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I don't know if you would label me a "fundamentalist" but I take the bible as literally as my God-given, Common sense will allow me to, and I'll tell you how I explain dinosaurs, with ease.
Giants are talked about in the bible, at least referred to, but memory of scripture about them is so vague, right now.
God created the Earth, and we are not told how many millions? or whatever of years existed between Him creating earth, then animals, and then Adam and Eve. I have not one iota of confusion or trouble with them having existed. it's a no-brainer to me, that God has created many things, and it's the timing that gets folks into arguments, from what I have witnessed.
Just curious. I am a Catholic myself and believe in evolution and the old world theory, that the earth is billions of years old and that evolution is a tool used by God. So I am not attacking all Christians or even fundamentalists, but I want to examine from personal experiences and opinions how you came to conclude that dinosaurs and humans walked together.
It's all about faith. What science believes today will change tomorrow. What we read in the Bible will never change. It's all about what a person chooses to believe, science or the Bible. I choose the Bible.
Hebrews 11: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
I don't know if you would label me a "fundamentalist" but I take the bible as literally as my God-given, Common sense will allow me to, and I'll tell you how I explain dinosaurs, with ease.
Giants are talked about in the bible, at least referred to, but memory of scripture about them is so vague, right now.
God created the Earth, and we are not told how many millions? or whatever of years existed between Him creating earth, then animals, and then Adam and Eve. I have not one iota of confusion or trouble with them having existed. it's a no-brainer to me, that God has created many things, and it's the timing that gets folks into arguments, from what I have witnessed.
Yes it does, but color me not surprised that you don't know the Bible as well as you think you do. You like all creationists cherry pick the Bible to accept things you agree with and reject those you don't.
This is how the world looked to the Ancient Hebrews, based on a literal reading of Genesis. This view is well supported Biblically, and by archaeological evidence of the Mesopotamia region. We also know the Catholic Church supported geocentrism for centuries based on a literal reading of Genesis.
I don't know if you would label me a "fundamentalist" but I take the bible as literally as my God-given, Common sense will allow me to, and I'll tell you how I explain dinosaurs, with ease.
Giants are talked about in the bible, at least referred to, but memory of scripture about them is so vague, right now.
The Nephilim are not dinosaurs, nor were they giants.
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God created the Earth, and we are not told how many millions? or whatever of years existed between Him creating earth, then animals, and then Adam and Eve. I have not one iota of confusion or trouble with them having existed. it's a no-brainer to me, that God has created many things, and it's the timing that gets folks into arguments, from what I have witnessed.
Well, most creationists believe the Earth is quite young, meaning dinosaurs had to have existed within the last 10,000 years. Completely disproven, and a huge insult to anyone's intelligence, but they nonetheless believe that.
I think things like multiple mass extinctions are a more perplexing issue for creationists to wiggle their way out of, because according to a literal Genesis, there was only 1.
Then how come we don't find human (or modern animal) and dinosaur fossils in the same strata?
That question stumps the young earth creationists.
I don't see why it is up to the creationists to prove anything ... like evolutionists are stumped about original source and don't feel the need to validate their theory because they can't.
But as far as why we don't find human in the sama strata whose to say that humans had to co-exist with dinosars in the same area for the two to have had existed at the same time? Why could not humans \ dinosars existed seperate from one another ... like the kangaroo to the Panda
My point is that I don't have to prove anything. I have faith. I believe every single word of the creation account. I don't claim to understand it. I don't need to. Some things are beyond human understanding. All I need is to believe it, and I do. That's all God ever asked of us. Just have faith.
Katie
::Sigh::This is so very very sad in this day and age. Shame on our education system. Shame on the religious leaders.
very little on dinosaurs in the bible. which makes me think it is not a history or science book
more than likely a book designed to teach moral lessons. NT is certainly not a biography of jesus they left out
18 years of his short life, (12 to 30)
It is really quite sad, Jazzy . . . not something to get derisive or mocking about. It is a true tragedy of our age. Those who contributed to it have a heavy burden indeed.
Yes Mystic it is sad. It is a tragedy and I am truly horrified at some of the posts from those who absolutely believe what they believe and insist in staying in utter ignorance.
Man not in the same strata as dinosaurs. Makes sense that man would not want to live in their neighborhood.
God created dinosaurs and man at same time, but it doesn't mean they lived, even on the same continent. My guess is that the dinosaurs were wiped out almost entirely during the flood, except those that rode on the ark. My guess is that there was a drastic change of climate, that made much of the earth, like the huge mountains and deserts, difficult to live in. This change was a too hostile a climate for the dinosaurs and many other species and they went extinct. We can see some of the effects of these changes after the flood, because the lifespan of people is greatly reduced after the flood, according to the Bible.
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