X-Evolutionist.com: Reasons Why I Believe in God

You have to feel sick once in a while to appreciate feeling well

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:07:44 +0000

That is a paraphrase of something that Andy Rooney said once. I can’t find it on the internet, or I would quote the exact line.

I don’t feel good today. Yesterday morning I suddenly came down with a cold all at once. Very strange. I woke up feeling fine, and started my day. But, [...]

Casablanca (1942) is the greatest motion picture of all time

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:46:49 +0000

Casablanca (1942) is my favorite motion picture of all time. Coincidently, it is the greatest motion picture in the history of motion pictures…… (in my humble opinion…)

At the time it was made, it was just one film of many that were made in that year in the Warner Bros studio. At the time, [...]

Everybody is endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:38:15 +0000

Today is the Fourth of July, Independence Day in the United States of America.

Here is a portion of the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty [...]

I am always prepared to give the reason for the hope that I have

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:27 +0000

This is one of my favorite Bible verses:

"… Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have …" 1 Peter 3:15

The reason for the hope that I have is my faith in God. But, more than that, the reason [...]

Whatever is true, whatever is noble – think about such things

X-Evolutionist — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:14:12 +0000

I would like to share one of my very favorite passages of the Bible. This is the apostle Paul writing in a letter to the Philippians:

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think [...]

Happy Fathers Day to my Father in Heaven

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:31:54 +0000

Today is Father’s Day. Jesus called God our “Father in Heaven” when he taught us how to pray:

”This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily [...]

Two true stories about lost baby hummingbirds and their parents feeding them

X-Evolutionist — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:20:48 +0000

I just watched a YouTube video about a baby hummingbird that reminded me of my own experience with a baby hummingbird.

First, here is the YouTube video:

Now, here is my experience with a baby hummingbird some years back:

Neighborhood children had found a baby hummingbird in their front lawn, and [...]

Bird watching in my backyard – Rats. I came very close to getting a nice picture of a goldfinch

X-Evolutionist — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:50:28 +0000

I went out the other day to take a picture of the water lily pads that have come up so far this season. Right when I was holding the camera, a goldfinch landed on our waterfall, and flew right away again. I did not have time to focus or zoom. Dang. This is what I got: Here is a close-up. I can’t zoom in closer than that or it gets grainy. As I said before, rats: Around here, I see a goldfinch once or twice each spring. They just pass though on the way to someplace else. I’m happy I was able to get this picture, even though it is not a close-up. I have a lot of different species of birds who come to my pond, and I've tried to take pictures of them all, but the camera is not always with me at the right time. Some years back, a great egret, a bird three feet tall, landed on my roof and looked down at my pond, thinking about eating my fish. That is one time I did not have a camera with me. I did, however, get a couple of pictures of the great blue heron, also three feet tall, who came day after day to eat my goldfish... As I said in this post, I am having mixed feelings about the magnificent Great Blue Heron that’s been visiting our goldfish pond… I had mixed feelings as a birdwatcher on one hand and a Pet Mom on the other hand. But, I got some pictures of him that are on that post. Also see this post that has the solution to the problem: That great blue heron is never going to eat my fish again! X [...]

Pictures of a nice day in my backyard – a nature study

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:11:25 +0000

It is icky and rainy today. But, I just download some pictures I took last week…. Here’s to remembering the nice weather of one day last week: That is my view a lot of the time if it is nice out. It’s also the view out my kitchen window (except for my feet). My hubby built this goldfish pond for me with his own two hands. I’m a fortunate girl to have a hubby that makes me beautiful things to enjoy: An Oklahoman grizzly bear… Just kidding. That’s my dog Belty Boo: Nicki and Belty on morning patrol, checking to see if there were intruders during the night: Lazy bunnies Cadbury and Miss Hudson: First water lily bud of Spring: The same flower a few days later, newly blossomed: My goldfish were spawning this morning. I can’t get too close or they stop. This is the best video I can get under the circumstances. Itsy bitsy baby fish coming soon…. The other plants besides the round water lily pads are the parrots feather that the fish lay their eggs in. Every fall I pull it out because it gets hard and icky in the winter, then in the spring it starts growing back from little bits of roots that are left: Thanks for reading this far down…. [...]

