why aren't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?

Answer 1

Chapter 40 of the Book of Job describes a "Behemoth" whose power is in its hips, whose dynamic energy is in the tendons of its belly with a tail (long) like a cedar tree while Chapter 41 of the same book of Job describes a frightful monster described as "Leviathan" with a double jaw, frightful teeth, furrows of scales, unaffected by sword, spear, dart or arrowhead, flames and smoke coming out of its mouth and nostril. I would think the reason why the Bible has no mention of dinosaurs is because the word dinosaur has not been coined until the 18th century.

Answer 2

Malone's excellent book, Search for the Truth.
Is this a scene from the blockbuster movie, Jurassic Park? It could be, but it isn't. This description, which perfectly fits an Apatosaurus, is a paraphrased description taken from one of the oldest books of the Bible, Job 40:15-24. If dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years, how could a writer of the Bible have accurately described the appearance, food, and habitat of this creature?
The vast majority of books on dinosaurs are written from an evolutionary perspective which assumes that the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. The leading model for the demise of the dinosaur involves a large asteroid hitting the earth. Yet the most obvious alternative explanation is almost always ignored. Almost all fossils are the remains of creatures buried by water-borne sediment which has subsequently turned to rock. If this is due to the flood of worldwide extent, as the water flowed over all the land surfaces, animals would have been drowned and been buried by massive amounts of rapidly accumulating sediment. It is not all surprising to find a general lack of burial mixing between these very different kinds of animals due to local or ecological grouping.
Genesis 7:2 states that Noah saved two of every representative "kind" of land animal on the ark. Noah would have taken young specimens, not huge, older creatures. Dinosaurs would have emerged from the ark to inhabit an entirely different world. Instead of a warm, mild climate worldwide, they would have found a harsh climate which soon settled into an ice age. If climatic hardships did not cause the dinosaur's extinction, man's tendency to destroy probably did.
In the early 1900's on the Doheny expedition into the Grand Canyon, Indian cave drawings were found which closely resembled a duck-billed dinosaur. Legends from ancient China to ancient England have recorded descriptions of dinosaur-like creatures. The Kuku Yalanji aboriginal people have paintings which look exactly like plesiosaurs. These and other intriguing evidences seem to indicate that perhaps that age of the dinosaurs ended more recently than is commonly taught. Christians do not need to feel foolish about standing on Scripture in their understanding of the world around us. There is ample evidence to support the Biblical record. Evolution serves as the foundation basis for the religions of humanism and atheism. These world views are popular because man, instead of God, decides on rules and moral standards. Creation serves as the foundational basis for Christianity which acknowledges that all things were created by God, that we live in a fallen universe, and that it will be restored to perfection in the future.

Answer 3

The Bible is a literary piece and to speak of dinosaurs is to lean towards scientific or factual language. The writers of the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, interpreted reality and were not able to tell facts concerning the origin of the universe, what dinosaurs are, and the evolution of man. Although they are not mentioned in the Bible, dinosaurs have been proven to exist through findings of scientists.

Answer 4

As a Christian, I've wondered the same thing, and I've heard some explanations in Sunday school, but they were all pretty lame - real stabs in the dark.

This isn't very mainstream Christian, but I wonder if the section of time we live in (the Age of Adam - or the 'sixth day' as I refer to it) came after other civilizations and ages have passed. There are so many wonders: the pyramids, dinosaurs, ancient mysteries...perhaps these bones are a legacy of a time wiped out - wiped out by God.

If we're heading for the end of this age, then the 'seventh day' is right around the corner. Maybe we'll add the panama canal, the Las Vegas strip, and the concreting of New York to our layer above the dinosaurs.

If your prompted - sound that trumpet - few will care, but someone will hear...

Answer 5

Dinosaurs weren't discovered until a few hundred years ago. The people who wrote the Bible were not archaeologists, and if they had been, they were still in the wrong part of the world to know about dinosaurs.
So, you might as well ask, "Why weren't American Bison mentioned in the Bible?" They too were only discovered a few hundred years ago ( by people who write) and were not in the middle east, or Mediterranean lands.

Answer 6

Dinosaurs are actually mentioned many many times in the bible on several occasions. This website has lots of information:

http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/dinos.shtml

Answer 7

Job chapter 40 .Behemoth is a dinosaur.It talks about an animal that eats grass, stands in the river and has a tail the size of a cedar tree.Crocs don't eat grass,hippos and elephants have teeny little tails .but Bronto types have big ones.

Answer 8

Because the authors of the Bible thought that the fossils of dinosaurs were "monsters" "dragons", even "demons".

Answer 9

They existed in the time period between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. A flood took place during that time too, which is why 1:2 says the earth was without form and void. Then God began restoring the earth.

Answer 10

Dinosaurs are called behemoths in Job

They are NOT elephants because elephants do not have "tails like a cedar tree".