I would like to know why there is nothing in the Bible about the complete destruction of the dinosaurs. I mean, in the Bible it states that man was the first being created and then it was everything else so man and the dinosaurs co-existed at the same time. So how did man survive the killing of all things on the planet? I just want an answer.
**This is a question that my friend wanted someone to answer for him**
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Because the people who wrote the Bible didn't know dinosaurs existed.
edit: Men--or women, for that matter--were not around during the time of the dinosaurs. For the most part, MAMMALS weren't around during the time of the dinosaurs. At least, not in the abundance as they were afterwards.
According to the Bible, man survived the world wide flood through Noah. Its logical to conclude that the flood was the cause of the dinosaur's extinction. Furthermore, it would have been pointless to list every time a species became extinct.
If so, it would be assuming that man was around before the flood. This is impossible.
LMAO. LMAO. this is a very good teaser. cus i mean never ever have i ever...lol...stopped to think about this one. like they tell us so much in school about fifty million theories about how they came to be extinct. but i now that i think about i will have to say that i dont believe that dinosaursb ever existed. because in the story of NOah it was said that he put 2 of every species of animals in the boat. hmmmm...dinosaurs? they didnt make it.
...You don't think dinosaurs ever existed?
If he put two of each species on a boat, they'd all have died out of genetic impurities a long time ago.
Yeah, and if evolution is true, the same holds up, because you start with nothing to one living, two living, and move into more advanced mammals, right? So one genetic code then, created it with evolution, but didn't screw up the gene pool so to say?
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Not necessarily. There would be too many recessive genes present with the animals on the boat, which often leads to illnesses and defects.
No one knows if it was one cell or many. It's possible it was a big glob of cells that evolved, rather than just one tiny piece of bacteria.
Heh... I'm not the only person that wonders about how Dinosaurs fit into Christian (and others I suppose, but I've grown up around Christianity) beliefs then. >_> Good to know.
First of all, read your Bible, mysticalfaery05, before you spout out claims that aren't true. Humans weren't the first beings created...they were actually the last thing God created. A lot of people have theories on where dinosaurs fit into the big scheme of things, and here's my thought on the matter: God created the entire universe in six days, but here's what I, and a lot of biblical scholars, think: the universe wasn't created in 144 hours (six 24 hour days that is). There's a passage in the Bible (2 Peter 3:8) that talks about how to God a day is like a thousand years, and vice versa. God does not work on a time block; whatever he says, goes. Needless to say, he could've created the world over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, and He could have just said "it took six days" just so our simple minds could comprehend it (scholars call these God days). What I'm trying to say is this: it's possible God created the dinosaurs and wiped them out before we were ever created on the sixth "day." Here's what it all comes down to...if you are a believer in Jesus Christ and that He died for your sins, you will go to heaven and find out for yourself some day. Remember, Paul tells us that "now we see through a glass darkly, but then we shall see face to face. Now we understand in part, but then we will understand in whole."
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First of all, this wasn't my question as I clearly stated in the bottom of the blog. Secondly, I wasn't spitting out claims, period. The blog (written by my friend, by the way) just stated that he wondered where dinosaurs came in to existence in God's 7 days of creation. Pardon me for saying, but scholars (including yourself) could absolutely be wrong, too. There is no way in interpret the Bible. It states that he created the Earth in 7 DAYS, not 7000 days, months, years whatever. I highly doubt you have the ability to interpret the Bible; you can only form an opinion, just like everyone else. And thank you, I know that if you are a believer, then you will be saved, I have gone to church (and anyone knows this despite whether or not they go to church). But this was not the point of the blog, thanks.
Okay, go with me on this:
God created the earth, then plants, then animals then humans. Same process and steps the evolutionists say too billions of years, the Bible says took 6 days (God rested on day 7).
Man messed up (imagine that so many humans stumble on the fact that the Bible says we messed up and sinned - are we not destroying the planet now with cars, factories, fast food??) and God judged. Have you ever seen what a massive flood does to the land? The animals that are left behind in it? Katrina had nothing on the flood in Noah's day, since it covered the entire earth.