I have the best husband in the world!

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:44:50 +0000

My hubby is at the grocery store right now. He is shopping for vegetables. And guess what? He HATES vegetables! He came across a recipe for vegetable soup that he thought that I would like, and ran right off to the store to buy the ingredients!

My hubby is a carnivore — a meat [...]

Is evolution really proven by science? Take a look inside the cell and see for yourself.

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:48:03 +0000

One of my favorite books of all time is: Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe: The “Black Box’ is the cell. This book describes the inner workings of the cell. The cell is compared to a major city, with food delivery and trash pickup services. Another one of my favorite books of all time is The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel Lee Strobel was an atheist journalist. His wife became a Christian and it blew his mind. Afterwards, he went all over the USA and interviewed scientists about why they believed in God. After interviewing many people who gave scientific evidence for their faith, he became convinced that God exists. Michael Behe is one of the scientists that Lee Strobel interviewed. The Case for a Creator follows Strobel’s journey as the evidence stacks up against evolution and convinces him that God exists. The video below has some of the information that convinced Lee Strobel that life required a creator, and thus there is a God. As you will see in the video, there is an amazing piece of machinery called the bacterial flagellum in some cells. When Michael Behe, biochemist, Lehigh University first saw the bacterial flagellum, he said “this is an outboard motor”: As Behe says in the video: Darwinism was a lot more plausible when we were thinking of globs of protoplasm than it is when we are thinking of molecular machines. Bacteria is said, by mainstream science, to be among the first life-forms to evolve. Bacteria is called “simple life”. Is it really simple? Watch the video and see for yourself. Another concept Behe talks about in his book and in this video is what he calls “Irreducible Complexity”. Irreducible Complexity is where all of the parts have to be together in the beginning for anything to work. His famous example is a mousetrap. He talks about this concept in the video. Charles Darwin said: in chapter six of Origin of Species: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." Is evolution really a fact? Watch this video. You may be surprised. X [...]

Little Red Riding Hood took a basket of goodies to her Grandmother’s house

X-Evolutionist — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:26:41 +0000

I’ll bet nobody posts in this blog entry to disagree with that statement. It is a fairy tale.

But, I believe that “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). I’m told that is a fairy tale too. But, these two “fairy tales” are treated differently…

I am asked time [...]

There is a rainstorm on top of my backyard goldfish pond right now

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:12:50 +0000

There is a rainstorm on top of my house right now. I just took a video through the screen of our screenroom:

You might be able to see that we finally have some lily leaves growing this season, too.

Please see the home page for an Introduction, Summary and Outline of [...]

“Human DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.” Bill Gates

X-Evolutionist — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:15:05 +0000

I just was surfing the internet, reading some things about Bill Gates, and I came across this quote:

We have all had teachers who made a difference. I had a great chemistry teacher in high school who made his subject immensely interesting. Chemistry seemed enthralling compared to biology. In biology, we were dissecting frogs [...]

Evolutionists like to sweep the topic of the Origin of Life under the rug

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:06:19 +0000

Evolution, as it is defined these days, merely concerns itself with Change over Time, not the origin of life.

But, change from what? There has to be life existing in the first place for it to Change over Time. (See my page: The Origin of Life: How did life begin? DNA could not [...]

My goldfish, Robin, just got promoted to Batman! There is a new baby goldfish we have named Robin!

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:46:55 +0000

We found a new baby goldfish in our pond just now. He is itsy bitsy! We love to find new baby fish in the pond.

After they are hatched, they hide between rocks until they are bigger than my biggest fish’s mouth. Once they are bigger than Ilsa’s mouth, they come out of [...]

Evolution is called Change over Time but, each minor change is erroneously called a new species

X-Evolutionist — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:01:13 +0000

When Charles Darwin voyaged on the Beagle, he saw variations of finches on various of the Galapagos Islands. Basically, the only variation was the size of the beak. What he observed was a fact. Over time, different conditions can make variations in different groups of animals.

