Why aren't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible? Wouldn't the whole "God created the earth" be more believable

Question

it it mentioned dinosaurs?

dragons - oh, yea - that makes it much more believable (hardly containing my laughter).

And snakes that talk...

Answer 1

Dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago. According to christians the earth was created roughly 6,000 years ago. The scary thing is the alarming number of christians who think dinosaurs are an elaborate hoax.

Answer 2

Take a look at 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 are not a part of 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 3

Why would God have bothered including dinosaurs? I mean, out of the entite bible 2-3 chapters deal with the history of the earth before humans.That wasn't the point of the Bible....
The first part of the Bible is mostly a Hebrew history book, so they wouldn't have anything about dinosaurs in the first place. The earliest found writings of the Old Testament are about 6,000 years old, way after dinosaurs bit the dust.

Answer 4

The Bible starts recording time on Earth starting with the modern era of evolution. Dinosaurs and the last prehistoric era came to an end with the worldwide flood described on the first day of creation in Genesis. The time frame of the seven days of creation are not 24 hour days but eras of time consisting of thousands and or millions of years to each era. None of which includes the prehistoric eras in which the dinosaurs existed. So this means that the dinosaurs were long extinct by the time God flooded the world the second and last time which was Noah's flood. Which means there were no dinosaurs aboard Noah's ark.

Answer 5

OK, atheists, calm down. I'm sure there is another post opening up, so run of there.
As for the question about dinosaurs. How would they in any way come in contact with the men who were INSTRUCTED to write the Bible. That was before our time. Why in any way would they affect us as humans?
Let me just say, yeah, it would be easier if God told us everything. That would make things a lot better, wouldn't it? But, this life is sort of a test. Will we remain faithful. Judging by some of these answers, a lot of people aren't.

Answer 6

Did God create dinosaurs? God created all things in the universe. So He created all animals , including those now called dinosaurs. Why isnt it mentioned in the bible? The Bible mentions that God created all things in the universe, that includes creating dinosaurs. It was not relevant to list all type of animals created, or use the same classification methods we have now. The Bible mention God created the birds, but it is not relevant to list all kinds of birds like canaries, dodos, eagles, parrots, etc.

Answer 7

The Bible is a dinosaur!

Answer 8

Maybe the species of animals included they're prehistoric counterparts? Maybe giants walking the earth? Plus the bible has been altered, who knows? Have faith.

Answer 9

some say dinosaurs are in the bible.

google "what does the bible say about dinosaurs"

There will be some interesting points made.

Answer 10

all creations of god are the same to him its not like hes going to point out a specific dinasour for no reason ';seperating dinorsaurs from every other creature is something humans do not god
thats like saying y arent they black peopl metioned in the bible cause all things are the same to god