dinosaurs and man

[chrisstavrous]

Ive posted a good deal on this forum and am still looking for something to save me so i am giving it all ive got. In case anyone doesnt know about me, im a former christian turned agnostic who wants to return to the faith,

My question is.

Through research i am willing to bet that man has seen dinosaurs in his life, whether it was 300 years ago or 3000 years ago, thru the many artifacts and drawings found in history of dinosaurs.

Please help me understand how important this is, How does this bring a big blow to evolution and age of the earth. I am doing all i can to disprove evolution and an old earth, although i know an old earth and evolution do not technically disprove God, they do make it harder at least for me to believe in him,

Thanks your time everyone i appreciate it.

Why do you need to disprove evolution to return to your faith.

 

[MCA]

Thank you all for talking with me about this. I'm on my cell phone and is a little hard to quote everyone. I appreciate everyone's perspective and it's encouraging that many have also wrestled with age of the earth and evolution and still have faith. I've been away from the site for 4 months because I have been suffering with panic attacks and depression and have been treated medically for it. I am going against my psychiatrist orders and weaning off of them. This means my depression and my struggle with believing in God will return. When I was on the pills at full dosage I was indifferent about almost everything. Prior to getting on the meds unfortunately I was really becoming an atheist. I just rely heavily on science and I try to rationalize miracles in the bible. It's not my choice that's just how I am now. It's hard for me to believe in miracles. The evidence is there though I admit. Noahs ark is truly on a mountain in turkey, man has seen dinosoaurs, and giants have really existed. But something has changed in my heart and how I see god. I'm still on meds and am thus able to speak casually about the topic but I know my pain will return about this and I'll probably become hostile again . My family now knows I'm an agnostic and I have started to call myself one. I find it hard to believe in anything really, same goes for evolution, creationism, god, and no god,.. I'm just not sure about anything really. Very mentally unstable you can say. I hope to return to the faith. I can feel the purposeless of my existence everyday and it is very painful, it will only worsen as I wean off the meds. As I tell my mother, don't try to understand me because if you did you wouldn't be a Christian. I have the mind of an atheist undoubtedly but feel deeply the want and need of god. I'm a coward, admittedly. That's pretty much what an agnostic is. I will try to be more active on the site, I really like to hear opinions and like I said I was really encouraged by your comments I will try to remember some of them. I can tell many of you are educated and probably a good deal older than I. And I too find that encouraging.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Thank you all for talking with me about this. I'm on my cell phone and is a little hard to quote everyone. I appreciate everyone's perspective and it's encouraging that many have also wrestled with age of the earth and evolution and still have faith. I've been away from the site for 4 months because I have been suffering with panic attacks and depression and have been treated medically for it. I am going against my psychiatrist orders and weaning off of them. This means my depression and my struggle with believing in God will return. When I was on the pills at full dosage I was indifferent about almost everything. Prior to getting on the meds unfortunately I was really becoming an atheist. I just rely heavily on science and I try to rationalize miracles in the bible. It's not my choice that's just how I am now. It's hard for me to believe in miracles. The evidence is there though I admit. Noahs ark is truly on a mountain in turkey, man has seen dinosoaurs, and giants have really existed. But something has changed in my heart and how I see god. I'm still on meds and am thus able to speak casually about the topic but I know my pain will return about this and I'll probably become hostile again . My family now knows I'm an agnostic and I have started to call myself one. I find it hard to believe in anything really, same goes for evolution, creationism, god, and no god,.. I'm just not sure about anything really. Very mentally unstable you can say. I hope to return to the faith. I can feel the purposeless of my existence everyday and it is very painful, it will only worsen as I wean off the meds. As I tell my mother, don't try to understand me because if you did you wouldn't be a Christian. I have the mind of an atheist undoubtedly but feel deeply the want and need of god. I'm a coward, admittedly. That's pretty much what an agnostic is. I will try to be more active on the site, I really like to hear opinions and like I said I was really encouraged by your comments I will try to remember some of them. I can tell many of you are educated and probably a good deal older than I. And I too find that encouraging.

Have you considered speaking to your doctor to find out if another medication might not be more appropriate for you? Perhaps combining meds, or adjusting dosages?

Or if you plan to wean yourself off, are you open to the idea of finding a naturopath who can help you perhaps replace your meds with something natural that may have the same benefit, depending upon what you are currently taking?

I understand you are having problems with your meds, and I would certainly seek to fix the problem whatever it takes. But just coming off of them against the advice of your doctor, with no replacement and no monitoring, especially if it is going to make you miserable and question your faith again?

Perhaps you can find an effective compromise that will help you feel well.

I am praying for you.

 

[Brianlear]

Evidence against evolution is plentiful, for evolution – non-existent. Evolution is a religious system requiring totally blind belief in it.

And this is why so many people are turned away from God...

 

[TheJust]

Ive posted a good deal on this forum and am still looking for something to save me so i am giving it all ive got. In case anyone doesnt know about me, im a former christian turned agnostic who wants to return to the faith,

My question is.

Through research i am willing to bet that man has seen dinosaurs in his life, whether it was 300 years ago or 3000 years ago, thru the many artifacts and drawings found in history of dinosaurs.

Please help me understand how important this is, How does this bring a big blow to evolution and age of the earth. I am doing all i can to disprove evolution and an old earth, although i know an old earth and evolution do not technically disprove God, they do make it harder at least for me to believe in him,

Thanks your time everyone i appreciate it.

Why must conditions be met before you believe, why even believe why not truly seek and truly find and therefore have absolute certainty of God's existence?

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:17