Religious and non religious people - when did the dinosours live?

Question

This is a question because I'm wondering what all of you think, I am not asking to change my veiw, tell me what you think and why, I'll give my answer later.
Thanks

Ok, would you please state whether or not you are religious, HOW religious you are, and what religion.

Thank you, that helps.

to the dinasour and archeology lover,
why are there trees sticking up through your layers?

to the christian - go to this site
www.drdino.com
you'll like it lots on dinosours.
ok so to the one who blames earthquakes,
did the earthquakes stick human bones next to dinosour bones?

ok to the man who spoke to why there are trees sticking up - are you saying that you believe in the dating of the layers or are you saying you don't I don't understand.
To the woman with the gap theory-
That is a theory thought up by christians about a hunder or two years ago to make up for dinasours, if it were true wouldnt we have thought of it earlier? Also, NEVER in the scripture does it actually even HINT at that being the case but it DOES talk about dinasours - dragons the word dinasour wasnt made up until I think 1841 - in JOB it describes one(thats one of the many places) also How does the gap theory fit in with the asteriod theory ? which would you agree with then?

Also, to the first guy to asnwer the question - As long as you admit that they are ALL theories and cannot be exclusively proven because we werent there but can only be evidenced - good for you

Answer 1

Many answers here have already correctly given dates for fossil evidence of dinosaurs ( based on various radioisometric dating techniques that corroborate one another)

No one has yet mentioned that the ancestors of dinosaurs exist and are often found on your dinner plate. Birds ARE essentially, dinosaurs. The large dinosaur species died off but many of the smaller species did not and continue to evolve. The bee hummingbird is the smallest known "dinosaur".

I am of the Jewish faith.

I don't think whether or not one is atheist or theist matters when it comes to facts obtained from objective testable data.

If you are trying to determine if there are a greater number of atheist vs theists who are in acceptance of reality, you may find that it is the fundamentalist who is threatened by evolution showing they are connected to all animal life. Indoctrination that being an animal is degrading would lead to a psyche subconsciously placing a protective denial mechanism to prevent them from processing objective data that other theists such as myself ( and millions of other Jews and other theists including Christians ) are able to process just fine without threatening a God concept. I have faith in God. Biology, cosmology or scientific method don't address the issue of a Creator to support or negate. Scientific method is the best method devised yet to help us determine the processes at work in the universe. I believe that God set in place every process of the universe. It makes no difference to me or to reality if someone is atheist or theist in exploration through scientific method to try to understand the processes at work in the universe.

If this is about YEC ideas...based on literal belief of Genesis..one would also have to discount Chinese history that goes back more than 7,000 years in unbroken record..and the evidence of ancient Egypt that is far older than 6,000 years.

The ancient Hebrews of the middle east/mesopotamia may have believed that there was a water heaven over the sky, that the sun revolved around the earth, but we have learned that they were mistaken.
EDIT to give answer to the additional QUESTION : best answered with a link to a discussion http://www.asa3.org/archive/asa/200001/0207.html

and a more thorough explanation here :
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html

Shalom :)

Answer 2

The Cambrian explosion, and occurred roughly from 565 to 525 million years ago.In the next 200 or so million years, plants and animals finally evolve to colonize the land. The animals included insects, arachnids, and some that resembled amphibians and reptiles. The Earth was now teeming with life. But about 250 million years ago, there was a massive die-off, killing maybe 95% of all animal species. Scientists are still debating possible causes of this mass extinction (called the Permian-Triassic extinction event, or P-T event), and have several different theories that alone or in combination could have caused it. However it happened, it set the stage for the emergence of mammals and birds from early reptilian ancestors. Also appearing on Earth were the first giant reptiles, the dinosaurs. In the 185 million years following the P-T event, plants evolved flowers, birds evolved flight, and mammals evolved placentas. Mouse-sized placental mammals from that time are the ancestors of all placental mammals on Earth today, including humans. Man�s last common ancestor with rodents was about 100 million years ago.

But about 65 and a half million years ago, a meteor struck the Earth at what is now the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, and the ensuing environmental catastrophe wiped out about half the animal species. This event is known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event (the K-T event), and the change in temperature wiped out virtually all of the cold-blooded dinosaurs.

Answer 3

I once had intended to make studying dinosaurs my living. I even had an oppurtunity to study with an idol of mine. Though that didn't happen (life got in the way), I know a great deal about it, though probably not the same amount as someone that has graduated university with a degree in it. I still find paleontology my great love in life, with archaeology coming a close second, and anthropology third.

The real dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. There are several things believed to be the cause, asteroid collission is only one of many.

However, there are some creatures that still exist, and have changed very little, since the time of the dinosaur (and before). The alligator and the turtle are two of them, although new species have appeared over time, they are still basically the same.

Why? Because we have proof. Hundreds of years of study by millions of scientists around the world.

Genetic, geologic, biologic, proof.

I'm at work so I can't spend the time to answer this properly with evidence however, years of study have proven it to be true.

Evolution is real. The only part of it thats under question by scientists, is the method through which it happens.

Edit: I'm an Atheist.

Trees sticking up through the layers? And you know why, earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic plate movement, even a flood can move the rocks around, and move things like trees into crevices. You've seen it yourself. We all have.

It happens constantly.

Are you really so ill educated that you don't understand about tectonic plate movement? I learned about that in grade 5 and further education proved it.

As for Archaeology, do you not understand the meaning of the word Archaeology? Archaeology is the study of ancient human cultures, so what in hell does it have to do with geology like you just tried to claim?

Paleontology also does not have anything to do with geology, it has to do with the study of prehistoric life.

Geology is simply one of the methods used to prove the age of the artifact in question. However, so is dendrochronology, radiometric dating, stratigraphic layering, geochronology, and many others.

Answer 4

Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era, between 250 and 65 million years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale

Answer 5

I am a Christian. Have you ever heard of the "gap restoration theory?" It theorizes that There is a gap in the very beginning of the book of Genesis where God threw Satan out of heaven. It would show that there would have been a time in history that we know very little about, therefore we are not sure what creatures may or may not have been on the earth...Maybe that's when the dino's hung around..lol

Answer 6

why are there trees sticking up through your layers?

because trees stand vertical even after they die for a long time,sediment deposits its self horizontally

Answer 7

250 to 65 million years ago


I do not beleive in a god man,or any god

Answer 8

Here is a bit more reliable link
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/where.html

Answer 9

They lived a long long time ago.

Answer 10

up until 65 million years ago.

But I acknowledge there may be another valid "theory":