Not a dinosaur

I am responding to a letter published in the Friday edition of the Helena IR written by Mr. Albert Wareham. Mr. Wareham claims that the carcass of a plesiosaur was found in 1977. The incident to which he is referring happened aboard the Zuiyo Maru and was indeed photographed and chronicled by the crew. Although the carcass was dumped, samples were collected and analyzed.However, the common concensus among scientists is that the carcass was that of a decomposed basking shark and not a plesiosaur. The closest thing to a “living dinosaur” being found was the discovery of the coelacanth, a fish long thought to be extinct. I for one, believe that it is naive to think that there are not species out there that have never been found, however, there has never been any concrete proof of a “living dinosaur.”
Jaysin Arthurs814 Cole

Thanks Jaysin
I am so tired of Christians writing in and spreading these myths. Its so frustrating to have too keep pointing out thier flaws and misinformation. I know the people who spread these lies are not swayed, but the general public needs to know the "facts" I do think most people know better, but its sad so many don't

I was on TV!

Missed it darn it! My sister called and said I was on the T.V. tonight. I blogged back in August about my interview with a couple from BBC. Well they published it and its called Godless in America. From my web surfing results its mostly about Ms. OHare and her murder. So, I am not sure if I like being compared to or lumped in with her, but then that was the chance I took when I did the interview. I can't really comment on the documentary since I did not see it. I do not get the Sundance Channel. I wish I had been given some warning about it from the two who did the interview so I could have had someone record it for me. I did email them tonight and asked for a copy. I hope they will send one. I'm not sure if I want to really see myself and dread it. I never considered myself photogenic and I do not know what parts of the interview they used. Its killing me to know though. I can only hope it was a postive portayal.

Evolution all wet/Letter to the Editor

Another letter to the editor from someone who knows nothing about evolution.

Scientists have wondered whether an “extinct” dinosaur would ever be found alive.

Then, in April 1977, a Japanese fishing vessel caught a 4,000 pound, 33 yard creature off New Zealand. A qualified zoologist was on board and photographed, sketched, carefully measured and flipper samples were kept for tissue analysis.

Indeed, it was a plesiosaur, a sea dwelling dinosaur, which supposedly had been dead for one million years! But, recognizing that the creature would disprove their fossil/strata theory, western scientists said it must have been a sea lion! There was almost total news blackout on this in the West, with the exception of a few publications (New York Times, July 24, 1977; Nature, July 28, 1977.) If some dinosaurs were to be found alive today, then evolutionists think this would weaken their theory. But, actually that neither prove not weaken their theory, since dinosaurs — past or present — present no evidence of the evolutionary process.

In museums all over the world, dinosaur bone displays are exhibited as a proof of evolution. But, a living dinosaur has been found.

Consider this, only about 500 years ago, the aepyornis, a dinosaur bird nearly 10 feet tall and weighing half a ton still lived on the island of Madagascar (see National Geographic, October 1967, p 493.)

Albert Wareham

Box 445

Boulder

Pagan Christmas

Pagan ChristmasRegarding the controversy over ads saying “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry Christmas,” Laughing Water is correct in pointing out that Christmas is a renamed pagan festival that had nothing to do with the birth of Christ, which, I add, was never celebrated by His disciples or apostles. It never entered their minds to institute or teach any such a thing. You will not find birthday celebrations in the Bible, except being held by those without faith, such as Herod.Those who call themselves Christians should have nothing whatsoever to do with Christmas and the Name of Christ being polluted by pagan feasts, now allegedly kosher because mixed with another pagan ritual, the “mass.”Surely anyone calling him or herself by the Name of Christ should not expect the world, which does not know Christ, to give him or her “merry” greetings in His Name. What confusion! “Christian,” you should be living as Christ, a light to the world, and not following in its ways, outdoing it in self-importance and self-indulgence. The tragedy is not that Christ is not in Christmas, but that you are not in Christ!
Paul Cohen413 ½ N. Beattie Street

Wow, This guy wants to cancel Christmas and he is claiming he is a true Christian. Of course again, we know Catholics borrowed/stole the Pagan celebrations, they are not true Christians according to fellows like Paul.
Once way back, Paul called my home and left a message on my answering machine. He was calling in response to a letter to the editor I wrote about Hell. He did not call back, but I can safely assume he did not agree with what I had written. He is as Fundy as they get. I wonder which church he worships.

A reponse to Mr. Wise

Gay ‘facts’This is in response to Mr. Wise’s article dated 12/15Thoughts and questions:Where do you get your “fact” that 92 percent of gays are atheists? I thought the IR made you have proof.Do you forget about the crusades when you make the comment “No good religion has ever brought the downfall of a nation.” Do you forget about the Romans? Do you forget about the middle east? You involve Muslims in your last paragraph. How about our own president that invades a nation in the name of God?Please again print FACT. Which religions do you mean when you say “left?”Here’s another “fact.” Science, you know the thing that has FACTS and DATA behind it, has isolated a gene that gay people carry. AMA Sept. 2001.Homosexual acts are wrong and sinful in your intolerant eyes. Gay people scare people like you. It has been the demise of no society. Fear what you don’t understand.
Bob Cypers6635 Sleeping Giant View