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Searching for Ropens and Finding God: Walking by faith and working with people of other faiths, in a quest for the discovery of modern living pterosaurs - Softcover
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Fly above common true-life adventures as you dive into what may become the most unsettling scientific discovery since Copernicus and Galileo: Living pterosaurs of the modern world---what a discovery! It soars above disputes about religion, revealing why an official discovery of an extraordinary animal has been delayed for so long. Above all, this explores human experiences--of eyewitnesses and those who interviewed them. People have become connected by common encounters; persons of various faiths, with various levels of education, from various countries and cultures, have seen a living pterosaur, commonly called "pterodactyl."
Notwithstanding the delay in the official scientific discovery, eyewitnesses from around the world continue to encounter these flying creatures: featherless, long-tailed, often larger than any known bird. Many reports include a head crest or pointed head, additional evidence for a modern pterosaur.
A few Americans explored a few islands in the southwest Pacific, in brief expeditions scattered between 1993 and 2007, looking for a modern pterosaur. "Creationist" each man was labeled, yet many of those following them, in recent years, carried no religious purpose. The creatures have many names: seklo-bali, duwas, wawanar, indava, kor, kundua. In Papua New Guinea, natives in isolated communities speak in village languages numbering in the hundreds, yet many natives carry a common fear in the dark: a huge glowing creature flying in the night. Natives on Umboi Island call it "ropen."
Three American Christians--one middle-aged LDS-Mormon high priest and two younger Protestant Young Earth Creationists--explored parts of Umboi Island in two separate expeditions in 2004, interviewing native eyewitnesses of the elusive ropen. They returned home even more convinced that long-tailed pterosaurs live, even thrive, in Papua New Guinea.
This resulted in the publication of several books, two scientific papers in a peer-reviewed journal, and over a thousand blog posts, written mostly by those who trudged the jungle trails of Umboi themselves and spoke with the eyewitnesses face to face. Those two expeditions in 2004 also cleared the path for other searches in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere, including expeditions led by those with no religious purpose in searching for ropens, namely the Destination Truth and Monsterquest television shows.
This book illustrates how we succeed better by working with those of different faiths in pursuing a common goal, in this case finding a modern living pterosaur and supporting each other in our common beliefs and values.
Why has the official scientific discovery been so long delayed? The causes are multiple and interrelated, but one obstacle has been resolved. Speculation that religious bias of investigators has played a big part in sighting reports of apparent pterosaurs--that conjecture has been shot down.
At 353 printed pages in a 6" by 9" book, this is labeled "the Bible of modern pterosaurs."
Fly above common true-life adventures as you dive into what may become the most unsettling scientific discovery since Copernicus and Galileo: Living pterosaurs of the modern world---what a discovery! It soars above disputes about religion, revealing why an official discovery of an extraordinary animal has been delayed for so long. Above all, this explores human experiences--of eyewitnesses and those who interviewed them. People have become connected by common encounters; persons of various faiths, with various levels of education, from various countries and cultures, have seen a living pterosaur, commonly called "pterodactyl."
Notwithstanding the delay in the official scientific discovery, eyewitnesses from around the world continue to encounter these flying creatures: featherless, long-tailed, often larger than any known bird. Many reports include a head crest or pointed head, additional evidence for a modern pterosaur.
A few Americans explored a few islands in the southwest Pacific, in brief expeditions scattered between 1993 and 2007, looking for a modern pterosaur. "Creationist" each man was labeled, yet many of those following them, in recent years, carried no religious purpose. The creatures have many names: seklo-bali, duwas, wawanar, indava, kor, kundua. In Papua New Guinea, natives in isolated communities speak in village languages numbering in the hundreds, yet many natives carry a common fear in the dark: a huge glowing creature flying in the night. Natives on Umboi Island call it "ropen."
Three American Christians--one middle-aged LDS-Mormon high priest and two younger Protestant Young Earth Creationists--explored parts of Umboi Island in two separate expeditions in 2004, interviewing native eyewitnesses of the elusive ropen. They returned home even more convinced that long-tailed pterosaurs live, even thrive, in Papua New Guinea.
This resulted in the publication of several books, two scientific papers in a peer-reviewed journal, and over a thousand blog posts, written mostly by those who trudged the jungle trails of Umboi themselves and spoke with the eyewitnesses face to face. Those two expeditions in 2004 also cleared the path for other searches in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere, including expeditions led by those with no religious purpose in searching for ropens, namely the Destination Truth and Monsterquest television shows.
