Giant Spider Species Discovered in Middle Eastern Sand Dunes

(Wired Science) – Scientists have unearthed a completely new species of spider hiding in sand dunes on the Israel-Jordan border.

With a legspan that stretches 5.5 inches, the spider, called Cerbalus aravensis, is the biggest of its type in the Middle East. “It is rare to find a new species of spider — at least around this part of the world — which is so big,” said biologist Uri Shanas of the University of Haifa-Oranim in Israel, who discovered the arachnid.

via Giant Spider Species Discovered in Middle Eastern Sand Dunes | Wired Science | Wired.com.

Yale society’s skull-turned-ballot box to be sold

NEW YORK AP — A human skull that apparently was turned into a ballot box for Yales mysterious Skull and Bones society is going on the auction block.

Christies estimates the skull will sell for $10,000 to $20,000 when it is auctioned on Jan. 22. Fittingly, the auction house has agreed to keep the sellers name a secret. On Monday, it described the person only as a European art collector.

via AllAroundPhilly.

First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland

(Space Fellowship) – When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet hospitable to life.

Rocky planets — Earth, Mercury, Venus and Mars — make up half the planets in our solar system. Rocky planets are considered better environments to support life than planets that are mainly gaseous, like the other half of the planets in our system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

via First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland | International Space Fellowship.

Africa-wide “Great Green Wall” to Halt Saharas Spread?

(National Geographic News) – China built its famous Great Wall to keep out marauders. Now, millennia later, a “Great Green Wall” may rise in Africa to deter another, equally relentless invader: sand.

via Africa-wide “Great Green Wall” to Halt Saharas Spread?.

Fossil evidence of early reptiles’ last meal

(Nature News) – In the caves of a hilly Oklahoma ghost town, researchers have found what may be the first evidence of preserved insect remains in the mouths of fossilized vertebrates. The find is compelling evidence that early reptiles, the equivalent of modern-day lizards, fed on insects.

via Fossil evidence of early reptiles’ last meal : Nature News.

While this is quite an interesting find, it also points to a quick death. All these “amazing” finds can easily be explained by a sudden death, and then quick burial. These things which would have happened during a global flood. Yes, that flood, the one that God sent upon the Earth to cleanse it.

“It is extremely uncommon to find the remains of organisms in the mouths of fossilized predators,” says Matthew Vickaryous, who studies the anatomy of fossil vertebrates at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. “To the best of my knowledge, this is a one of a kind find.”

I do not know how many of these finds that I have read about that can be explained by the flood scenario. I mean they have found fossils giving birth! Clearly something happened, and it happened massively and quickly. Yes it is just my speculation being a layperson and not a scientist who is looking at these fossils directly. Honestly it takes more faith to believe in the evolution story than it does in the creation story. However I’m not the one trying to justify the way I live my life by claiming there is no God.

The Occult and Holiday Eye Candy

It’s the time of year we celebrate the fact that God sent His Son to earth as a humble baby. When it comes to entertainment, though, the occult is trying hard to take over.

via The Occult and Holiday Eye Candy.

Soyuz TMA-17 docks with the ISS Video

(Space Fellowship) – Russia’s Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft carrying a crew of three has docked with the International Space Station ISS, Mission Control said Wednesday.

The spacecraft docked with the ISS in an automated mode at 1:48 a.m. Moscow time Wednesday [22:48 GMT Tuesday].

via Soyuz TMA-17 docks with the ISS Video | International Space Fellowship.

Tiger Sighted In Texas

Rawr!

(Crytomundo) – Beginning last Tuesday, December 15, 2009, several folks around Oyster Creek, Texas, (population 1200) began reporting they were seeing specifically a mystery cat with black and orange striping patterns, crossing near the Buc-ee’s Truck Stop at FM 523 and Highway 332. One sighting on Friday, December 18, 2009, was by a fisherman who said he saw a tiger on the shore of the stream actually named Oyster Creek.

via Cryptomundo » Tiger Sighted In Texas.

Apparition of the Virgin Mary

This is a really interesting video. The quality is crappy because it was shot with what seems to be a cell phone. However the video is of an apparition appearing over a church in Egypt. It looks like a Christmas display, but you can tell the place is packed out to see this thing. The really interesting part occurs at about 4:30 when it just disappears. It just poofs out into a tiny point of light and looks like it just zips away. The movement is most likely from the movement and quality of the video itself. Deception is on the increase and we must be ready for what is headed at us! Jesus told us there would be days like these.

Deception 101- It’s Manifesting! « L.A. Marzulli’s Blog

There is something that is manifesting over a Coptic church in Egypt. The question is this, is it the Mary of the Bible? The short answer is no, it is not. But what is alarming to me is the blatant acceptance of whatever it is that is manifesting.

via Deception 101- It’s Manifesting! « L.A. Marzulli’s Blog.