So being a mighty hunter makes Nimrod a hero? If anything, it casts him in a dim light. A bloodthirsty man. Gen. 1:29 speaks about living on vegetation. The life is in the blood, and now it is implied Nimrod is a man who likes the taste of blood. He is prideful, and a rebel who seems to want to incite the people against the Lord, building a tower so high that the statement is, we are like god.
And he is a founder of Babylon, and possibly a giant, from the perverted race of the Nephilim.
So how can this man be considered anything but evil?
Being a mighty hunter doesn't necessarily make him a hero anymore that it makes him a villain. It's moreso that he was estimated/in the view of/before the Lord that makes him a potential hero. Other than that he's possibly just a minor, almost insignificant side character.
As for eating meat that does not make him a sinner as per God's covenant with Noah.
Genesis 9:1-4
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
We've all ready covered that Nimrod was not founder of city of Babel, and possibly was not even alive during that time. We have also covered that the Bible never says Nimrod was a rebel, that his name does not mean rebel. Bible never says Nimrod was prideful either. Nor does it say that Nimrod incited people against the Lord, but rather that the Lord estimated Nimrod a mighty hunter.
All those notions are found in the works of known heretics, not the Bible.
As for Nimrod being a giant, that also is not in the Bible, and seems to originate from Islamic canon. We know that Nimrod was not a Nephilim because they were wiped out in the Flood which happened before Nimrod was born. This theory is also found in the work of heretics and because it obviously contradicts the Bible proves it a heresy.
You have to prove Nimrod was evil using the Bible, not the work of heretics. All four mentions of Nimrod in the Bible have been posted on this website all ready with three direct mentions of his person (Genesis 10, 1 Chronicles 1) and one mention of the land of Nimrod (Micah 5). None of the mentions of Nimrod in the Bible describe him as evil, but rather as either good for being estimated well before the Lord, or as an indifferent minor character, merely a mighty hunter.