Re: [asa] Flying Dragons

Any reports that YECs have mounted expeditions to find and capture one of
these beasts? What a sensation that would be!

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol or John Burgeson" <burgytwo@juno.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: [asa] Flying Dragons

> From AIG yesterday --
>
> Q: Do creationists believe flying dragons were mythical?
>
> A: The pictures of flying dragons we see in movies and books may be a bit
> fanciful. But they are probably based on memories from people who did see
> such flying creatures, perhaps pterodactyls.
>
> In the 5th century BC, Herodotus, the famous Greek historian, wrote about
> the “winged serpents” of Arabia. Their descriptions fit what we know
> about pterodactyls. Similar reports of such creatures come from Ethiopia
> and India. And there are people living today in the jungles of Southern
> Africa who say they’ve seen flying reptiles—though they call them
> “kongamato.” Even the Bible, in the book of Isaiah, talks about flying
> serpents that lived with people.
>
> Evolutionists insist that the flying reptiles became extinct with the
> dinosaurs millions of years ago. But the Bible and ancient records give
> evidence that such creatures lived with people not so long ago.
>
> Furthermore, it shouldn’t surprise those who believe in the book of
> Genesis if such a flying reptile was still living today. After all, the
> Bible says that God created all the land animals on the sixth day of
> creation.
>
> Burgy
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