Why doesn't the bible mention the dinosaurs.?

Question

Dinosaurs lived for hundreds of millions of years.We all know we probably won't live a tenth of that.So does the bible say anything about them.And please don't give me the dinosaurs are invented by satan answer.

Why would he allow some giant bird lizards to rule the world for hundreds of millions of years and not reveal it to people.

You'd think the genesis would go something more like god basically destroyed giant monsters so he could create us and give us reign of earth.Why wouldn't that be far fetch with all the lunacy written within the bible.

Answer 1

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 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 were not in the original. 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. 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 2

Well done mate...this question should shake a few religious nut-jobs loose...

No, the Bible does not say anything about Dinosaurs - although creationists do believe that Dinosaurs roamed the Earth at the same time as humans - despite all the glaring fossil evidence to the contrary.

The Bible DOES mention 'dragons' a couple of times and Creationists seize upon this as concrete evidence that dinosaurs roamed the Earth at the same time as man.

However, if there really were huge Tyranosaurus Rex and packs of Velocaraptors terrorising Biblical man I think that they just might be a little more prominent in Biblical texts than the few times 'dragons' are mentioned.

Creationists also believe that Dinosaurs were included on Noahs Ark – two of every species. This fact alone would tell you that the whole story is largely rubbish – the Ark would have to be absolutely massive to store not only 2 of every type of dinosaur, but two of every animal and food and supplies to keep everything alive. BUT unfortunately the dimensions of the Ark are clearly stated in the Bible – and whilst it is a fair size, it is nowhere near as massive as it would need to be. What is the Creationists answer to this? They just ignore it.

You see, Creationists are caught in a dilemma – because they aren’t specifically mentioned in the Bible their instinct would be to deny that Dinosaurs existed at all - but they can't do that, because of the fossils that have been found - firm evidence that one can see and touch first hand. So they have to admit that they existed. But to admit that fossilised Dinosaur bones are, as pretty much every sane paleoantologist / scientist on Earth agrees, many many millions of years old, blows their belief that the world is only 6000 years old out of the water. When confronted with this paradox – the fact that the fossils are pulled out of the ground much deeper than something that died just a few thousand years ago - they typically use one of two answers 1) the scientists are just plain wrong because they disagree with the Bible….or… 2) The bones ARE there…65 million years down…but that God put them there to test their faith – seriously, I’m not making this up.

I could go on all day…

Answer 3

This is never mentioned. Nor does the bible try and explain why these creatures disappeared. The description of the behemoth is very vague and does not describe a dinosaur anymore than it does a mythical creature. Didn’t dragons breathe fire and fly? True I can say dinosaurs didn’t breath fire, but not counting the dinosaurs that evolved into birds (im sure most religious people wouldn’t anyway, because they don’t believe in such theories) there were no flying dinosaurs that resembled dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs would have left more of a memorable impact on biblical history than a few random stories; it would be like mammals only being mentioned a few times.
There is no evidence of dinosaurs living at the same time as humans either; any claims as such have long since been debunked.

Answer 4

Well, this is easy actually. At least it is for me because I do not hold the belief that the Bible is a perfect book. My faith doesn't have to have a perfect book in order to be valid. Obviously humans and Dinosaurs weren't really living at the same time. Even if there was an overlap, there wasn't an overlap in the time where humans were writing and keeping records of things. By the time that the Jews actually decided to write the things down about their faith and their faith stories (after the Exile), the Dinosaurs were far, far gone, but we didn't have any technology to figure out they were there in the first place. The people that wrote the Bible down didn't realize they EVER existed. It doesn't say that they don't exist. Some people that claim that just sound silly when they say that. Bathrooms aren't in scripture either. Yet, thankfully, we have bathrooms. It is really just a simple answer of the dates of the writing of the Torah and the lack of science at that time. By the time we figured out they existed, they weren't going to amend the Bible to add them into the story of creation. (even though the stories of creation have little to do with creation and more to do with proving God can make creation out of chaos and an allegory for marriage)

Answer 5

NO and there are quite a lot of other animals, the remains of which have been found, which were also not mentioned in the bible. For some peculiar reason it is the lack of the word dinosaur which troubles people but not the lack of the word giraffe or elephant. I don't believe that dodo is mentioned either but we know they existed - once.

Answer 6

Before man ever learned to write like writing the Bible, the dinosaurs have long been extinct and already evolve into another specie which is much smaller and lighter to adapt to the growing numbers of earth's inhabitants. Ask your paleonthologists about it.
The Bible was written for the purpose of the Jews to have an idea of how they came about that is why the whole story of the Bible is about them and the other people affected by their lives. If you are not a Jew, I suggest that you search your own ancestors records and know your own story and make it into your own Bible. If you do not know your roots then I would also suggest that you just keep quiet and stop challenging the Bible which you have no connection whatsoever and let those who are interested to learn.

Answer 7

No, it doesn't specifically mention them, although it doesn't mention all animals by species, so one can't take that as proof positive they weren't there. But I think the real reason there seems to be no mention is that according to science the dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago, which is near enough to 65 million years before humans. As they had no direct influence over humans and the Bible was supposed to be a spiritual guide, not a scientific textbook, it seems logical they weren't mentioned because they weren't needed to be.

Answer 8

Because they weren't relevant to God's message to man. It's because of the literalists' insistence that the world was created in six days that Christianity is fighting this issue. Dinosaurs are good for getting literalist Christians into tight spots. Otherwise they're irrelevant to the Bible which is not a book of natural history.

The Hebrew word translated as "day" in English means "time period", so it can equally mean era or epoch.

For a great site to make sense of Genesis, creation and evolution look at http://www.christianity.co.nz/science6.htm and on to 7 and 8 htm.

Answer 9

Well, the attention given to creation in Genesis 1 and 2 needs to be understood in the context that it helps to explain the special relationship that God has with humankind. The rest of the Old Testament is a history of the trials and lives of His people. The Bible isn't intent on explaining all of history and everything that might have come before us, but instead seeks to show the context and history of humankind's relationship with God as creator. I know this isn't all encompassing, but the Bible is only a history book insofar as it chronicles our relationship with God.

Answer 10

because the writers of the Bible lived just a few thousand years ago, while the dinos died out over 65 million years ago. Behemoth and Leviathan were NOT dinosaurs