This fact is what allows the American Kennel [...]

Oh, no! I think I have a crush on Peter Lorre…

X-Evolutionist — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:11:50 +0000

Here is a picture of Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon. Not handsome really, more like impishly cute:

The Maltese Falcon is one of the greatest movies of all time, perhaps second to Casablanca, which is the greatest movie of all time. I watch it every ding dong time it [...]

Reasons Why I Believe in God: Outline of X-Evolutionist.com

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:48:52 +0000

I made this website to tell you that there are scientific reasons to believe in God. The information on this site is what I learned that convinced me that God exists. The following is a list of some of the pages on this website. These pages show the scientific evidence that proved to me [...]

My favorite Bible verses, Bible translation, online Bible software and scientific creation websites

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:05:59 +0000

Page Contents:

My Favorite Book With Creation/Evolution FAQs My Favorite Bible Verses My Favorite Bible Translation My Favorite Online Bible Software My Favorite Place to Buy a Reasonably Priced Bible My Favorite Scientific Creation Websites My Favorite Free Online Creation Seminar My Favorite Website Translator My Favorite Online Radio Station My Favorite Book With [...]

Christians: Jesus was a Creationist

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:47:33 +0000

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Jesus Taught a Recent Creation Jesus Taught that Adam and Eve Were Real People Jesus’ Sacrifice Only Makes Sense With Creation Jesus Was Not Just a Great Moral Teacher The Bible Teaches That Jesus is God Jesus Taught a Recent Creation

Jesus believed that that Genesis was literal history. If a [...]

Genesis Chapter 1: The Six Days of Creation

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:45:35 +0000

Page Contents:

The First Day The Second Day The Third Day The Fourth Day The Fifth Day The Sixth Day

Genesis is my favorite book of the Bible, and Chapter 1 is my favorite chapter. This chapter describes the six-day process of God creating the heavens and the earth:

The First Day [...]

The Fossil Record: Evidence of the world wide flood of the Bible

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:43:40 +0000

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How Fossils are Dated The Geologic Column What Do the Fossils Show? Punctuated Equilibrium – Another theory of evolution The Cambrian Explosion What Does This mean to Creation? How Fossils are Dated

Contrary to popular belief, the dating of fossils is very subjective and arbitrary. Sometimes fossil dating is really a circular [...]

Using the Dog-Kind of Animal to Disprove Evolution

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:41:50 +0000

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Using the Dog-Kind of Animal to Disprove Evolution Pictures of Varieties of Dogs, Including Wolves All Dogs are the Same Species The Science of Taxonomy — Definition of Species Dogs, Wolves, Coyotes, etc can all Produce Fertile Offspring Together There is no Cross-Breeding between Dogs, Cats and Bears Dogs, Cats [...]

Why Are There Evolution Frauds if Evolution is a Proven Fact?

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:39:40 +0000

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If Evolution has Proof, Why Make Fraudulent Proof? The Archaeoraptor Piltdown Man The Peppered Moth If Evolution has Proof, Why Make Fraudulent Proof?

In 1859, in his book Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin said:

Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere [...]

Most of what people call “evolution” is really genetics

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:38:00 +0000

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The Definition of Species Example: A Listing of Bird Species All People are of One Blood Ota Benga: The Man Who Was Caged in a Zoo

For something to truly evolve, it has to acquire genetic material that its parents or other ancestors didn’t already have. It has to acquire new [...]

What is Science? Is scientific fact determined by majority rule?

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:34:51 +0000

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Truth is Not Determined By Majority Rule Yes, Creationists Can Be Scientists The Definition Of Science The Red Team and the Blue Team What is a Scientist? Truth is Not Determined By Majority Rule

Scientists used to examine evidence and then make conclusions. But, The field of science has been redefined [...]

The Origin of Life: How did life begin? DNA could not have happened by chance

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:29:32 +0000

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A Computer is Designed, but the Designer came by Chance? One-celled Life is not Simple. It is Incredibly Complex Spontaneous Generation was Disproved Long Ago People Still Believe in Spontaneous Generation An Example of Doublethink DNA Could Not Have Happened By Chance Life Requires More Than Biology How did life begin? How [...]

