Was Nimrod only a hunter of animals?
No. Nimrod was not merely a hunter of animals; he was a hunter of men and the first world totalitarian despot. He led humanity to the Tower of Babel, where he set up a religious system that usurped heaven's throne and began pagan idolatry.
Les explains that Nimrod was not just the hunter of animals but the hunter of men, and he was the first world's totalitarian despot. He brought people to the Tower of Babel, not merely to build with clay and pitch, but to set up a religion. Their reaching to heaven meant a religious system intended to usurp the very throne room of heaven. That is where the beginning of all pagan idolatry lies. Before the Flood there was no idolatry, no temple worship, and no organized worship. After the Flood, within about 200 years, the expanding population from eight people gathered around Babel ready to embrace pagan worship.