From the pages of the encyclopedias we are apt to read that mastodons and mammoths were ancient relatives of today’s elephants which have been extinct for about 10,000 years. This has been accepted by virtually all the “experts” today and consequently is taught at all levels of education.
There are other experts, however, who suggest that these great creatures have been extinct for not more than a few hundred years. Many of these experts are historians who have read accounts of these creatures in historical records. One such historian is the popular novelist, Louis L’Amour. In his book, Jubal Sackett, Mr. L’Amour included an account of killing a mastodon close to 1700. When challenged on the point, he defended his position in the February, 1987, issue of The Western Horseman. After giving several historical records of mastodons and mammoths in North America, he writes:
The best story of the mastodon, though, is in the ethnographic records of the Smithsonian Institute. They tell about the Ponca Indians, who lived in the vicinity of Yankton, S.D., who used to make what they called The Long Hunt. . . On one of these trips, perhaps the last one and it couldn’t have been earlier than the 1600s and it very likely was in the 1700s this happened, they killed a mastodon near Niobrara, Nebraska.
They tell about it, and not only that, they knew him well enough to have a name for him – his name was pasnuta, which in Ponca means “long nose.”. . .
Not only the mastodon, they killed something else, they only describe, which had to be a giant ground sloth (supposedly extinct at the time).
If scientists would consult historians, they may be surprised that many creatures they believe are “prehistoric” may really have existed in the known past. We should not discount valid written documents merely because they tend not to agree with our preconceived ideas. Historians, which have often been disregarded by “scientists,” certainly have a great deal to offer. Similarly, the Bible which has been documented over and over to be historically valid also needs to be accepted as valid history instead of being dismissed as a myth whenever it does not agree with the evolutionary preconceived ideas. Scientists need to consult with historical works and that certainly includes the greatest work of all time – The Bible.
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I do so agree with this article
You people are idiots…duh, I also agree with this article…the only thing factual about the bible is that only morons believe it is a work of fact when it’s a massive work of fiction. You go climb into a whales stomach and see if you survive.
Thanks Sean for your opinion. Just a reminder – deal with arguments rather than resorting to name-calling. I would have to counter your claim that the Bible is “a massive work of fiction.” I am just curious, how much have you studied the Bible or about the history of the Bible?
Have you researched the work of J. Warner Wallace? The following comes from our webpage that gives some of our favorite evidences for God:
The Historicity & Reliability of the Bible – There is evidence that you can trust God and the Bible.
-Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOsR1-YHTQ
-Bonus Reference (make sure to watch all 3 parts!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsO8JI9mmQc&list=PL1440A16CB619C264&index=33
I would love to hear what you think about his 5 points and after watching his presentation!
-Brian
It was a fish and not a whale…..ancient aliens theorist believe it was a UFO…..and the Bible is a book of facts…..some misunderstood facts …
But facts all the same…..and more and more discoveries prove it more everyday
I too agree
I enjoy your articles
It seems a bit dubious that the only source you cite is a writer of fiction. It doesn’t do much, either, to strengthen your argument that the bible is, in fact, not fiction.
Thanks Maurice for your thoughts. Louis L’Amore did a lot of historical research in writing his books, but you are right that this is not the strongest of arguments by itself. There is some tremendous research and evidence regarding Mammoths and the young age of the Earth – see some of these articles – https://www.discovercreation.org/search/?q=mammoths+and+man&submit=Search&sites=2
Also, if you are unsure of the historical reliability of the Bible – you should read Cold Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace – I love that book – it is about a detective who uses his expertise to study the Bible and converted from Atheism to Christianity as a result of his study. There is good evidence of the historical reliability of the Bible as True – see #10 here – http://www.DiscoverCreation.org/Evidence or here are the links to some of those videos:
The Historicity & Reliability of the Bible – There is evidence that you can trust God and the Bible.
-Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOsR1-YHTQ
-Bonus Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsO8JI9mmQc&list=PL1440A16CB619C264&index=33
Louis L’Amour was primarily a fiction writer, but was a great researcher. He educated himself by reading literally thousands of books, primarily ones written decades or centuries before his birth. He studied the land, customs and all available historical records of native peoples and frontier Americans before writing his books. He recognized that the so-called “scientific” view of history developed in the nineteenth century and ignored all the known history that did not align or agree with Darwin’s theory or the ensuing “discovery” of fossils of species believed to be hundreds of thousands or millions of years old. Never believe that something is a certain ancient age just because men with a clear bias and agenda tell you that it is that old.
It amazes me how close-minded some scientists are, especially when we find real data that disputes their almost theories. There is almost a religious fervor to how “scientists and scholars” hold to their unsupported guesswork. Read my dad’s book, “It’s about Time” by David Allan. He is a world-renowned physicist. And believes in God. He helped bring us GPS… definitely not a moron!