Charles Darwin described the problems with his theory in his book “Origin of Species”

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:23:42 +0000

In 1859, Charles Darwin wrote this book:

The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin

Are you surprised that I am giving a link to this book? Actually, you might be surprised to know that there is nothing in this book that is any threat to somebody’s faith in God as creator.

[...]

Noah’s Ark and the Global Flood

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:20:07 +0000

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How Big Was the Ark? The Global Flood What Did The Carnivores On The Ark Eat? How Did All the Animals Fit on Noah’s Ark? God’s Created Kinds Why Hasn’t Anybody Found the Ark? The Age of the Earth What Does the Bible Say? Why Does it Matter How Old the Earth [...]

How Do Dinosaurs Fit in With Creation? Are dinosaurs alive today?

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:18:02 +0000

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Dinosaurs May be Alive Today Were Dragons Really Dinosaurs? What Happened to the Dinosaurs? Are Dinosaurs in the Bible? God’s Description of Behemoth God’s Description of Leviathan Dinosaurs May be Alive Today

Dinosaurs are reptiles that are supposedly extinct. The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a chicken. The reptiles below [...]

My Christian Testimony: How I Came to Believe in God

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:12:15 +0000

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I Was Raised Without a Belief in God I Met Some Friends Who Were Creationists They Dared Me to Read A Book about Fossils I Read a Book about the Origin of Life – Life Required a Creator I Read a Book about How the Scientific Evidence Matches What Is [...]

It is official: My parakeet widower and my parakeet widow are now an item.

X-Evolutionist — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:17:28 +0000

I just came home from a ride with my hubby, and I checked on all my pets. I noticed that Shelly was sitting behind Ginger, propping him up. Ginger had his head turned around kissing Shelly. Awwww.

Ginger’s mate, Moonpie, died last week. (Goodbye Moonpie. We will miss you very much.) I was hoping [...]

The true meaning of Easter: “He is not here; He has risen”

X-Evolutionist — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:56:43 +0000

Quoted from the New Testament Bible book of Matthew, Chapter 28:

The Resurrection

1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from [...]

My lifelong quest for a pair of sneakers that is wide enough has come to an end!

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:07:27 +0000

I have big feet. I am a lady almost six feet tall, and something that tall needs a big pedestal or it tips over. I also have very wide feet, in addition to big, so wide that no wide shoes are wide enough for me.

For years and years, the only shoe I’ve [...]

Relationship issues in my parakeet cage – A pretty widow wants a recent widower

X-Evolutionist — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:09:31 +0000

I blogged recently about my female parakeet Moonpie passing away leaving her male mate Ginger alone. (Goodbye Moonpie. We will miss you very much.)

I mentioned at the time that Ginger was in a cage with three single female parakeets, and one of them would probably make a move on him soon. I [...]

My goldfish pond looks naked. There are no plants growing yet.

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:46:46 +0000

This is the very beginning of Spring. The snow and ice has melted, and things are just barely starting to grow.

The lily plants are just starting to send up shoots from the bottom of the pond. In a few months our pond will be covered with lily plants and flowers!

I’m planning [...]

My hubby and I have additions to our family: Two baby koi fish.

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:22:50 +0000

So far, we have only had goldfish in our pond in the backyard. We decided to get a couple of new baby koi fish to give the pond some variety. They are only about three inches long right now:

Aren’t they cute?

We’ve been thinking of names for them. One has stripes, [...]

The Official 2010 US Census asks for my race. I am a member of the Human Race and none other.

X-Evolutionist — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:24:14 +0000

We have to check little boxes with our “race” on the Official 2010 Census here in the United States.

I am sick and tired of people collecting “race” statistics and putting people into little boxes. Separating ourselves by “races” is divisive, in my humble opinion. When are we going to think of ourselves as [...]

We are having a “First Day of Spring” snowstorm in Oklahoma City. The high yesterday was 72 degrees!

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:23:00 +0000

This morning, I was going to write about all the signs of Spring in my backyard: The goldfish in my pond are active, the grass is starting to grow, and the most fun for me: The first water lily leaf of the season reached the surface of the pond!

