Did God create Dinosaurs?

Question

Were Dinosaurs on Noahs Ark?

Answer 1

god created everything.

Answer 2

God created everything, so, yes, he created the dino's. I don't know that he pulled them like rabbits out of a hat, but however they got here, He did it. That was many millions of years ago.

Noah and family, on the other hand, were floating around in the high waters about 7,000 years ago, if you calculate the years based on Biblical chronologies (add up all the "begats").

Which would mean that the big lizards had taken their leave long before Noah's day.

HOWEVER ...you can count alligators and crocodiles as members of the dinosuar family. Sure, they're not as big as the creatures whose bones are on display in the museum, but then again, not all dinosaurs were big in their day, either. In fact, some were cute little guys (and gals).

And the alligators definetly WERE around when the big thunder lizards were stomping through the jungles way back when. And Noah certainly must have had at least 2 'gators on board ...so ...YES, Noah DID have dinosaurs on the Ark.

'Nuff said?

Answer 3

A point of interest to remember is that the word "dinosaur" didn't exist until the 1800s. The Bible does mention things like dragons, behemoths, and leviathans; the descriptions given (what few there are) do seem to match what we now consider dinosaurs.

And like someone else mentioned, the majority of animals were probably young. Younger animals would have eaten less and slept a whole lot more.

Answer 4

Dinosaurs were not on Noah's ark for the simple reason that no humans knew they ever existed at the time of the ark.
Besides, I'm sure christians will argue that god had no further need for dinosaurs so they had all gone to dinosaur heaven before adam and eve were created.
They have all the answers...

Answer 5

Would they fit? That was after mammels evolved. No dinosaurs around. If God created everything, then s/he created what led to dinosaurs.

Answer 6

The fundies and evangelicals were getting stumped by the whole dinosaur issue. The fact that the fossil record shows that they existed but that the bible seems to have missed out on this little tidbit was causing them problems from the small part of their flock that uses the inquiring part of their brains. So, they decided to start including dinosaurs in the old 'Ark' story to try to explain it all to the legions of the credulous and defuse one of the many flaws in the bible myth.

Answer 7

Were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?

Were dinosaurs even around then?

The story we have all heard from movies, television, newspapers, and most magazines and textbooks is that dinosaurs “ruled the Earth” for 140 million years, died out 65 million years ago, and therefore weren’t around when Noah and company set sail on the Ark around 4,300 years ago.

However, the Bible gives a completely different view of Earth (and therefore, dinosaur) history. As God’s written Word to us, we can trust it to tell the truth about the past. (For more information about the reliability of Scripture, see Q&A: Bible.)

Although the Bible does not tell us exactly how long ago it was that God made the world and its creatures, we can make a good estimate of the age of the universe by carefully studying the whole counsel of Scripture:

God made everything in six days, and rested on the seventh. (By the way, this is the basis for our seven day week—Exodus 20:8–11). Leading Hebrew scholars indicate that, based on the grammatical structure of Genesis 1, these “days” were normal-length, and did not represent long periods of time (see Q&A: Genesis).

We are told God created the first man and woman—Adam and Eve—on Day 6, along with the land animals (which would have included dinosaurs).

The Bible records the genealogies from Adam to Christ. From the ages given in these lists (and accepting that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to Earth around 2,000 years ago), we can conclude that the universe is only a few thousand years old (perhaps just 6,000), and not millions of years old (see also The earth: how old does it look? especially under Jesus and the age of the world). Thus, dinosaurs lived within the past few thousand years.

So, were dinosaurs on the Ark?
In Genesis 6:19–20, the Bible says that two of every sort of land vertebrate (seven of the “clean” animals) were brought by God to the Ark. Therefore, dinosaurs (land vertebrates) were represented on the Ark.

How did those huge dinosaurs fit on the Ark?
Although there are about 668 names of dinosaurs, there are perhaps only 55 different “kinds” of dinosaurs. Furthermore, not all dinosaurs were huge like the Brachiosaurus, and even those dinosaurs on the Ark were probably “teenagers” or young adults.

Creationist researcher John Woodmorappe has calculated that Noah had on board with him representatives from about 8,000 animal genera (including some now-extinct animals), or around 16,000 individual animals. When you realize that horses, zebras, and donkeys are probably descended from the horse-like “kind”, Noah did not have to carry two sets of each such animal. Also, dogs, wolves, and coyotes are probably from a single canine “kind”, so hundreds of different dogs were not needed.

