by Deborah Hanyon, MPH, RDN, ACE-CHC | Jul 15, 2022 | Creation Education Resources
Did Dinosaurs and Humans Coexist? (Post contains affiliate links).
In continuation of my previous article on “When Did Dinosaurs Live,” I’m going to provide you with a few examples of what kinds of artifacts have been discovered throughout the world. Note that this is only a small sample, and I used, “Dire Dragons: Untold Secrets of Planet Earth,” by Vance Nelson, for my examples.
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Now for the examples.
In The US, Blanding Utah, Natural Bridges National Monument, there is a Sauropod Petroglyph (Rock Art). This was drawn by the Anasazi Indians who lived between 150 BC to 1200 AD.
In fact, Sinclair Pennsylvania Motor Oil TODAY uses signs that are identical to the sauropod petroglyph in Blanding, Utah.
In case you never made the connection. The implication is oil comes from dead dinosaurs because oil is a fossil fuel.
This stuff is available in plain sight. However, people have been so conditioned to accept the “fact” that dinosaurs lived 65 million years ago, they don’t even stop and think when they see stuff like this.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a copyright free image of the actual petroglyph, so I can't post it here. But it is in the book by Vance Nelson.
Remember Dinosaurs weren’t discovered until around 1840, and it was decades before scientists had enough fossils to have any realistic idea of how they actually looked. So anything created prior to this time period is either an AMAZING example of the UNCANNY imaginations of the artists depicting these animals (I don’t buy it) OR evidence that the artists saw the dinosaurs with their own eyes.
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- For example, a brontosaurus petroglyph in Mexico created by the Mayans who lived between 250 AD and 900 AD. If you compare the petroglyph to a modern day reconstruction, there is a striking similarity.
- In Mexico also, Mayan artifacts include a mural (650-850 AD) depicting dinosaurs and people. In particular, the dinosaur in the mural is identical to modern depictions of Deinonychus reconstructions.
- Another example is St. George’s Chapel in Barcelona Spain (1548 AD). The chapel contains a depiction of St. George and the Nothosaurus. This artifact is dated around 1600. However, this “semi-aquatic” dinosaur supposedly became extinct 206 million years ago.
In Italy, you will find artist depictions of St. Michael and the Dragon.
- In England, Carlisle Cathedral, which was built in 1122 AD, contains brass engravings of a bat, dog, wild pig, fox, fish, and a Sauropod.
- In Wales, in St. David’s Cathedral, built in the 14th century, you will find a carving of a dragon.
In the Netherlands, the Book of Hours contains depictions of St. George fighting what would today compare to modern day depictions of Coelophysis bauri reconstructions. (Theropod)
- In France, at the Chateau de Chambord, built between 1515 and 1547 AD, emblems of several different animals alive and well today—except for one–can be found. Oh, but wait. The researchers claim that the dinosaur is a “salamander.” If you look at the emblem (you have to get the book or travel to France to see it), it will become clear to you that the emblem proclaimed to be a salamander looks NOTHING LIKE a salamander.
- One of my absolute favorite examples is the tapestry in Chateau Royal de Blois, which shows a depiction of a Juvenile Hadrosaur.
This is just a taste of the examples that exist in the world today. Concrete examples, in my opinion, of just how dogmatic those who subscribe to the theory of evolution can be. But also concrete examples that:
THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT DINOSAURS COEXISTED WITH HUMANS.
by Deborah Hanyon, MPH, RDN, ACE-CHC | Jul 14, 2022 | Education Materials
There are a few things my son has a tough time with. However, his disinterest and outright disgust with listening to music has been the most baffling.
His aversion to music of any kind has been a mystery over the years. One example sticks out in my memory.
When he was in kindergarten, I remember playing the song, “I Can Only Imagine” by Mercy Me while in the car one day. His immediate response to the song was to ask me to turn it off because he thought it was sad. I explained to him that it wasn't sad and that he just needed to become familiar with the message.
I didn't turn off the music and as a result, my son started crying.
And he was crying because the song made him sad enough to cry; not because he was upset about not getting his way. At this point I began to realize that he has a special sensitivity to musical notes–something I am aware of because I have the same sensitivity.
Fast forward to today, I have been mostly unsuccessful with convincing him that music is something he can learn to enjoy. BUT
This year I am excited to say that enrolling him in the “20th Century Music Appreciation for High School” through “Music in our Homeschool,” has made a difference in his ability to better understand music–and to enjoy it!
In fact, just yesterday, my son told me that he realizes why he would cry at the end of a particular movie when he was younger. We were discussing an article I found about movies that traumatize children.
We were discussing some of the movies that I remember because of how sad they were, and nearly all of them are related to the music more than the events of the movies. He also said that he remembers a particular movie he used to like watching that always made him cry at the end. He realizes now that he was crying as result of the music rather than because of the way the movie ended.* Wow!
It's amazing what a few years and an awesome music course can do!
I honestly believe this discussion we can have about music is a huge step forward for him, and I can't help but think it's related to the class he finished last year through Music in our Homeschool.
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*The name of the movie is “Harry and the Hendersons,” in case you're curious. 🙂
by Deborah Hanyon, MPH, RDN, ACE-CHC | Jul 8, 2022 | Nutrition and Health
Food Hang-ups…Why Diets Don’t Work
When you’re on a healthy eating trend, do you call it a “diet?” Studies show that “diets” don’t work for the long term. Why? Because they look and feel like a temporary change. Our food hang-ups that we hold in the back of our minds see dieting as the means to an end which you can quit doing once you reach your goal.
Diet don’t work because we must change our mindset before we can adopt a healthy way of eating and living that doesn’t stop once we reach that number on the scale that we’re striving for or drop that pants size.
So, you do the “diet” and lose the weight.
You have the wedding or take the vacation that you worked so hard to get fit and fabulous for. Then your brain tells you, “Mission accomplished, now we can finally eat “normally”. And so, you fall right back into the “normal” way of eating– that is, the way of eating that you *think* is normal because it’s what you were brought up with.
So, if you were brought up to pile food on your plate and then eat it all… if you were brought up to ALWAYS have dessert after dinner… if a late-night snack of ice cream before bed was the NORM in your family… then that’s what you’ll lapse back into.
As soon as the “diet” is over and within months of returning to old eating habits, you’re right back where you started.
Not to mention, if you decide to make healthy changes in how you eat your meals, you'll inevitably be pulled back into your old ways by people and your family and friends.
So, what's the biggest boost you can give yourself in making healthy dietary changes that aren't just a diet but become a way of life? How do you break the cycle of your food hang-ups?
The very first step is awareness.
You don't have to judge or criticize your family or the people that you spend your time with for their food hang-ups, or bad habits, or whatever they do that could be standing in your way of good health. But you can simply observe and become cognizant of people's attitudes and behaviors around food and eating.
Become aware of how people conduct themselves at mealtime. For example, listen to what they say about food and eating, what their beliefs about food are. See if you can pinpoint why eating is often the focal point of their activities. This will help you identify what you want to change because you can clearly see that it isn’t working for them. Which means it won’t work for you – not if you want to be fit and healthy for the rest of your life.
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