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Christian dinosaur hunters dig for signs of Biblical dragons |
Christian dinosaur hunters dig for signs of Biblical dragons
By Marcus Warren in Keldron, South Dakota
(Filed: 19/06/2004)
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Countless dinosaur bones lie buried in the rocks of South Dakota but the
Christians excavating one remote cliff-face were digging not just for
reptilian vertebrae but for the hand of God.
With screwdrivers, hammers and shaving brushes for tools, the group was
seeking and, as far as it was concerned, unearthed proof that the animals
perished not millions of years ago but in Noah's Flood circa 2300 BC.
To these believers in the Bible's literal truth, they are not dinosaurs but
"missionary lizards", which are powerful weapons in the battle for young
American hearts and minds.
Those certain that God made all living things, dinosaurs included, on Day
Six of the Creation, are deploying ever more imaginative tactics in their
struggle against schools and universities teaching Darwin's theory of
evolution.
Boldest of all is a trend for believers, young and old, to dig for fossils
and dinosaur remains as witness to God's handiwork.
Lecturing to a rapt audience of 20 like-minded Christians after a hard day
in the field, Russ McGlenn, a self-styled amateur archaeologist and
palaeontologist and head of Adventure Safaris, said: "Heavenly Father, we
thank You for the evidence of a catastrophic flood event. We thank You for
the time to study Your creation. Heavenly Father, we thank You for the
evidence of a catastrophic flood event."
Mr McGlenn was admittedly preaching to the converted but his success at
strengthening their beliefs and faith was undeniable.
"It's just dumb to believe that everything came from one kind of bang or
fish or something," said Katy Carlson, 13, one of the youngest on the dig.
Her companions included a 74-year-old Californian woman who spends two weeks
digging for dinosaurs every year, the mother of three teenagers who brought
them there "as a Christmas present" and a group of Christian children from
Wisconsin.
Camping outdoors, riding and simply marvelling at the emptiness of "Big Sky
country" are all part of the fun but the main draw is the chance to get down
on hands and knees and quarry for dinosaur remains.
South Dakota is one big open-air dinosaur cemetery. "Sue", the world's best
preserved tyrannosaurus rex skeleton was discovered in the area and, in some
locations, bones are easily spotted, poking through the soil. Just as
evident, depending on who is looking, is "proof" that the creatures died in
a flood. Evidence is seen in geological strata and the animals' sudden
deaths.
The afternoon's work yielded a rich crop of bones, from a group of
Edmontosauruses known to be buried in the hillside. The remains join similar
exhibits, including a triceratops skull, at a museum opened by the land's
owner to spread the word that Darwin was wrong.
"Dinosaur fossils are not proof of evolution but rather extinction," a
poster tells visitors to the museum. The war between Darwinian science and
Christian fundamentalists has raged for decades but the battleground has
lately shifted from courtrooms and lecture halls to small-scale museums,
churches and even a Creationist theme park called "Dinosaur Adventure Land".
According to the most recent poll, nearly half of all Americans, 48 per
cent, believe in the Book of Genesis's version of our origins. The
Creationists fervently hope that number may even be rising.
Evolution is "the dumbest and most dangerous idea in the history of
humanity", said Kent Hovind, a vocal enthusiast for the cause who also runs
the theme park in Florida. Explaining his Creationist creed, he said: "We
think dinosaurs were part of the normal Creation and were just big lizards.
Noah took some of them on the Ark, probably babies, when the floods came.
"Throughout history, there are stories of people killing the animals that
survived but they called them dragons."
Passions aroused by the debate occasionally spill over into politics,
usually into the charged sphere of education, sometimes involving national
figures such as the former president Jimmy Carter and President George W
Bush.
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Hehe !!! Bloody idiots !
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Jez
"The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious,
of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society
highly values its normal man.It educates children to lose themselves
and to become absurd,and thus to be normal. Normal men have killed
perhaps 100,000,000 of their fellow normal men in the last fifty years."
R.D. Laing
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| User: "JTEM" |
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| Title: Re: Christian dinosaur hunters dig for signs of Biblical dragons |
19 Jun 2004 11:55:46 PM |
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"Jez" <iced_spear@AwaySPAMdsl.pipex.com> wrote
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E26B12A98
Countless dinosaur bones lie buried in the rocks of South Dakota but
the Christians excavating one remote cliff-face were digging not
just for reptilian vertebrae but for the hand of God.
This is a crime. Wait, I'm serious. It is a crime against humanity.
Unqualified people are attacking the rarest of all treasures with
picks & shovels. Irreplaceable evidence of our past is being destroyed
by amateurs with an agenda. The human race is literally being robbed
of knowledge.
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Christian dinosaur hunters dig for signs of Biblical dragons |
19 Jun 2004 12:21:14 PM |
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In alt.atheism on Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:52:54 +0100, "Jez"
<iced_spear@AwaySPAMdsl.pipex.com> wrote:
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Mr McGlenn was admittedly preaching to the converted but his success at
strengthening their beliefs and faith was undeniable.
Fish in a barrel - all you have to do is pretend to agree with them
and <poof!> - their faith is strengthened.
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L8r,
Uncle Dollar Bill
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