that giants turned people gay? He didn't say that at all. He said they introduced it. Eve was introduced to temptation by the Devil, correct? Not saying he is right or not but you should read the Bible more and probably do less critiquing of Steve Quayle. You seem to have a disdain for Mr. Quayle and it's kind of silly. No one is right about theories all the time. I respect him for his veiws and explaining how he nterepts the Bible amd history . A lot the man says seems to be accurate and worth listening to.

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Joel S
1/14/2020 04:58:04 pm

Rogidez, I think you missed the entire point of Steve Quayle. This is similar with people who abhor Christianity and have never even read the Bible. It is lack of knowledge.

“there is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” -Herbert Spencer

This is not a biblical quote but it has truth in it. Likewise there are things not inspired by God that hold history. Ancient DNA preserved in Amber and the like. Not Biblical but its true. The problem with Biblical Scholars is that they are like a hammer seeing a nail. If its not interpreted exactly as they see it its not biblical.

The fact is God destroyed the earth. And prior to the flood there is an entire earth history that is unknown to man.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

It is the Nephilim who corrupted man to make it its own image and not Gods.

Still to this day evil does this chemically through fluoridated water, atrazine, bisphenol A, and other pharmakeia. and also through child abuse. "Childhood sexual abuse of boys, perpetrated by another male, may lead a man to again and again seek out sexual encounters with men in an unconscious effort to resolve the guilt and shame he feels around the original encounter."

I have never found Steve Quayle to say this is fact only that if you do your own research that you will find things that need to be investigated. Obviously you are content to do all research internally in the Bible. That is your right. But do not disparage others for looking elsewhere for historical and contemporary evidence.

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Denise link
4/11/2020 11:11:19 am

This is ridiculous. The pedophiles and sexual abusers immersed in the church especially papacy in addition to the absence of fathers in the household and the entertainment industry can be blamed. Wth.

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