Searching for Ropens
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- 263 pages. paperback (second edition, 2007)
- Published by Wingspan Press
- Non-Fiction
Searching for Ropens "is a spiritual book as much or more than a cryptozoological one. It is about believing in God, giving Him credit for our life on this earth. (Life is no accident.)." [1] Brief expeditions in Papua New Guinea, from 1994 to 2004, are described and analyzed in this book. The investigators (including the author; he explored Umboi Island in 2004) believe the creature called "ropen" on Umboi Island is a Rhamphorhynchoid (long-tailed) pterosaur. S.F.R. explains the significance of living-pterosaurs to Creation science and the General Theory of Evolution and why it discredits macroevolution.
The standard model of "universal and ancient extinction" of pterosaurs is scrutinized, as is the General Theory of Evolution. Both are deemed more philosophical than scientific. The appendix includes an explanation of the "Evolutionary Boundary" mathematical simulations that the author investigated before becoming involved in living-pterosaur research; it shows that even just one major step in macroevolution is practically impossible under the standard model of "survival of the fittest" (the conclusion is that the innumerable major steps needed under the General Theory of Evolution are beyond any reasonable belief).
The book also investigates the superstitious nature of universal common ancestry, comparing the transformations of the General Theory of Evolution to the transformation legends of the natives of Umboi Island.
The back cover includes: "Six American creationists, believing in the Bible more than in extinction, have trudged through jungles, searching for ropens and listening to eyewitnesses. Rejecting standard evolution and grasping eyewitness testimonies, they tell their stories: their struggles, disappointments, breakthroughs, and final success: the first video footage of the bioluminescent glow of two giant living pterosaurs."
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