2006-07-12 06:54:10 · 13 answers · asked by terazi 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Welcome to , the web site of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas.
As you browse our pages you will receive educational information presenting scientific evidence for creation and design by a personal Creator. This scientifically chartered museum was established in July of 1984 for the purpose of research, excavation, and display of scientific evidence for creation. The Museum's team, led by its Founder and Director, Carl Baugh, Ph.D., has excavated eleven dinosaurs (Acrocanthosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, etc.), 475 dinosaur tracks, 86 human footprints, 7 cat prints, and other fossil remains - all in Cretaceous limestone. Excavations were professionally documented along the Paluxy River and various other international locations.
Among museums this entity makes a unique contribution, demonstrating that man and dinosaur lived contemporaneously.Q: Are dinosaurs found in the Bible?
A: Yes
For a biblical study on dinosaurs in the Old Testament, I would definitely recommend using the Authorized Version (AV)/King James Version (KJV) of the Scriptures which were translated into English from the Masoretic text in 1611 [230 years before the word "dinosaur" was available!]. Using a Strong's Concordance, you will find the Hebrew word "tannin" is used 25 times, and is translated as 'dragon(s),''serpent(s),' 'monster(s)' [and, in the more modern versions, improperly as 'jackal(s)']. The key to remember is to look for Hebrew Lexicon #8577.
CREATION WEEK (~4000 B.C.)
DAY 5--[Gen.1:20-21]--Creation of marine monsters (Hebrew "tannin," includes large marine 'mammals' and 'reptiles') and winged/flying creatures (Hebrew "o(w)ph," includes all feathered and non-feathered flyers--even pterosaurs, the flying reptiles!)
DAY 6--[Gen.1:24-25]--Making of dinosaurs and other land creatures, divided among the cattle (Hebrew "behemah," includes all quadrupedal, hoofed/blunt-toed ungulates), beasts of the earth (bipedal/quadrupedal, talon-toed), and creeping things (quadrupedal/multi-legged ground crawlers).
FLOOD YEAR (~2350 B.C.)
[Gen.6:17,19-20; 7:14-15; 9:17,19]--Juvenile representatives of every terrestrial, air-breathing kind (not species), including dinosaurs and pterosaurs, were directed by God to the Ark.
Those outside the Ark would be left to be scavenged by marine predators or be buried and fossilized quickly.
POST-FLOOD PERIOD
MARINE MONSTERS--[Leviathan (Job 3:8-'mourning'; 41:1-34/Ps.74:14;104:26/ Isa.27:1); see also Lam.4:3 & Amos 9:3].
PTEROSAURS--[esp. the bioluminescent flying reptiles (Isa.14:29 & 30:6)].
DINOSAURS--[see Strong's Concordance(KJV) under "dragon(s);" also Exod. 7:9-10 (#8577, not #5175)].
The best dinosaur passage in the Bible is Job 40:15-24 where God speaks to Job concerning BEHEMOTH ["most excellent beasts"--intensive plural of
Day 6 'cattle' ("behemah")], a huge sauropod dinosaur (especially notice verses 17 &19 !!!). Don't forget to ckeck our website for dinosaur publications under "Resources" and...happy dinosaur hunting!
Source(s):
http://www.creationevidence.org/cemframe...
2006-07-13 11:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Maria 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No purpose. What is the purpose of having people like you around after the dinosaurs?
2006-07-12 06:57:56 · answer #2 · answered by poecile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make oil and other fossel fuels for mankind.
Jesus Christ loves you and I do to. The KJV of the Holy Bible in The Gospel according to John 3:16
says:
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Please get a King James Version of the Holy Bible and start reading John 1:1 and read and pray that God through the Holy Spirit will reveal the TRUTH to you.
God Bless You is My Prayer,
David
2006-07-12 07:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no purpose. The thought that there would be a purpose, would indicate that one believed that there was divine guidance in the evolution of life. Just making this supposition takes humanity two steps backward.
2006-07-12 07:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by Beauty is 1.61803399 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no "purpose".
Nature doesnt think ahead, these creatures just evolved from lower life forms. Does anything really have a purpose? Do we?
I dont think they were meant for anything, they just existed
2006-07-12 06:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by rockandroll5556 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so people could laugh at creationists who think the world started 65 million years after the dinosaurs got zapped
also, they existed to provide movie topics for when mankind later arrived. god is very thoughtful that way
2006-07-12 07:00:30 · answer #6 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So we did not get eaten?
Just kidding. I am not sure of your beliefs, but if you are an evolutionist like I am, then it is because evolution chose them to be the supreme animals at the time. Whether it is because of a comet like some suggest, or whatever happened, nature selected for them to disappear, giving apes the chance to evolve slowly over time into humans today.
This is just a theory of course, and please, no one bash me for saying it because we are all entitled to our our beliefs.
peace
2006-07-12 07:00:01 · answer #7 · answered by Raistliin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows, but maybe that is just the type of organism that resulted from the conditions in this atmosphere at the time. Or if you are religions you could see it as an experiement from God. Who really knows?
2006-07-12 06:58:45 · answer #8 · answered by trollunderthestairs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harris's answer was perfect. I laughed out loud!
I think their was no more purpose for them than there is for us. It's evolution, baby.
2006-07-12 06:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by Bethany 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keeping the grass mowed?
2006-07-12 06:56:39 · answer #10 · answered by Harris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