Maybe a naive question, but do Creationists believe there was no Neanderthal man, or the other fossil relics?

Question

Australiopithicus, Homo Erectus etc. (forgive any spelling mistakes).
My guess is that they were in the early Genesis days, Nephilim times etc.
Or that they are fakes, because Piltdown man was.
Carbon dating is assumed to be flawed.

Diminati, thank you for reminding me; assume nothing.

Answer 1

You can call it whatever you want, but it was a human with a large nose and brow, and that's all it was. You see, people used to live for hunderds of years back then before the flood. Which means they would have had large noses and ears and brows, since these things never stop growing throughout a person's lifetime. Plus, those fossils are not that old. We have fossils of leather cowboy boots and horse derby hats, etc on display in museums. It doesn't take that long for something to fossilize. Get real.

Answer 2

Sure they believe that there was Neanderthal men and dinosaurs and such.They just think that they resembled the Flintstones version of history where Fred Flintstone rode a dinosaur and worked as a stone digger and it all took place within the 6,000 years that the Earth has existed and the Earth was magically created in 7 days.It's all so simple to them.

Answer 3

if you part from your last assumption, all fossils are from animals who died in the flood, and the reason why they are in different layers is that the "least intelligent" ones didn't make it to the high ground and the most intelligent did, but died anyway. IF that is true, how come some species of trees outsmart and/or outrun velocirraptors, or pterosaurs (which actually can fly, rendering the whole flood safe for them?)
Oh, and what did the carnivores (remember the fall of man had already happened!!!!) eat the first years after the flood? eating just one member of one "kind" of animal between the first years after that flood would extinguish it!

Answer 4

No...most creationists don't actually disbelieve in evolution. They certainly believe that species CAN and DO evolve. They just also believe that life didn't come from nothing. They believe that humans and animals were created and that part of God's plan is that both would continue to evolve (and hopefully improve) as things on earth changed.

I think most creationists believe that the more primative men were men that just looked slightly different from us today. Humans from various parts of the world STILL look different from each other. It's not a huge leap.

Answer 5

Creationists try to explain Neanderthal skeletons and others as "merely apes", despite a clear progression in age, brain size, and physical sctructure. Some have tried to write them off as "deformed" or even claimed them to be the "Nephileim" as you have described.

Some even go so far as to insist that the entire scientific community of the world is actually part of a massive conspiracy (led by the devil, natch) to try to discredit their reading of the Bible and fool people.

I have run across only one Creationist who is familiar with the actual use of the scientific process, and he has openly admitted that he breaches it when he preaches: Michael Behe. The man may have a degree in molecular biology, but it is plain that he stopped learning after he got ahold of his degree.

Answer 6

i used to be a creationist footsoldier approximately 25 years in the past. possibly issues have replaced, yet at that ingredient, they could say that "A Neanderthal wearing a wholesome does not be observed walking down the line", they have been so equivalent to prevalent human beings. additionally they could quote mine some appraisal that Neanderthal skeletons were those with arthritis.

Answer 7

Of course it is a naive question. you clearly make the distinction between rational (non religious) and irrational (religious). There is an immediate irony in asking questions about the rationale behind religious beliefs. To reason with those who have abandoned reason is beyond reason, but sometimes fun.

Answer 8

For the most idiotic Christian answers available go to godsaidmansaid.com. I haven't gotten to all of their answers but the ones I've read so far make it clear that their explanation on the fossil record ought to be hilarious.

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Answer 9

I believe the fossils and relics just as I do in dinosaur remains. The evidence is there. But were Neanderthals human or another upright walking animal (bipedal primate).

Answer 10

I can agree with science proofs -- time line is a different story
carbon dating depends on half-lifes and what scientist think
to be "logical" behavior of the various elements -- I question
(argue) that half lives function in a linear manner and that
carbon reacts dating gives the results that are being
interpreted.