subject: Dinosaurs, Evolution And God [print this page] Dinosaurs are among the most fascinating creatures ever, but some apocalyptic creationists who believe in a 6000 years old earth also hold that the fossil record is not one of life's evolution but an antediluvian struggle between the forces of light and darkness!
Yes, religious fundamentalists can harbor some very extraordinary principles but they can make for great summer blockbuster pictures. With the proper computer effects, such a tale may harvest huge profits on the cinema screen: Imagine "Paradise Lost" with rebellious fallen angels in the form of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures!
Such a view was once espoused by the former Worldwide Church of God of the late Herbert W. Armstrong, a former advertising man turned end-times preacher. Now recognized as a cult, among the organization's many weird sentiments were those holding the U. S. and Great Britain, with some northwestern western european states like those comprising Scandinavia, to be the latter-day descendants of the legendary Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Members of this church also believed strongly in keeping saturday as the Sabbath, in common with seventh Day Adventists, and also trusted in keeping the so-called Mosaic dietary laws.
According to the apocalyptic doctrine once promoted by this organization thru its free magazine "The Plain Truth" and its diverse radio and TV programs, Anglo-Saxon-Nordic peoples were the true inheritors of the Abrahamic promise of worldly might and power and would confront an EU Union bent on their destruction. Armageddon was to be between the armies of Christ on earth in Jerusalem against an array fielded by China, Russia, and the EU Union on Mount Megiddo in Israel.
This curious church was once very talked-about but has since then its founder's death broke into competing groups also, they note, foretold by Biblical prediction. Whatever the case, it is certainly a unusual tale worth showing.