This book illustrates how we succeed better by working with those of different faiths in pursuing a common goal, in this case finding a modern living pterosaur and supporting each other in our common beliefs and values.
Why has the official scientific discovery been so long delayed? The causes are multiple and interrelated, but one obstacle has been resolved. Speculation that religious bias of investigators has played a big part in sighting reports of apparent pterosaurs--that conjecture has been shot down.
At 353 printed pages in a 6" by 9" book, this is labeled "the Bible of modern pterosaurs."
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I wrote this third edition for a variety of readers. If you enjoyed one of the earlier editions, you'll enjoy this one, for it has many more sighting reports and more analysis, much more. If you enjoy faith-promoting experiences, this will satisfy your needs. If the joy of adventure you seek, you should find that drama throughout this book, only be aware: This is nonfiction, not fabricated to emphasize the dramatic but delivered to you with adventures that sprung up naturally in my life and in the lives of my associates.
Yet the greatest adventures you'll find in this book---those will probably be from eyewitness accounts: not how my associates and I searched for huge long-tailed pterosaurs that fly over jungles at night, but how eyewitnesses encountered those shocking creatures when they were not looking for them.
Would you enjoy reading about persons of different faiths who work together for a common purpose? This may be the ideal book for you, yet please be aware that much of this reveals some weaknesses in some popular standard models of science. If you have felt comfortable with extreme naturalism philosophy or unlimited common ancestry, the philosophy of Charles Darwin, expect to be discomforted, although this third edition has less preaching and more eyewitness reports. Disproving the General Theory of Evolution is given only limited space.
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Yet the greatest adventures you'll find in this book---those will probably be from eyewitness accounts: not how my associates and I searched for huge long-tailed pterosaurs that fly over jungles at night, but how eyewitnesses encountered those shocking creatures when they were not looking for them.
Would you enjoy reading about persons of different faiths who work together for a common purpose? This may be the ideal book for you, yet please be aware that much of this reveals some weaknesses in some popular standard models of science. If you have felt comfortable with extreme naturalism philosophy or unlimited common ancestry, the philosophy of Charles Darwin, expect to be discomforted, although this third edition has less preaching and more eyewitness reports. Disproving the General Theory of Evolution is given only limited space.
A Quest for Discovering Modern Pterosaurs
Settle into a comfortable chair and prepare for what may become the most unsettling scientific discovery since Copernicus and Galileo. This true story takes you into the expeditions that began to prepare the Western world for a discovery not yet recognized by scientists in developed countries.
A handful of Americans have explored remote jungles in Papua New Guinea, searching for living pterosaurs, called by most Americans "pterodactyls." Three Christians---one middle-aged LDS-Mormon high priest and two Protestant young earth creationists---explored Umboi Island in two separate expeditions in 2004, interviewing eyewitnesses of a glowing animal of the night: the elusive nocturnal ropen. . . .
This is a plea to listen to eyewitnesses and those who interview them. Skeptics, including one writer of a Smithsonian Magazine blog post, have dismissed these cryptozoological investigations by referring to religious beliefs of interviewers; but eyewitnesses themselves come from various countries and cultures and have various religious beliefs.
Settle into a comfortable chair and prepare for what may become the most unsettling scientific discovery since Copernicus and Galileo. This true story takes you into the expeditions that began to prepare the Western world for a discovery not yet recognized by scientists in developed countries.
A handful of Americans have explored remote jungles in Papua New Guinea, searching for living pterosaurs, called by most Americans "pterodactyls." Three Christians---one middle-aged LDS-Mormon high priest and two Protestant young earth creationists---explored Umboi Island in two separate expeditions in 2004, interviewing eyewitnesses of a glowing animal of the night: the elusive nocturnal ropen. . . .
This is a plea to listen to eyewitnesses and those who interview them. Skeptics, including one writer of a Smithsonian Magazine blog post, have dismissed these cryptozoological investigations by referring to religious beliefs of interviewers; but eyewitnesses themselves come from various countries and cultures and have various religious beliefs.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1484911393
- ISBN 13 9781484911396
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages354
- IllustratorNedrelo Dan, Kuhn Eskin, Carson Patty, North Rebecca, Dobbs Jr. Richard
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