if dinosaurs really roamed the earth, then why is there nothing said about them in the bible, or in the genesis, in the beginning? would the scientists be right if they say that the whole galaxy is not created nor made by a heavenly being? why or why not?
2007-02-04 14:01:29 · 5 answers · asked by jun_matsumoto_gokus3n 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The bible was written by men with no scientific training and no knowledge outside their own personal experiences. Fossils may have been found but never studied or understood at the time of the bible. While they may have been inspired by God, it was written by fallible, imperfect humans. Whatever their inspiration, they wouldn't have had the sophistication or education to interpret and explain their revelations. So they used their own limited understanding to explain creation in the best way they knew.
The bible, as well as the other sacred texts of the world's religions are intended as moral and ethical texts, to guide man into a more spiritual connection with the Creator.
They are not scientific texts to explain geological, physical, or chemical realities. You wouldn't read a physics text on how to pray, so why would you read a religious text on geology or paleontology?
When people say that God created the world according to the bible, that limits His creativity. He is infinite, His creations are not limited to just this one tiny rock in space.
Believing the Earth is His only creation is the sin of hubris.
2007-02-04 14:11:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written by men in the last six thousand years or so. Much of the early stuff is a transcript of oral history. The writers of the Bible were unaware of the age of the earth or of the existence of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs died out 65million years before humans appeared so there would not have been a mention of them in the Bible.
The Bible is a book of religion. It is not a science text, it is a poor geography text and its history is extremely questionable. If you want to believe the Bible to be literally true, not only are you accepting paradoxes and contradictions, you are also rejecting Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Geology, Biology, Zoology, Meteorology, Climatology, Astronomy, Geomorphology, Geography, History, Cosmology, Botany and any other science you can think of.
2007-02-04 22:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow good question. I think there are aspects of our world that can't be explained by the bible. Dinosaurs and evolution are good examples of those. I'm unfortunately a scientist and support scientific communties theories into everything. I think something to ponder over is the Big Bang, how can something come from nothing?
2007-02-04 22:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by insanity5400 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my opinion that the dinosaurs came way before the Garden of Eden was inhabited by man. The whole galaxy was created by God. It all belongs to Him. He is the greatest scientist of all. No one will ever be able to fully figure Him out.
2007-02-04 22:05:35 · answer #4 · answered by Sleek 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well its kinda hard to say that they never existed....seeing as how we've found their bones. Maybe their left out of the bible for a reason.....
2007-02-04 22:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Christine T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