Dinosaur Fossil on Mars

Since I was about 12 years old I have been fascinated by the planet Mars.  At that age I would visit the Albany Park Library and read all the books about the Red Planet to learn more about if it harbored any life. I believe that the NASA Curiosity rover has been finding earth shattering evidence that life indeed was present or that life in some form of another is still present there today.  But they are not telling us---officially.  Case in point is this awesome photograph I found on their website.

NASA describes this photograph as being mineral vein deposits which sit on Mount Sharp.  NASA also describes the protruding minerals as not being more than 2.5 inches from the "host rock".  To me this picture which was posted on April 2, 2015 looks more like the skeleton of a fossilized dinosaur or reptilian creature.  Growing up I also read a lot of books on dinosaurs and fossils.  Being a Christian did not deter me at all about trying to be a young scientist.  As a matter of fact, it fascinated me even more to learn about God's creations.

Getting back to the photo---I can clearly see a head at the lower right side.  The head is followed by a long neck, which then expands to what appears to be a rib cage and appendages.  Towards the very end moving to the left, at least to me, it looks what appears to be a tail.  I might also add that NASA found this little piece of evidence in "Garden City."  Garden City?  Hmmm.  There might be other things they might have found but like I said before that they are not telling us. It would be great if we had a true palentologist analyze these mineral deposits and see what they conclude.  Or what do you think?  are these just minerals, or is it a fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur?

My Personal Road to Christianity

My Road to Christianity

Originally published on 12/21/09

Even as I youth I was always in search for the truth.

In keeping with the overall theme of my blog, for the next couple of posts I will write about how and why I found my way back to Christianity. I will start with my high school years. Like many teenagers I had internal questions about which was the true faith. Catholicism, although many will not agree, is still Christian, but it is Christianity in its rawest form. Unfortunately, it did not give me all the answers my spirit was seeking. Chicago is a spiritual melting pot and I was exposed to many beliefs which included faiths like the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Islam.

Although I was born into it, Catholicism did not afford me guidance.

I studied with a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses for about two years. A high school friend introduced me to them. We would meet weekly in the Albany Park Library. But I never became a Witness because I saw many red flags about their teachings. First, they claim that all the translations of the Bible were wrong, except theirs. So you could not read any other version. Second, they played too much with the prophetic years of 1914 and 1975 and what they were prophesying never came to pass. Third, they did not want to be part of many traditions and customs of this world. You could not celebrate birthdays with birthday cakes because they considered it a pagan custom. Also, I have yet to see a Kingdom Hall building with any windows. What are they hiding? What gives??? Fourth, they did not believe in decorating your home with Christmas ornaments and/or Christmas trees. Fifth, they did not believe in blood transfusions--even to save a life because they believe that God forbade the eating of blood. When I raised the issue that eating involved the act of chewing and swallowing, and not eating through a vein, they did not agree. And neither did I agree with their beliefs. The organization makes millions of dollars a year.  I don’t understand why their followers fail to see this. So much for not wanting to be part of this world.

Soon after my break up with this group a different friend introduced me to Islam.