Things Unseen

Today I attended a presentation on cryptids, specifically Bigfoot. The speaker, Mitchell Waite, has been studying Bigfoot full-time since his retirement from the Air Force. He is a cryptozoologist (no degree required) and his website has lots of fun information. The Oxford online dictionary defines a cryptid as "An animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the yeti."

Other cryptids include the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, and Mothman.

I love these mysteries! I have been a fan of the Loch Ness Monster mystery for my whole life. I love the thought that there are still creatures out there that humans haven't really seen yet, or can't explain. I love that there is still so much that we don't know, or possibly can never know!

Now, let's be skeptical for a minute. We've never really seen these things. They're just fables. There's no proof. 

Now that that's over, these are some cryptids that have been found to exist: coelacanth and the giant squid.

There are things out there that can't be seen or explained by normal human means: spiritual things. So, why can't there be creatures we haven't discovered yet? Of course, some creatures were made-up for stories, but some could be based in partial truth. I don't believe that Bigfoot is part-human, but I do believe it's something.

So, my point today is that I believe there are creatures out there that can't be explained. Yet. And we may never be able to explain them. There are things humans aren't meant to know, aren't meant to see. Believing in things only when we see them is a lack of faith.

I'm not saying you have to believe that Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster exist, or that Bigfoot has human DNA. It's good to be skeptical about these types of sightings. But that doesn't mean we can't hope that there are still mysteries out there! God created everything, and only He knows exactly what He created, and when or if humans are meant to discover it.

So, these stories are fun, but searching for these things shouldn't consume our lives, because there are more important things to focus on.

1 Timothy 4:7 says "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly."

I don't think this means we have to stop believing in the possibility of these cryptids, though believing that Bigfoot is part-human/part-animal might be trouble. Our focus, however, should be on God and what He wants us to do, and how He wants us to live, his purpose for our lives, rather than chasing after things and mysteries of this world.

So, this was something interesting that I experienced today, and I wanted to do a post.
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"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:1-3).