I have a picture of [...]

“Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe” by CS Lewis

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:13:29 +0000

This post is in response a comment Greg gave on my post Summary of my website: Reasons Why I Believe in God. What I wanted to say was too long for a comment: Greg’s comment made me think of “Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe” by CS Lewis. It was a philosophical radio address that has been included with other essays and printed in the books Mere Christianity and The Case for Christianity. The essay begins here: The Law of Human Nature … Every one has heard people quarrelling. Sometimes it sounds funny and sometimes it sounds merely unpleasant; but however it sounds, I believe we can learn something very important from listening to the kind of things they say. They say things like this: “How’d you like it if anyone did the same to you?” — “That’s my seat, I was there first” — “Leave him alone, he isn’t doing you any harm”– [and so on.] People say things like that every day, educated people as well as uneducated, and children as well as grownups. Now what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man’s behaviour does not happen to please him. He is appealing to some kind of standard of behaviour which he expects the other man to know about. And the other man very seldom replies: “To hell with your standard.” Nearly always he tries to make out that what he has been doing does not really go against the standard, or that if it does, there is some special excuse … It looks, in fact, very much as if both parties had in mind some kind of Law or Rule of fair play or decent behaviour or morality or whatever you like to call it, about which they really agreed. And they have. The essay gets more thought provoking as it goes on. I read it before I believed in God. The essay goes on to show that everybody innately knows the “rules”. The philosophical discussion of the origin of the rules is a mind blower, even for an unbeliever like I was at the time. Anyway, I just thought I’d run this up the flagpole. CS Lewis told people what convinced him that God exists. Different things convince different people. Journalist Lee Strobel ran around the country asking learned men why they believed in God after his wife up and became a Christian. He's spending time now telling what convinced him, such as with his book "The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God". And then there is little old me... What would cause people to spend the rest of their life just telling people why they believe in God? What indeed! X My new blog: Life in Our Backyard [...]

Goodbye Moonpie. We will miss you very much.

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:52:24 +0000

As always, when one of my pets dies, I write a tribute as therapy… Moonpie, in the picture on the left below, was the loving mate of Ginger, one of the crippled baby parakeets I adopted. Moonpie and Ginger were the sweetest couple. Ginger had a very bad case of splay leg, a condition where parrot-type birds’ legs do the splits permanently. Moonpie was the helpmate of Ginger in the truest sense of the world. Ginger cannot stand on a perch like the other birds. Ginger stands on one foot and holds onto the side of the cage with his other foot. Moonpie would stand behind Ginger so that Ginger could lean on her. They would stand like that for hours. Here is a post I wrote about Ginger and Moonpie’s relationship: Love conquers all… Parrot-type birds mate for life. Of all the parakeet, cockatiel and lovebird couples I have had since I have had pet birds, Ginger and Moonpie were the closest. They were never apart. Lately, they had been laying on the floor of the cage together. Birds do not like to be on the floor -- they feel more comfortable up high away from the danger of predators like cats and dogs. Even thought my birds have never lived outside, God wired them up with the knowledge of predators so that they could protect themselves. This post talks about the first time I saw them snuggling on the floor together: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…. Anyway, so Ginger and Moonpie have been laying on the cage floor in a snuggle position for the last few weeks. Since Ginger does the splits constantly, the floor is the only place he can relax. When he lays on the floor, one leg goes directly to the right, and one leg goes directly to the left. Moonpie was always right next to him, either laying her head on his back, or laying side by side. As I said, this is very unnatural for birds, but they had come to the point where they felt safe this way. Whenever I would come close to the cage, they would both move up to a “safer” area. But, I have been taking Ginger and snuggling him for a minute, and putting him back on the cage floor telling him he was safe there. Today, as always, they’ve been side by side. But, today they were exceptionally cute because Ginger had one of his crippled legs laying over and around Moonpie to protect her. Moonpie had a long life. She is one of the last of three sets of babies that were “born” here one year about ten years ago. Their parents were Joy, a one-eyed parakeet I adopted and Davy an old man parakeet I adopted from a gentleman being sent overseas with the military. At the most, I had 21 parakeets. Now I have just Ginger, Beady and Gumby (a couple), Shelly, Oscar and Freddie. Freddie and Ginger were both featherless crippled babies I adopted after they had been abandoned from a breeder, apparently, because they were both crippled. This post has a section with more details about that and how I came to adopt them: Please adopt homeless and handicapped pets Beady, Gumby, Shelly and Oscar are the only ones left of all my babies who were born here. Beady and Gumby live in one cage alone. They have to be alone because Shelly wants Beady in the worst way, and literally fights with Gumby over him. Ginger is my only other male. I named the crippled babies Fred and Ginger -- you can’t tell the gender of parakeets until they are grown -- I got them both wrong. Ginger is a boy and Freddie is a girl. I feel very bad for Ginger since Ginger and Moonpie were so close. But, there might be a twinkling of happiness in store for Ginger. Ginger is the only male in the cage with Shelly, Oscar and Freddie. In the past, whenever one of my female parakeets have died, the other females make their move on the widower in no time flat. Beady, for instance, is on his third mate. Parrot-type birds love to be in a couple, and I’ve experienced several couples form after the death of on the the couple’s previous mates. Still, I can’t help feeling sorry for Ginger. He was laying next to her to the end, with his leg curved over and around her. Finally, he realized she was gone, and climbed elsewhere. Goodbye Moonpie. Ginger and I will miss you very much. Will Rogers said this about dogs, but personally, I feel it applies to all pets: "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." As I said at the beginning of this post, writing this was my therapy to deal with the death of my little pet. I do not expect anybody to read this entire post. However, if you made it this far down Click Here. Dear God, thank you for letting me be the guardian of my little Moonpie and for letting Ginger have such a loving mate. X My new blog: Life in Our Backyard [...]

