Christians.....?

Question

How do you reconcile the idea of Adam and Eve with the undoubtable proof of dinosaurs?

Answer 1

I don't have to reconcile anything. Animals WERE created weren't they? Who said that God didn't create dinosaurs?

Answer 2

The word dinosaur, as such, is not found in the Bible. We must remember that man has named many of the animals today. The word dinosaur is associated with the Greek "dino," meaning terrible. There are animals named in the Bible concerning which we have no definite knowledge or identity (see "greyhound," Prov. 30: 31, more later). Another thing to remember is that the Bible never attempts to provide all the names Adam assigned to different animals or to describe in detail the host of land and water creatures God created (Gen. 1; 2).

Man's fascination with dinosaurs. There is an obvious fascination with dinosaurs in America today. Some of this "obsession" perhaps has to do with the relatively new evidence that has been discovered regarding what man calls dinosaurs. Some of the interest, no doubt, is because it is believed such fossil evidence disproves the Bible and, some how, authenticates organic evolution.

Bible believers should not deny that large animals that are now extinct lived on the earth, call them dinosaurs, if you desire. I would not attempt to preclude even the possibility that there are many interesting animals extant that have not been discovered and classified by scientists.

The mistakes of paleontologists. Paleontologists (those who study the fossil record) have not been without serious mistakes. For instance, one of the most famous dinosaurs, Brontosaurus (small head and huge body) that has been used to promote dinosaur interest never even existed. Brontosaurus' picture has been seen in just about every dinosaur book and museum for the last hundred years. The original discovery of Brontosaurus lacked the head. A skull located about four miles away was placed on the skeleton to make it complete. The skull actually belonged to Apatosaurus and the skeleton was a Diplodocus. Some scientists have made complete pictures of dinosaurs based on just a single bone or tooth. From such miniscule evidence, they have imagined great creatures, down to the color of their eyes and skin.

Why did dinosaurs become extinct? Some have suggested a great meteorite colliding with the earth killed all the dinosaurs (latest "theory"). In fact, there have been many guesses. The evolutionary scientists, for the most part, will not even consider the possibility that the Genesis flood caused the extinction of such large animals called dinosaurs by man. The Genesis' flood was the greatest disaster known to the earth. One would expect to find billions of dead creatures buried by water in mud and sand (now hardened to rock). Beloved, that is exactly what scientists find around the world. Thousands of dinosaur bones are found where they were deposited and washed together by violent floodwaters and buried under mud, sand, and rock. Hence, the fossil record that we have today. The ideal elements for fossilization are quick burial, the right amount of water, and the suitable materials. Such a global flood as is described in Genesis six through nine would have produced such fossils and in the same manner. Also, such fossilization would have taken a short time, instead of the millions of years as indicated by the stratum (normal processes). Dinosaurs probably lived only a few centuries after the flood, but simply did not survive. The postdiluvian world is a very different world and such animals as dinosaurs were probably unable to adapt. Man also has typically played a major role in the extinction of a species.

The Bible and dinosaurs. There are biblical references to unknown animals. For instance, a creature called "behemoth" is described in Job 40: 15-24. Behemoth (gigantic, Hebrew) is a massive animal. Some have attempted to say the elephant or hippopotamus is meant. However, the elephant and hippopotamus do not have a tail "like a cedar" (vs. 17). The book of Job is an ancient book, about 4000 years old. Behemoth could have been what scientists call Diplodocus, a huge plant-eater. Another apparently extinct animal is described in Job 41. It is called Leviathan (vs. 1). The description fits what scientists call Kronosaurus, one of the greatest animals to ever swim the seas. Leviathan was still around as late as the time of Psalms 104 (see vs. 26). Leviathan is said to have been in the oceans where the ships traveled (the alligator or crocodile does not satisfy the description of Leviathan).

The fossil record is in harmony with the Bible, not Darwinian evolution. The suddenness of the destruction apparently by huge amounts of water, the often missing consistent layers of stratum, and the absence of transitional forms in the fossil evidence all support the Bible and present serious problems for evolutionists.

Answer 3

What is there to reconcile?

Job 40:15–19.
Psalm 104:25-26
Isaiah 27:1
Job 41:10-25

Are all descriptions of dinosaurs.

Answer 4

I still have this question and even asked my pastor about it. He said that the dinosaurs were created by God. Whenever they were, I put my trust in God with that answer from my pastor but I would like to know at what point in time they were here. Was it before during or after Adam and Eve. I have to say you do have an excellent question. They were here and made as Gods creation as the beasts and animals but at what time> Great question. I am curious to see all answers on this one.

Answer 5

No need to really. Who says the dinosaurs did not live while Adam and Even lived? You know if you will just talk to an honest scientist that knows about carbon dating, he will tell you it is impossible to get an accurate date on anything that was buried under water as the water will give it a false reading. That is something a lot of folk just don't want you to know as it blows their theory right out of the arena.

Answer 6

Adam and Eve came after the dinosaurs. Read the account of the creation and you will see the proper order of events.

Answer 7

I'm sure you will hear more of this, and probably won't like it... but who says that dinosaurs weren't some of the creatures of the earth that Adam had reign over. There is of course no denying that there were dinosaurs... but as far as I'm concerned, there is no denying that God created them as well as everything else. Again, everyone will believe what they want, but Darwin seems to have been bypassing what was really in the bible. And I've read Darwin and the Bible... Guess which one I put my faith and belief in. I still question some of it's interpretations, but I have the faith.

Answer 8

The dinosaurs were here first and long gone before Adam and Eve...I am of the Christian Faith and I am also of the opinion the the "theory" of evolution is mostly correct... If you would like to read my pov on the subject you may at

http://pages.zdnet.com/mikevanauken/mikesinternetoutreach/id60.html

Answer 9

As a theistic evolutionist, I reconcile Adam and Eve to be the first two human beings capable of complex thought, capable of naming themselves, and capable of understanding the idea of God's existence.

Answer 10

I am not 100% sure who came first, whether the animals or Adam and Eve. But I do know that God created all of them. He created all life in the past, present and in the future.

Answer 11

There may have been dinosaurs - what does that have to do with Adam and Eve?