If Off123 is Looking for Bigfoot, Who's Going After the Loch Ness Monster?
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Hey Everyone,
In order to support Pippy's request to help make Singles a little more random again, I present this discussion.
In a recent thread, our friend Off123 said he would be gone for a while in search of the Big Foot (http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/159756-ive-gone-bigfootin.html).
This got me wondering what other kinds of creatures, objects, or people would you all might like to see or meet, and why?
Just for fun, I'm going to try to make a poll, but of course, the LIST COULD BE ENDLESS, and I'm hoping people will not only answer the poll, but also tell us what they'd like to know most about who or what they'd hope to see.
As a kid, I had heard about an expedition that was supposedly trying to find the Loch Ness Monster. At the time, I was rather excited because Nessie seemed to resemble one of my favorite dinosaurs (a brontosaurus), and how cool would it be to see something I'd only seen in books come to life!!!
I have also had a life-long fascination with mermaids, first of all, because they're supposedly half-human (how does that work, anyway), and second, because they can live in two different worlds (land and sea.)
I have also always loved artists' renditions of fantasy worlds and the beings that might live in them, because part of it is based on their own imaginations, and not on anything that exists in reality. But for a human artist, his or her imagination has its limits, and at some point, their creations will still be inspired by things that already exist.
This is one of the many things that fascinates me about God. When He created the world, He had NO reference points EXCEPT His own imagination, and we can see what HE came up with!!!
So as I became an adult, my list of things to see has changed a little over the years. Sure, I'd still love to see a mermaid, and a brontosaurus, but even more so, I would love to see:
1. The leviathan of Job 41 ("Can you pull in leviathan with a fishhook or... put a cord through his nose?") Is he something that we know today (like the whale), or was he an entirely different species?
2. The "big fish" that swallowed Jonah (Jonah 1:17)--could this also be the leviathan?
3. The fruit that tempted Adam and Eve. I have always wondered if it really was an apple, or if it was a unique specific kind of fruit that was never to be seen (or eaten) again. On second thought, I'm probably better off NOT seeing it, because I'm sure that just like Adam and Eve, I would probably be all too human and find it "good for food and pleasing to the eye," just like Eve! (Gen. 3:6.)
How about the rest of you?
What kinds of things would you like to see that do not exist in today's world (or at least, we haven't found them or attained them just yet)?
It could be also be something from the past or future, or something we believe exists, but just don't have the means to see it yet (kind of like how people suspected that tiny organisms could make people sick even before we could see them.)
It would be great to hear about the things YOU are curious about.
(I'll have a poll up in a few minutes. I know it can't include EVERYTHING, but I just wanted to give people a few possibilities.)
I'm looking forward to hearing you all share your imaginations.
In order to support Pippy's request to help make Singles a little more random again, I present this discussion.
In a recent thread, our friend Off123 said he would be gone for a while in search of the Big Foot (http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/159756-ive-gone-bigfootin.html).
This got me wondering what other kinds of creatures, objects, or people would you all might like to see or meet, and why?
Just for fun, I'm going to try to make a poll, but of course, the LIST COULD BE ENDLESS, and I'm hoping people will not only answer the poll, but also tell us what they'd like to know most about who or what they'd hope to see.
As a kid, I had heard about an expedition that was supposedly trying to find the Loch Ness Monster. At the time, I was rather excited because Nessie seemed to resemble one of my favorite dinosaurs (a brontosaurus), and how cool would it be to see something I'd only seen in books come to life!!!
I have also had a life-long fascination with mermaids, first of all, because they're supposedly half-human (how does that work, anyway), and second, because they can live in two different worlds (land and sea.)
I have also always loved artists' renditions of fantasy worlds and the beings that might live in them, because part of it is based on their own imaginations, and not on anything that exists in reality. But for a human artist, his or her imagination has its limits, and at some point, their creations will still be inspired by things that already exist.
This is one of the many things that fascinates me about God. When He created the world, He had NO reference points EXCEPT His own imagination, and we can see what HE came up with!!!
So as I became an adult, my list of things to see has changed a little over the years. Sure, I'd still love to see a mermaid, and a brontosaurus, but even more so, I would love to see:
1. The leviathan of Job 41 ("Can you pull in leviathan with a fishhook or... put a cord through his nose?") Is he something that we know today (like the whale), or was he an entirely different species?
2. The "big fish" that swallowed Jonah (Jonah 1:17)--could this also be the leviathan?
3. The fruit that tempted Adam and Eve. I have always wondered if it really was an apple, or if it was a unique specific kind of fruit that was never to be seen (or eaten) again. On second thought, I'm probably better off NOT seeing it, because I'm sure that just like Adam and Eve, I would probably be all too human and find it "good for food and pleasing to the eye," just like Eve! (Gen. 3:6.)
