Christianity And Dinosaurs?

Question

Fundamentalist Christianity. Fascinating. These people actually believe the world is 12 thousand years old. Swear to God! Based on what? I asked them. "Well, we looked at all the people in the Bible, and we added them up all the way back to Adam and Eve, their ages – 12 thousand years." Well, how ******* scientific! Okay. I didn't know that you'd gone to so much trouble there. That's good.

You believe the world's 12 thousand years old? "That's right." Okay, I got one word to ask you. A one word question. Ready? "Uh-uh." Dinosaurs.

You know, the world's 12 thousand years old and dinosaurs existed, and they existed in that time … you'd think it would have been mentioned in the ******* Bible at some point. "And lo, Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus … with a splinter in his paw. And O, the disciples did run a-shrieking: 'What a big ******* lizard, Lord!' But Jesus was unafraid, and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus's paw, and the big lizard became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a loch for O, so many years, inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat ******* families and their fat dollar bills. And O, Scotland did praise the Lord: 'Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.'"

Answer 1

because the bible is a big fat book of lies. its all crap. it was made up by a committee of people who sat for ages and wondered exactly what they should put in to make people believe in God, not what happened. There's probably more truth in the story of cinderella or beauty and the beast. Do you not think that in todays society, where less and less people are religious, that God would come again to prove his existence? NO becuase he don't exist. The bible doesn't say anything bout dinosaurs cause they haven't found a suitable lie yet. maybe in the next edition it will

Answer 2

I am a Christian and I personally feel put down for being told that I'm trying to live by a book which you call a fable, at best. The Bible does mention the dinosaurs quite a bit, and most of them before the New Testament time. Due to people's increased awareness of the big animals' increased furrosity after the fall of mankind, people started killing off the ones who posed a big threat to them. People today may not be knowledgable about the "giant lizards" who lived a few centuries ago. They weren't called dinosaurs back then. Even the Komodo dragon would be considered a dinosaur if we only found the fossils of it because it is very similar to some extinct dinosaurs in many ways.
I would like to tell you to be careful about your sacrilege. First of all, Jesus said that sacrilegists won't be saved unless they repent. I don't want to be in destined to eternal gnashing of teeth in hell, so that's why I am responding to your question. I hope other people will help me out with finding the passages where it talks about the behemoth and other "dragons" during the times of David and Job.
Also, about the 12 thousand years, I actually personally believe it could be a little younger than that, but it doesn't matter. There's plenty of evidence to prove that its much less than even 50,000 years (speaking about the whole universe). One website which has some info is http://drdino.com/articles.php?spec=6 . do the open-minded research yourself to find more. I appreciate your concern about the topic and will continue praying to God that He'll help you find the Truth.

Answer 3

Start with reading Genesis 1:24-31. Here is a basic form of logic called a syllogism: T. Rex is a land animal. Land animals were made on day 6. Therefore, T. Rex was made on day 6. So, according to the Bible, dinosaurs lived beside man. Dinosaurs were made on day six of the creation week the same as man; they were beasts of the earth.

And then read Job 40:15-24. Job was questioning God because of his suffering, and so God comes and challenges Job with His creation.

Many people say, “Job 40 can’t be speaking of a dinosaur.” They say that, not because the description of Behemoth doesn’t fit, but because of their preconceived conception that man and dinosaurs didn’t live together.

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the hippopotamus or the elephant.” Something to keep in mind—the footnotes are not a part of the original text.

Well, the tail of an elephant or hippo is like a twig, not a cedar (most dogs have longer tails). Throughout the Scriptures, cedars were known for their great size and length. Nothing on earth today fits this description, but a sauropod type of dinosaur does.

The largest we have found was over 120 feet long. That sounds to me like the “chief”—not a hippo.

And then in Job 41, God describes the Leviathan (Isaiah 27:1 calls it the dragon in the sea.)

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the crocodile.” But the description again doesn’t fit any animal alive today. Besides, man has never had a problem catching crocodiles, even primitive tribes, but God says in Job 41 that Leviathan couldn’t be caught.

Some think this was just a mythical creature since it speaks of it breathing fire. And yes, Job is a poetic book and those could just be poetic descriptions. But not necessarily. Impossible you say?

What about the electric eel that can produce enough electricity to stun a horse? If the electric eel was extinct and all we could find were its fossils, would we be able to know that it could generate electricity? Nope. What about the firefly and anglerfish that can produce light? What about the bombardier beetle that can fire a boiling mixture of chemicals at its enemies that is 212 degrees Fahrenheit?

Why couldn’t God have created certain water-living reptiles that were capable of expelling hot gaseous fumes that could ignite? Most animals produce methane anyway, which is a flammable gas. Stories of fire-breathing dragons have circulated for thousands of years.

Also, keep in mind that Behemoth and Leviathan were included along with real creatures that Job knew about. Read Job sometime.

In Isaiah 30:6, Isaiah speaks of flying serpents [reptiles]. I also find it interesting that Herodotus, the Greek Historian who lived around 450 BC wrote about flying serpents in Arabia. He talked about finding their bones and described their snake-like bodies and bat-like wings. And the Jewish historian from the first century, Josephus, wrote about Moses and the Israelites having a difficult time passing through a particular region because of the presence of flying serpents. I think they were speaking of one of the pterosaurs like the pterodactyl, pteranodon, or rhamphorhynchus.

Answer 4

sure, of course you may properly be a Christian and have self belief in Dinosaurs. surely, some Dinosaurs nevertheless exist right this moment. i think that consistent with possibility maximum of them died earlier the super flood or in the time of it? I remember some thing I examine or watched that replaced into Christian saying that Dinosaurs lived interior the circumstances of Christ. there is issues that can supply information that Dinosaurs have been used and hunted via human beings returned in that element. yet who's acquainted with. it particularly is a secret. yet all of us recognize for a fact they existed with the aid of fact their bones are all around everywhere for us to dig up. Even Mammoths have been stumbled on o.k. preserved in ice and stuff. (however im fairly effective they survived longer then the Dinosaurs) Im effective that God had an exceptionally solid clarification for springing up the Dinosaurs. go searching you, there are nevertheless creatures to be known on our planet. perhaps a Dinosaur someplace nevertheless lives right this moment. I do think of that the super flood scattered their bodies everywhere, and thats why they are all international huge buried and fossilized.

Answer 5

I believe it is possible that Adam and Eve lived for millions and millions of years before the Fall. They were ordered to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge, but it was fine to eat from the Tree of Life. That reconciles the "old earth" and "young earth" discussion.

Answer 6

you hitting the ooooh so pure amber liquid again ..lying in the fields of purple heather ...saying thank you god but no thanks to the neighbours pretty ness does exist you unbelievers