How do Dinasours fit Bible ? -: Dinasours are not known to have existed by Bible !!?

Question

Please understand , I am not an atheist or against anyones personal spiritual intellectuality, but indeed personified with curiosities and doubts when encountering the real world out there.

Our earth went through the Jurassic era,Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, before our world evolved to what it is today. In the Jurassic era all the living entities were very much different. especially the Dinosaurs ( T.rex and so ) - even the flying birds were huge and carnivorous.

Bible mentioned about how earth was created in seven days and the Genesis says more about animal kingdoms and so and even the Noah's ark do describe about animals - but never once it mentioned anything about Dinosaurs. How and why ? Whats the missing link

However, the more we research the historical ancient literature, the more we realize there is none or almost negligible evidence that dinosaurs were ever existed

Jared - ops , sorry for the mistake - I was careless thats all

dze - nice sense of humor

David S - well thats something to ponder

Brother Michael - you can find that exact line about Dinosaurs existence here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur

BrotherMichael , dinosaur is not the name of one specific animal - all vertebrate animals ( hundreds if not thousands) that ever lived in the Jurassic era are generally called dinosaurs - using accurate radio carbon dating - it is found to have existed millions and not thousands of years ago.

Answer 1

Gerald Schroeder in his book “The Science of God” suggests that the plural word for reptile, fanceen, found in Genesis 1:21 and Exodus 7:10 may refer to dinosaurs. Schroeder believes the word Hebrew tinshemet in Leviticus 11:18 and 11:30 may refer to the fossil Archaeopteryx.

Answer 2

"Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years"
By what methods do you prove this? What dating method conclusively points to this time frame? Are you aware that some time ago, they found dinosaur bones with red blood cells in them, indicating thousands, not millions of years?

"Bible mentioned about how earth was created in seven days"
That would actually be six days.

"but never once it mentioned anything about Dinosaurs. "

I don't believe the Bible mentions gophers, squirrels, or chipmunks, is that conclusive evidence they didn't exist either?

The Bible does mention this beast though:

Job 40:15 Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
Job 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job 40:18 His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
Job 40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword.
Job 40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
Job 40:21 He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
Job 40:22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
Job 40:23 Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Job 40:24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Tell me, what animal do you think this is, given the physical description?

I am sorry but your last paragraph really makes no sense at all.

Answer 3

Actually, in Job it mentions the behemoth have a tail that sways like a cedar. It also describes other attributes that are like a brontosaurus. The Bible says that land animals were created on day six, so that's when a number of dinosaurs would've been made. A lot of them died in the Flood, which is when fossils could form, since they would be buried quickly, but there were some representatives on the Ark. Before you dismiss that, you should know the Ark's volume was more than 1.5 million cubic feet, so there was a lot of room, and bringing juvenile dinosaurs wouldn't have been a problem.

Answer 4

The bible we have today isn't complete. But looking at Genesis, the mythology really tells about how the crust were separated, volcanic thingy's, how the pattern shows evolution from water borne to dry ground, veggies, etc.

You can't really explain so much science to the old people, much as experts in Astrophysics or Calculus wont make sense to me when they try to speak to me about the subject.

All they'll tell me could be, "well, there's this and that, then after this and that, that, then that this. hell, just go plant a mulberry or something."

On the other hand, we know dinosaurs exist, and the bible came from people in our past. some of them selected not more than some 2000 years back. I think what we need to do is look more to our present time, and just put down questioning or raising the bible's authority.

Hell, MTV's got more authority than John 3:16 now a days!

(Hope the point's through.)

Answer 5

Check out some of the artifacts discovered in various digs throughout the world. Many items show pictures of what could easily be catagorized as dinosaurs. How did ancient man know about them if they were not present at the time? The Bible also speaks of huge creatures as do some of the other religious texts from other than Judeo-Christian backgrounds. Dragons for example in the far east.

Answer 6

Animal species not specifically mentioned in the bible:

lemurs
chimpanzees
gorillas
giraffes
water buffalo
rattle snakes
llamas
apacas
thrushes
canaries
bacteria
yaks
warthogs
tarantulas
dinosaurs
etc.
etc.
etc.
etc.
etc.

I think you get the idea. But in case you don't: the bible is not a handbook on species identification or categorization. There are many books on classification that don't mention dinosaurs! Nearly all species living on earth today are *not* mentioned in the bible. Why surprise at the bible's lack of dinosaurs?

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 7

I believe that the dinosaurs lived and died before man was created. The Bible doesn't talk much about the world that was before Adam and Eve were created, because it's not really relevant to living a life pleasing to God.

Answer 8

Job 40 discusses an animal large enough to drink a river dry. As to the age of dino's and man's coming way later, check out check out www.creationevidence.org and you may be amazed.

Answer 9

i do no longer think of Dinosaurs existed on the time wherein the flood befell. And Noah did no longer in simple terms take 2 of each species; he took greater of the animals that have been for use as nutrition and sacrifice. The animals additionally went into the ark of their very own unfastened will because of the fact in accordance to the bible it exchange into in simple terms after the flood that God informed Noah he exchange into going to make animals worried of guy from that day forward.

Answer 10

Read this discription of this animal from Job chapter 40. Sure seems like a dinosaur to me. Although mans commentary says its a hippopotomus. I dont think it is.

15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.