According to Genesis 6:15, the Ark measured 300 x 50 x 30 cubits, which is about 460 x 75 x 44 feet, with a volume of about 1.52 million cubic feet. Researchers have shown that this is the equivalent volume of 522 standard railroad stock cars (US), each of which can hold 240 sheep. By the way, only 11% of all land animals are larger than a sheep.

Without getting into all the math, the 16,000-plus animals would have occupied much less than half the space in the Ark (even allowing them some moving-around space).

Conclusion
The Bible is reliable in all areas, including its account of the Ark (and the worldwide catastrophic Flood). A Christian doesn’t have to have a blind faith to believe that there really was an Ark. What the Bible says about the Ark can even be measured and tested today.

For answers to other objections about the biblical account of Noah’s Flood and the Ark (e.g., Where did all the water come from? How did Noah collect and then care for the animals? etc.), see the books featured below. The Answers Book—chapters 12 and 13, in particular, cover these particular “problems” related to Noah’s Flood, and Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study covers these and more in detail.


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For more information on dinosaurs, read the online version of our Dinosaurs and the Bible booklet.

Also see our Q&A pages on Dinosaurs, Noah’s Flood and Noah’s Ark.



Recommended resources

What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
Answers to all of the most-asked questions about dinosaurs from a biblical perspective.
Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study
An in-depth study that provides detailed answers to the major criticisms of Noah’s Ark.



Noah's Ark Q & A--TO FIND THE ACTUAL LINKS FOR THE ANSWERS FOR THE BELOW QUESTIONS, GO TO
www.answersingenesis.org/Home/...


The Bible reveals that God judged the Earth with a great Flood such that ‘all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man…. Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.’ Although biblical skeptics often dismiss this account as pure mythology, Christians should accept the word of God Who was there rather than the opinions of fallible men who were not. The articles and resources below will help you uphold the biblical account and answer questions about Noah and the Flood.


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How do creationists answer critics who claim that the biblical account of Noah’s Flood was not feasible, or that the Flood was merely localized, not worldwide?
Problems with a Global Flood [and Noah’s Ark]? (Semi-Technical, by AiG scientist and published on the True Origins site)

How was there enough room for all the animals on Noah’s Ark?
How did all the animals fit on Noah’s Ark?
How Could Noah and His Family Care for the Many Animals on Board the Ark? (ICR Dr. John’s Q&A article)
What did Noah’s Ark look like, inside and out?
WorldwideFlood.Com (off-site)
Is Noah’s Ark located somewhere on Mount Ararat? Is there any particular reason scientists seem to suspect this site?
Has Anyone Really Seen Noah’s Ark? (Christian Answers Network)
Has Noah’s Ark Been Found in Iran? (ICR President’s Column article)
Mount Ararat, Australia
Why is it so important to show the Ark at a realistic size?
Modelling the Size of Noah’s Ark (See also Rod Walsh's site)
Building a Scale Model of Noah’s Ark
The ‘bathtub’ ark
How Did Noah Gather the Animals? (ICR Dr. John’s Q&A article)
How were Noah, his family, and the animals able to breathe on the Ark when they were above the mountains (Genesis 7:20)?
How did Noah and others get by without oxygen tanks?







DINOSAUR Q & A---TO FIND THE ACTUAL LINKS FOR THE ANSWERS FOR THE BELOW QUESTIONS, GO TO
www.answersingenesis.org/Home/...


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Answer 8

For people who answer this question stupidly, God created everything, the answers are there in the bible. I would suggest you look to Ken Ham who states "The evolutionists who deny God have a blind faith-they have to believe something that is against real science-namely that information can arise from disorder by chance. The Christian faith is not a blind faith, but is logically defensible, and explains the findings of real science." Basically why do we believe scientist? They tell us something is such and such and we believe them. Why? We have documented proof in the Bible God created the earth.

Answer 9

I agree with everyone here who says evolution.. Not offending anyone, but its almost certain, there is scientific evidence that earth was created about 5 billion years ago, and took billions of years to get to where it is now.. not 7 days.

Answer 10

No, but Dinosaurs created god.

Answer 11

He probably did but they werent on Noahs ark cause they were too damn big and the t rex would've eaten everyone. Actually its kinda hard to believe that two of every animal and enough food for each was able to fit on a boat that didn't seem that big to begin with. Actually no to both questions coming to think of it