I've always been pretty smug about the existence of dinosaurs, because I believed they blew creationism out of the water. Thinking about it seriously though, I realised I didn't actually know what creationists believed about these creatures.
Anyone care to enlighten me?
Apologies if it's a boring or much-laboured question. Just realised I had no evidence of what people actually believed.
2006-07-19 00:06:34 · 15 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the Bible we are taught that all things in heaven and earth were created in the six days of creation, including dinosaurs. During the period between Adam and Noah, about 2,000 years man and dinosaurs lived together. The reason dinosaurs grew so big is because reptiles do not stop growing and since all creatures lived longer they grew much bigger. Adam lived to be 930 years old, possibly because of the more perfect enviroment at that time and so a 3 foot Iguana living 100 years old would livef a 1000 years and be 30 feet long (a dinosaur). After the flood the age on all creatures began to drop drastically until the time of David when he stated that the average life span was 70 years, about what it is today. Today we still have dinosaurs such as lizards and crocodiles etc, but they just are not as big. There is much more to it than this, but this may give you an idea of what we believe. There is very much liturature written on it.
2006-07-19 00:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The creationist have two theories.
One is that when god created the earth, s/he built it with the dinosaurs already in the strata. They never existed but were actually designed as fossils.
Two, that the dinosaurs and man existed together before the flood. When the floods came, the dinosaurs were too stupid or too slow to escape to the ark and died in the floods. They are in the particular strata they are in because as they were buried by the flood they were either heavier or the first to drown. Unfortunately those clever and fast raptors and those foolish flying archaeopteryx saw all the other dinosaurs taking a bath and playing in the mud and thought "That looks much more fun than going on some stupid cruise liner" and paid the ultimate price.
Just shows some people will believe anything. The flat earth society still exists as well, but they seem to make much more sense than creationists
2006-07-19 00:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure thing. Basically creationists believe that dinosaurs co-existed with humans until the great flood or shortly afterwards.
I refer you to this website with many good and well researched articles.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dinosaurs.asp
For those answers above that are saying that satan killed the dinos, that is rubbish as there are no references to that in the Bible. Also, that conflicts with Genesis in that there was no death prior to Adam and Eve being thrown out of the garden.
2006-07-19 00:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever wrote the Bible (and for that matter any holy book) never really cared if there were dinosaurs. To be honest the people then were pretty stupid regarding science...they wouldnt know simply cause they didnt (any fossils they'd find they'd say belonged to giants or dragons or such). And to any literalists/creationalists out there...God did not say that the Bible was supposed to be a science book (He'd let us figure science out ourselves). The words and events are not important guys...its the message that those words illuminate that is important.
2006-07-19 00:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.K. i had this explained to me by a Christian bible study group :) Dinosaurs were in the first earth when satan was cast out of heaven he destoyed the first earth,,, in the opening of genesis it says" the earth was void and without form",, I was told there is a mistranslation in the king james version and the word "was" should be "became" this is when satan devasted the earth in a fit when he was cast from heaven the time of the dinosuars according to The way ministry's was satans doing :)
( I am not a religious man mind you I think all religions have got it wrong!!!. to many years of man's influence in religion..:)
2006-07-19 00:19:54 · answer #5 · answered by scott k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IDers (Intelligent Design) believe that humans and dinosaurs lived together at the same time (there is even a picture of dinosaurs getting on the ark somewhere). Its all quite silly the way they try to explain it, but ID is grasping at any straw they can find.
2006-07-19 00:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, dinosours really exist. We knew that some scientist found fossils about dinosours. This creatures is now extinct because of the great flood (flood of Noah). This creatures have been drowned by the great flood. Its up to you if you believe on this opinion, but this is what I believe. (",)
2006-07-19 00:17:30 · answer #7 · answered by ¡Úkenny¡Ú 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creationists believe that the Flintstones was a documentary.
2006-07-19 02:11:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, nice question. I will research this question. Funny I never came across this answer when I was studying Religious Studies.
Thanks for putting another research endeavor in my head.
2006-07-19 00:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WELL dinos were here before adam and eve, satan raised hell with them and turned them into vicious creatures, that is why God destroyed them and started His plan for man without the dinos, except He did use them as fuel for us humans.
when i find the scriptures on this i will get back to you.
2006-07-19 00:15:40 · answer #10 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