So, dinosaurs get taken on the ship. Now we can agree that a dinosaur is a dinosaur, just as a dog, is a dog right? Meaning the closeness in alligators, crocodiles to what scientists claim are dinosaurs are remarkably close. So close many evolutionary scientists have said the alligator and crocodile may be a "decendant" of ancient dinosaurs. So the smaller dinosaursget put on the ship after all there are tons of animals to take, especially since two of them have to be taken, one male, one female for reproduction. So even an evolutionist would have a hard time denying that at least during the Bible times, from the very beginning of the Bible, man and woman reproduced with each other, not asexually like a plant or amoeba. Remember now again, a lizard, is a lizard and a croc is nothing more than a big lizard...both reptiles right?
The flood kills what is left, such as the big dinosuars. Two of every kind. A dog, is a dog. A wolf, coyote, great dane, rotwieller and a poodle are all what? Dogs.
Why can't an alligator, since it is the closest resemblence to be associated with the dinosaurs? Because science says anything dug up would have to be millions to billions of years old, and their highly accurate carbon dating proves this, or so they say and we are to take their word on it because science is all factual, that is verifiable for reproof.
-- To answer mysticalfaery05 on the bible not being able to be interpreted, my opinion is this:
Now the bible says it is verifiable for reproof as well. And yes, the Bible can be interpreted, but time has to be taken to study it thoroughly. The old testament, many times written in stone tablets is collaborated in the new testament, not written in stone tablets. Many times the new testament writer did not have a copy of the old testament scripture, but they were able to verify, validate and cooraborate the stories....how does science falsify that truth of the Bible? The fact that the very scriptures that the Bible is writen from were written at different times (and yes their highly inaccurate carbon dating has proved this to themselves as well, that scriptures were written at different times, and on different media, in different parts of the middle eastern section of the world) and are so accurate of one another? How can a conspiracy survive thousands of years, be comprised of over 60 books that all reprove each other, and be deemed to be a lie, a falsehood, or as some put it, a nice story. The Bible is anything but nice....it is full of destruction, death and wrong doings to show the reader what not do.
My thoughts, my opinions, my statement on how I feel the Bible can be reproved against itself.
Take care......
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I have to agree, but you also must think about the millions of times it has been interpreted and interpreted and into hundreds of different languages. Important clues must have been lost along the way, as well as some confusion in how to interpret a language, etc.
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Consider these facts:
-Flood stories abound across the globe, and they're all different. Noah's flood closely parallels the flood story told in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
-There's no geological evidence to support a global flood. Humans have forever lived near water, and seas and rivers flood things with regularity. (Think, New Orleans)
-There's no archaeological evidence to support ANY biblical character prior to the middle of 2 Kings.
-Jericho does appear to have been destroyed by seige of some sort - hundreds of years before Joshua was supposed to have marched around it.
Consider the improbability of marsupials getting from Mt. Ararat in Turkey to Australia without leaving a single example of their passing in the form of a fossil skeleton.
Consider the improbability of 8 humans repopulating the globe and generating enough people to try to build a TOWER (of Babel) in 150 years or less. Consider, if there WERE a global flood, usable ground would have been sterilized (by the salt water) and rendered unable to grow crops. Consider the unlikelihood of at least 8 carnivorous cats not killing and eating every herbivorous animal (who were starving anyway, because all the land plants were buried under tons of silt) then eyeing Noah and his family as snacks.
What's the answer? The Bible is metaphor. Adam and Eve aren't the first humans; they're the first to gain sentience (knowledge of good and evil; realization that they will die like everything else). The fruit of the tree is metaphor for the "fall from grace". Note that they did not die physically when they ate the fruit, as promised.
The Bible is FILLED with metaphor, cover to cover. Jesus himself rarely spoke in plain language; he used parables (a.k.a. fables, metaphor) to relate his information.
The Catholic church has stated where the Bible appears to contradict SCIENCE, the Bible should be viewed as NOT literal. Translated - metaphor.
The Bible regards bats as birds, and says insects have four legs. It says the world has corners, and pillars, and that there is a mountain from which one can see the whole earth. The Bible is not scientifically accurate; what makes you think it's historically accurate?
Leviathan and Behemoth come to mind. There are others. Seek and you shall find.
The Bible is not a scientific text book, and I thank God for that. If it was a scientific text book, it would be rewritten every year, contantly contradicting itslef. Coffee is good for you. Now its bad for you. Now its good for you again. Now its good and bad, but only if you add salt. You get the picture.
Approach "science" with the same scepticism you now approach the Bible. Stop taking everything spouted by a guy in a lab coat as gospel, and take a moment to read the actual Gospels.
Don't confuse theory with facts. Most importantly, examine yourself and what you think. Be less concerned with what others think.