How about the rest of you?
What kinds of things would you like to see that do not exist in today's world (or at least, we haven't found them or attained them just yet)?
It could be also be something from the past or future, or something we believe exists, but just don't have the means to see it yet (kind of like how people suspected that tiny organisms could make people sick even before we could see them.)
It would be great to hear about the things YOU are curious about.
(I'll have a poll up in a few minutes. I know it can't include EVERYTHING, but I just wanted to give people a few possibilities.)
I'm looking forward to hearing you all share your imaginations.
J
This is a great thread, Seoul! Okay, so I started responding before I noticed it was in the singles forum. I am not single!! But I didn't want to give up my chance to help you find the Loch Ness Monster, so here I am!!
You phrased the poll, "Which would we LOVE to see," and most of them are dangerous!! So even though I might be fascinated to see them, I could not in good conscience call it "love." Okay, so I put "Loch Ness monster, unicorns, pegasus, aliens (scary but I'd want to see them!!) and historical event."
Historical event I would most want to witness: Alien "crash" outside Roswell, New Mexico in summer of 1947! Such a bizarre story, I wanna know the truth!
Also, I want to hear the angels singing to the shepherds.. "Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." I mean, I really want to see that! How much is a "host"? Or a great company? What do angel voices sound like? What does angel music sound like? What melody was it? I think Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is the closest thing we've come to as humans as being what this might have sounded like, but that's just a fantasy I have. :-D
One thing that wasn't on your list, Seoul, that I really want to see is the Illuminati. Are they real?? Do they exist?? I wanna be a fly on the wall on a super-secret meeting and also speak fluent Italian so I can understand them lol.
I have heard personal, first-person accounts of people who are reliable who have seen ghosts, and UFO's. (different people, all though my husband has seen both!) so there is a lot of really weird stuff out there! I wouldn't mind having my own story to tell!
You phrased the poll, "Which would we LOVE to see," and most of them are dangerous!! So even though I might be fascinated to see them, I could not in good conscience call it "love." Okay, so I put "Loch Ness monster, unicorns, pegasus, aliens (scary but I'd want to see them!!) and historical event."
Historical event I would most want to witness: Alien "crash" outside Roswell, New Mexico in summer of 1947! Such a bizarre story, I wanna know the truth!
Also, I want to hear the angels singing to the shepherds.. "Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." I mean, I really want to see that! How much is a "host"? Or a great company? What do angel voices sound like? What does angel music sound like? What melody was it? I think Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is the closest thing we've come to as humans as being what this might have sounded like, but that's just a fantasy I have. :-D
One thing that wasn't on your list, Seoul, that I really want to see is the Illuminati. Are they real?? Do they exist?? I wanna be a fly on the wall on a super-secret meeting and also speak fluent Italian so I can understand them lol.
I have heard personal, first-person accounts of people who are reliable who have seen ghosts, and UFO's. (different people, all though my husband has seen both!) so there is a lot of really weird stuff out there! I wouldn't mind having my own story to tell!
J
let me see, what mythical creature would I like to see...
Got to be the perfect man!
And I would prefer he is not from mars (oh and Jesus doesn’t count as
he was fully man and God. Just a normal perfect man will do for me)
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Got to be the perfect man!
And I would prefer he is not from mars (oh and Jesus doesn’t count as
he was fully man and God. Just a normal perfect man will do for me)
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I picked people who live on other planets, like a mars colony.
I did so because I love to explore and see things Ive never seen before, so being able to explore a whole new planet would be pretty awesome : p
I totally dont mind that it would be nothing but rock, btw. Rocks can be beautiful too. Id love to see the grand canyon one day.
I did so because I love to explore and see things Ive never seen before, so being able to explore a whole new planet would be pretty awesome : p
I totally dont mind that it would be nothing but rock, btw. Rocks can be beautiful too. Id love to see the grand canyon one day.
I've always been captivated by creatures that are half-human as well, because like Lynx, I'm fascinated by the biology and how it "everything would work" (which isn't quite as eloquent as his answer, but hey, it gets the job done.)
While I couldn't purposely harm or kill any such creatures, I'd have to admit though that I would hope to at least stumble upon a LARGE number of them because the mad scientist in me would want to see X-rays and, when they finally passed on, full-on dissections just to see how everything is arranged and hooked up and how it all functions.
And now I'm wondering what kind of sub-group PETA would start as a protest against the Study of Mythological Creatures...
While I couldn't purposely harm or kill any such creatures, I'd have to admit though that I would hope to at least stumble upon a LARGE number of them because the mad scientist in me would want to see X-rays and, when they finally passed on, full-on dissections just to see how everything is arranged and hooked up and how it all functions.
And now I'm wondering what kind of sub-group PETA would start as a protest against the Study of Mythological Creatures...
