I am a Christian and a question was posed to me.. How do the dinosaurs fit in with the Bible if God made the world and man in 7 days. Did man and dinosaurs cohabitate. I have heard Christians dont belive in dinosaurs because its easyer not to belive it. HELP ANSWER!!
2006-10-23 03:59:29 · 13 answers · asked by elf_drummer_boy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes they can coexist and as already commented there is fossilised proof that they did coexist. In terms of the 7 days there is debate over where the 7 days is literal or not. There are a lot of good reasons to think they were not meant as literal days (not a popular view in many christian traditions). The historical context of the writing of the bible meant they didn't understand time as the expanse we now know it as and didn't have the language to express it properly if they did. In addition, the discussions surrounding the decision of how to interperate the orignal text as 'days' is interesting. These are two important questions of many to look at if you are wanting to make up your own mind.
To dismiss the existence of dinasoars is to assume the museums around the world are all part of the same conspiracy. To dismiss it because it is difficult to explain does your faith a disservice. The emergence of life and a world so amazingly designed (and unlikely) is a true masterpiece of creation. The Christian God does not have to be bound up by human limitations in understanding.
The link below has an decent look at some of the differences in creation story interpretations if your interested.
2006-10-23 05:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by soxy190 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible never denies or admits the existence of dinosaurs. In fact, I believe in the book of Job, it has descriptions of some kind of creatures that sound like dinosaurs to me. Of course, the Bible didn't say that those creatures were dinosaurs.
I have no problem in believing that men and dinosaurs cohabitated the earth at some point in time. However, I do believe that, because of the sins of mankind, we tend to abuse what God has given us and this is one of the main reasons why we don't see dinosaurs (or many other creatures for that matter) these days.
2006-10-23 04:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by knitting guy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stories in the Bible were written to convey certain points. It doesn't say anywhere in the book "These things are all in the literal voice."
People swear and insist that the bible is solely written literally because that's a segway into making you accept a given interpretation. If the book is clearly written in verbatum form (in human language, no less) from God's "voice," they reason, then only THEIR spin could possibly be correct.
Personally, I don't get offended when people just have an opinion. It's when they make the beliefs of all others evil, stupid, or less than that I quit paying attention to what they have to say.
2006-10-23 04:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not have a direct answer, but shall we propose something? If as scripture says "to the Lord the day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day" and it does say that. Then what does that mean? I believe it means that God is not bound by time as we know it. Although He has given us a way to measure time and has told us that time is short for us, and that we are to pay attention to it. At the same time it means nothing to Him, He is not bound by time. I believe this explains many things about time that the typical 7 thousand year existence thought of earth cannot explain. It may be that our measurable time here is 7 thousand years, or 7 days, and I personally don't believe we have begun our 7th day yet, because I believe will enter into our day of rest on the 7th day. Anyway, when you realize that God is not bound by time, it could easily mean that the earth is older than our record of recorded time, since a day could be any length of time to God.
2006-10-23 04:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Prophecy+History=TRUTH 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They fit in quite well. They were created on day 6 along with all the other animals, are mentioned in he Bible in the book of Job, most have become extinct for obvious reasons and many still exist, though in smaller sizes than lived in the past.
2006-10-23 04:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man and Dinosaurs existed together. Before the flood man and beast got along with each other. You could walk up to a lion and pet one. After the flood is when man and beast did not get along together. So it's possible that you could have walked up and pet a dinosaur, before the flood. After the flood, probably not so likely.
How did they get on the Ark? Baby dinosaurs.
CP
2006-10-23 04:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by Messenger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well they just not in the Bible and youd think that if people knew about them then theyd get a mention cause they pretty big so i guess they didnt know, so maybe they were around before people, though i have had people tell me that Noah could not fit them in his arc cause it was too small but still you d think theyd least get a mention. i also been told they were an experiment of God, but Gods perfect and omnipotent so i just i just dont get it, anyways they all buried lowwer than other animals, so that says a lot, dont know, big problem for me too.
2006-10-23 04:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I recommend you review the articles on this website that describe how dinosaurs fit into the Biblical account. They bring up some very good points written by PHD type scientists.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dinosaurs.asp
2006-10-23 04:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend pointed out to me once that there is a passage in the bible of a non-descript creature with a thick tail and that it was quite tall. I think he said it was in Job? Trying to help.
2006-10-23 04:02:28 · answer #9 · answered by The Voice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
2006-10-23 04:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