Welcome to my little paradise in our backyard!

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:36:45 +0000

My wonderful hubby built this goldfish pond in our backyard. We have a lot of birds come to it. It is my own personal Garden of Eden

Please see the home page for an Introduction, Summary and Outline of the Reasons Why I Believe in [...]

Welcome to my blog: Life in Our Backyard!

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:01:10 +0000

Hi! I go by “X-Evolutionist” on the internet, but please call me “X” for short. I am a Christian married lady who has lived over 50 interesting years. Thank you for visiting my new blog!

On of my favorite movies of all time is "The Wizard of Oz". In the movie, our heroine, Dorothy [...]

My garden is officially growing!

X-Evolutionist — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:24:24 +0000

My hubby planted tomato seeds on the window sill on February 20, 2010.

(Love is: Planting a garden for your wife when you personally hate vegetables….)

Today, March 6, the first sprouted seed is showing! Woohoo! My garden is officially growing..

Also, yesterday and today my hubby dug up the garden and [...]

That Great Blue Heron is never going to eat my goldfish again!

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:42:00 +0000

First nice day of the year, so….Time to clean the fishpond! My hubby just finished cleaning the fishpond for the beginning of the new season. Each winter it gets all yucky. Then the first nice day of spring my hubby takes the filter apart and cleans everything. All winter, we have had the pond covered with a floating net made for that purpose. It was to keep the heron from eating any more of my fish… ( I am having mixed feelings about the magnificent Great Blue Heron that’s been visiting our goldfish pond… ) This is a Picture of Rick. He is one of the casualties… The fish who are left are waking up, too. All winter they kind of float on the bottom of the pond in a state of suspended animation. They don’t eat all winter long, either. Now, though, they are swimming around near the surface. I even say one boy fish chasing after a girl fish….. and that means more babies! We have lots of room for babies since the Great Blue Heron ate a third of my fish. But, it will be the last time! Do you see the picture of the black fitting up there? That is our new fish hiding place. I found it in a heating and cooling supply house. It is called a Multifit Wye. It is a fitting for heating and cooling ducts. It is now laying at the bottom of the pond. It is about two and a half feet long with an eight inch opening and two six inch openings. I have been trying to brainstorm up a place where my goldfish can hide so that big bird can’t get to them. Otherwise, they are sitting ducks. Woohoo. My babies are safe now! I’m happy! X [...]

