Ky'ram Parjai'Kote
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 |  Subject: Devotion Update Thread Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:31 pm | |
| Our Freedoms as Americans I was recently at Glen Rose, Texas, home of the Paluxy River, where over one million fossilized dinosaur tracks lay. One mile from this river is a museum, the Creation Evidence Museum. The founder, director, and lecturer of this museum is the great creationist, Doctor Carl Baugh. His museum houses a hyperbaric chamber, used to simulate conditions before the Flood, a scale model of Noah's Ark, a complete set of handwritten scrolls comprising the Old Testament, a Textus Receptus (Greek New Testament), and a model of the creationist geologic column. As I was there, Dr. Baugh lectured on "Dinosaurs and Man". Written transcript of Doctor Baugh's lecture here: - Spoiler:
Introduction...
The very image of dinosaurs has been captured by the secular community to illustrate vast periods of time and evolutionary development. In reality dinosaurs are a vital part of God's complete creation. If dinosaurs and man actually did exist at the same time, the consequences would be enormous.
I. The Issue
University professors D.H. Milne and S. Schafersman wrote in the Journal of Geologic Education about the reports of finding human and dinosaur prints in the same rock sratum: "Such an occurrence would seriously disrupt conventional interpretations of the biological and geological history and would support the doctrines of creationism and catastrophism." (1)
Professor Steven Stanley voiced a similar opinion: "There is an infinite variety of ways in which, since 1859, the general concept of evolution might have been demolished. Consider the fossil record--a little known resource in Darwin's day...Any topsy-turvy sequence of fossils would force us o rethink our theory, yet not a single one has come to light. (2) As Darwin recognized, a single geographic inconsisency would have nearly the same power of destruction." (3)
It is clear that evidence of conemporaneous existence of man with dinosaurs would essentially destroy the theory of macroevolution.
II. The Scripture
Job 40:15-24 describes the powerful dinosaur ("behemoth" in the English translation), with a "tail like a cedar [tree] (v.17)," and a reputation as being "the chief of the ways of God (v.19)." (Note that the fossil sauropod dinosaurs are the largest specimens of living creaures ever to inhabit the Earth). The description begins with the statement, "which I made with thee (v. 15)." The Scriptures are clear that God made the dinosaurs (denying evolution of its claim to life origins), and He made them along with man (denying evolution of its claim to progressive development).
III. The Evidence
A. Medieval Dinosaurs
In medieval France the city of Nerluc was renamed in honor of the killing of a "dragon" there. This animal was bigger than an ox and had long, sharp, pointed horns on its head. Triceratops is one example of many such dinosaurs that had horns on their heads. (4)
In Ireland, around 900 AD, a writer recorded an encounter with a large beast with "iron nails" on its tail that pointed backwards. Its head was shaped a bit like that of a horse, and it had thick legs with strong claws. These details match features of dinosaurs like Kentrosaurus and Stegosaurus. (5)
Old Chinese books tell of a family that kept "dragons" and raised the babies. It is said that in those days, Chinese kings used "dragons" for pulling royal chariots on special occasions. (6)
B. Footprints
On display at the Creation Evidence Museum is the original Alvis Delk Print, the footprint of an Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur stepping onto an 11.5 inch human footprint. Laboratory spiral CT scans demonstrate that the entire artifact is genuine, with compression features under the tracks. Seven footprints have been excavated by the CEM team in the vicinity of the Delk discovery.
Also on display at the museum is the original Willett Print, an 11.5 inch human footprint stepping onto the footprint of a Dimorphodon type pterodactyl. Laboratory CT scans demonstrate that the entire artifact is genuine. In the mid-1950s O.W. Willett excavated this track from a trail of tracks on what is now the Park Ledge (before it was against the law to do so).
Conclusion
The Scriptures and the evidence clearly show that man and dinosaur lived contemporaneously in recent times. These facts strongly support DESIGN and RECENT CREATION.
Footnotes
(1) D.H. Milne and S. Schafersman, Journal of Geological Education, 1983, p. 111
(2) It should be noted that the Creation Evidence Museum has the Meister Print on display--a human sandal print in Cambrian rock.
(3) Steven M. Stanley, The New Evolutionary Timetable: Fossils, Genes, and the Origin of Species (Basic Books, 1981) p. 171
(4) Paul S. Taylor, The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible, Cook Communications Ministries, Colorado Springs, CO, 1989, p. 40
(5) Ibid. p. 43
(6) Ibid. p. 42-43
During the lecture, he mentioned the Delk and Willett Prints: - Spoiler:
Delk:  (The Willett is a human footprint, the same size as the human foot in the Delk, stepping on a Pterodactyl footprint.
When I arrived home, I searched Wikipedia for Doctor Baugh. The article is a scathing piece, one that is misinformed and one sided. For example: - Quote :
- In July 2008, Baugh was in contact with Alvis Delk and James Bishop, who claimed to have found a dinosaur-human print fossil. Bishop is a convicted murderer and Delk has a history of selling faked artifacts. Baugh bought the "fossil" from Delk who used the money to pay his medical bills. On the authenticity of the claims, reporter Bud Kennedy noted, "since no scientists were involved, about all we really know so far is that the museum has a new rock." Biologist PZ Myers critiqued Delk's "fossil" saying Baugh "is falling all over himself praising the authenticity of this blatant fake."
This is rather one-sided, as Baugh has openly and publicly tested the prints at a secular laboratory, under a spiral CT scanner. The print is not fake, as fakes would not have compressed the dirt. Both the human and the Acrocantherosaurus prints have said compression marks. This led me to go from thinking of dinosaurs to America's current spiritual condition. Christians are ridiculed across many forums, blogs, news networks, etc. These sources use the "Westboro Baptist Church" as an example of what Christians are like. The WBC is not endorsed by any denomination, as they mask their hate and rage in God's mouth. This, among other things, has led to the government restricting and crushing our freedoms, especially the First Amendment. Soon, the day will come when Christians will no longer be able to worship freely, and it will be disguised so that the common man will not see it. Then when Christians protest, the government will blast them as overreacting. But in fact, the Christians will be absolutely correct. In the words of "the Messiah", the one who holds office now, "America is no longer a Christian nation." Sadly, he is right. America is turning into a Muslim state, and there's only one thing Americans can do about it. Pray. | |
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