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Is There Some Truth to Dragon Myths?
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| July 2, 2009
| Brian Thomas, M.S.
Posted on 07/02/2009 9:21:03 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Harry Potter fans are looking forward to the boy wizard’s next screen adventure, when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens this month. Pottermania broke loose when J. K. Rowling’s first book appeared on bookstands in 1997, prompting the creation of films, fan websites, and dozens of similarly themed books. Rowling’s world of wizardry has even inspired the name of a dinosaur fossil, Dracorex hogwartsia. But serious researchers are seeing evidence that dragons were more than just fantastical creatures...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: belongsinreligion; creation; dragons; evolution; exobiology; intelligentdesign; myth; pseudoscience; science
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To: GodGunsGuts
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:22:48 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
My fiancee just saw this picture and was like “what the heck is that”
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:24:13 AM PDT
by
chae
(I am karmic retribution)
To: Drango
This is a thead about dragons not gorgons.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:24:41 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Drango
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:25:00 AM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(If global warming didn't exist, Al Gore would have had to invent it.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Thanks for the laugh!
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:25:48 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: GodGunsGuts
Gee...I wonder what kind of creature could have inspired that myth?
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:26:56 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: GodGunsGuts
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:27:20 AM PDT
by
BGHater
(Insanity is voting for Republicans and expecting Conservatism.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Tales of dragons are almost universal and were incorporated into the historical background of virtually every people group on every continent.3 How could so many different cultures conjure up such similar details in their dragon legends, unless their ancestors actually encountered them? This guy really doesn't know what he's talking about. The Western visual representation of dragons is quite different from their depiction in Asian art (and there is a lot of variety in how they are depicted in the West, too). Also, the stories around dragons are quite different between the two cultures- Western myths consider dragons to be malevolent, while Asians tend to view them as benevolent.
Our ancestors were no less imaginative than we are- it's not surprising that they created stories around the fossils they discovered.
To: GodGunsGuts
To: Drango
Helen Thomas looked pretty good yesterday in her castigating Obama’s press secretary ... Robert Gibbs.
To: GodGunsGuts
Am looking forward to seeing the Half Blood Prince. Hope I live long enough to also see the Deathly Hallows.
They seem to be taking for ever to finish the series. Which is odd because they are such money makers.
Unfortunately I will have to wait until it comes out on DVD.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:38:47 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: GodGunsGuts
It is odd that dragons appeared in antiquity in both oriental and oxidental cultures but with no apparent links to one another...
St. George slaying dragon
Chinese dragon
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:40:25 AM PDT
by
meandog
(Doh!)
To: GodGunsGuts
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:41:30 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: GodGunsGuts
Thanks for the laugh! You’re on a roll today.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:42:43 AM PDT
by
blowfish
To: GodGunsGuts
There is more documentation about dragons than anything about Hairy Potter.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:42:48 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Other Myths with some Truth:
1) Bigfoot
2) Loch Ness Monster
3) Hollow Earth
4) Paul is Dead
5) Global Warming
6) Islam is religion of Peace
7) Jimmy Hoffa buried in Meadow lands endzone
8) liberals are openminded
9) Obama is a capitalist
10) The illuminati killed Princess Di
To: xcamel
That’s a classic picture! I’m saving it for these threads.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:44:08 AM PDT
by
blowfish
To: stormer
You may think this funny, but Jesus believe in the inerrancey (and accuracy) of the Whole OT, including Genesis.
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posted on
07/02/2009 9:44:36 AM PDT
by
JSDude1
(DHS, FBI, FEMA, etc have been bad little boys. They need to be spanked and sent to timeout!)
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