How do scientists get surprised? They look at evidence after their minds are made up….

X-Evolutionist — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:34:52 +0000

I just watched a short video and read an article about it. Check it out here:

Octopus snatches coconut and runs: An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists.

(Thank you to Jen for posting a link to this article)

(Screen cap only - see film on linked website above)

The [...]

Hey, X, you are a Christian, but you do not believe in “Hell”. What gives?

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:23:00 +0000

On 10/13/2009 I wrote a blog entry in my old blog entitled: What if I’m wrong and there is no God? In the comments section of that blog, I wrote:

“Hell” as commonly believed and pictured is not Biblical. My hubby has been studying Hell in the Bible, and much of the time it is [...]

Who Is Jesus? Was Jesus just a great moral teacher?

X-Evolutionist — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:21:04 +0000

Who is/was Jesus? Was he just a great moral teacher?

Here is what C.S. Lewis said about that possibility:

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to [...]

X-Evolutionist.com: Reasons Why I Believe in God

You have to feel sick once in a while to appreciate feeling well

Casablanca (1942) is the greatest motion picture of all time

Everybody is endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

I am always prepared to give the reason for the hope that I have

Whatever is true, whatever is noble – think about such things

Happy Fathers Day to my Father in Heaven

Two true stories about lost baby hummingbirds and their parents feeding them

Bird watching in my backyard – Rats. I came very close to getting a nice picture of a goldfinch

Pictures of a nice day in my backyard – a nature study

I have the best husband in the world!

Is evolution really proven by science? Take a look inside the cell and see for yourself.

Little Red Riding Hood took a basket of goodies to her Grandmother’s house

There is a rainstorm on top of my backyard goldfish pond right now

“Human DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.” Bill Gates

Evolutionists like to sweep the topic of the Origin of Life under the rug

My goldfish, Robin, just got promoted to Batman! There is a new baby goldfish we have named Robin!

Evolution is called Change over Time but, each minor change is erroneously called a new species

Oh, no! I think I have a crush on Peter Lorre…

Reasons Why I Believe in God: Outline of X-Evolutionist.com

My favorite Bible verses, Bible translation, online Bible software and scientific creation websites

Christians: Jesus was a Creationist

Genesis Chapter 1: The Six Days of Creation

The Fossil Record: Evidence of the world wide flood of the Bible

Using the Dog-Kind of Animal to Disprove Evolution

Why Are There Evolution Frauds if Evolution is a Proven Fact?

Most of what people call “evolution” is really genetics

What is Science? Is scientific fact determined by majority rule?

The Origin of Life: How did life begin? DNA could not have happened by chance

Recommended Reading: Books with scientific evidence that God exists

Charles Darwin described the problems with his theory in his book “Origin of Species”

Noah’s Ark and the Global Flood

How Do Dinosaurs Fit in With Creation? Are dinosaurs alive today?

My Christian Testimony: How I Came to Believe in God

It is official: My parakeet widower and my parakeet widow are now an item.

The true meaning of Easter: “He is not here; He has risen”

My lifelong quest for a pair of sneakers that is wide enough has come to an end!

Relationship issues in my parakeet cage – A pretty widow wants a recent widower

My goldfish pond looks naked. There are no plants growing yet.

My hubby and I have additions to our family: Two baby koi fish.

The Official 2010 US Census asks for my race. I am a member of the Human Race and none other.

We are having a “First Day of Spring” snowstorm in Oklahoma City. The high yesterday was 72 degrees!

“Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe” by CS Lewis

Goodbye Moonpie. We will miss you very much.

Welcome to my little paradise in our backyard!

Welcome to my blog: Life in Our Backyard!

My garden is officially growing!

That Great Blue Heron is never going to eat my goldfish again!

How do scientists get surprised? They look at evidence after their minds are made up….

Hey, X, you are a Christian, but you do not believe in “Hell”. What gives?

Who Is Jesus? Was Jesus just a great moral teacher?