No, Dinosaurs Aren't in the Bible: Part 3

Depths of Pentecost ^ | May 4, 2019 | Philip Cottraux

[pcottraux]

Sources:

-Ross, Hugh. Navigating Genesis: A Scientist’s Journey through Genesis 1-11. RTB Press, Covina, CA, 2014, pages 203-206, 126.

-Mussuer, Anne. “Megalania Prisca.” Australianmuseum.net. Last updated November 14, 2018. Accessed May 4, 2019. https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/megalania-prisca/

-Duff, R. Joel. “How Have Young Earth Creationists Responded to Feathered Dinosaurs?” Thenaturalhistorian.com. June 30, 2018.

-Ham, Ken. “Feathered Dinosaurs? Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?” Answersingenesis.org. October 4, 2016. Accessed May 4, 2019. https://answersingenesis.org/media/audio/answers-with-ken-ham/volume-123/feathered-dinosaurs/

-It’s Okay to be Smart (from PBS Studios): “Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?”

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-Weisberger, Mindy. “Baby T-Rex Was an Adorable Ball of Fluff.” Livescience.com. March 6, 2019. Accessed May 4, 2019. https://www.livescience.com/64936-t-rex-new-look-exhibit.html

-Kubersky, Seth. “World’s most scientifically accurate T. Rex model now on display in New York.” Attractionsmagazine.com. March 14, 2019. Accessed May 4, 2019. https://attractionsmagazine.com/worlds-most-scientifically-accurate-t-rex-model-now-on-display-in-new-york/

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[NRx]

[redfog]

On Day 6 God created all the animals that live on dry land, so dinosaurs are indeed in the Bible.

[rawcatslyentist]

It's not not in the bible either. Jaser and Enoch spoke of the genetic abominations done to man and beast in that time.

Mayhaps the flood was to wipe the DNAsaurs from the earth along with the dna corrupted peoples.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Perhaps its most substantial claim was that the pre-flood world was surrounded by a large water canopy that kept out ultraviolet radiation while increasing hyperbaric pressure in the atmosphere, leading to 100% oxygen levels.

I find that one to be complete bull. The thing about oxygen is that it oxidizes. This same process, that helps our bodies to create energy, is also the process that causes iron and rebar to rust, necessitating major repairs to bridges, roads and buildings, and, along with other factors, causes wood and other materials to burn, necessitating fire departments and cleanup specialists (Servpro). If the oxygen content of the atmosphere was 100%, we'd all be lucky to live even 9 years (forget 900!), before we'd burn out or die from spontaneous human combustion, IMO.

I like one Catholic thinker's explanation of why our ancient ancestors lived such long lives: they were simply not burdened by the collective weight of all our sins to a relatively early grave, the way later descendants were.

[pcottraux]

I hope that’s a parody!

[GreyFriar]

Perhaps an updated cartoon will have Jesus riding a dragon?

[humblegunner]

Just look at you geaux, mister Cottraux:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:pcottraux/index?tab=articles

You seem amazingly focused upon promoting yourself.

[brjam]

Interesting article but I have to disagree and have my own take. IMO, Dinosaurs are referred to in Genesis as “beasts” along with everything else. But, scientists are also correct, the Earth has been around for hundreds of thousands of years. When I read Genesis, God created the Earth, and beasts AND MAN prior to Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were not cavemen, rather they lived in a Garden, and they were made later. And so Adam and Eve is the story of man. The 6000 years is not the history of earth. It is the history of man. God made Adam and Eve 6000 to 7000 years ago. God breathed life and gave a soul to Adam and Eve so they would have the capacity to know right from wrong and receive the Holy Spirit. Other men and women had been around for quite sometime. We know this because After Adam and Eve had their two sons, Cain slew Abel, Cain went into the land of Nod and found a wife and he continued to live. So where did Cain go to find a wife if Adam and Eve were the only couple on earth? Anyway, later on, God has a flood that kills off all of mankind, along with any beasts or life that had not already become extinct, that was able to survive such a disaster. Noah and his family were teh sole survivors. Noah and his family of course were descendants from Adam and Eve. Scientists today have completed DNA tests proving that all of mankind descended from one man. However, scientists erroneously concluded that this evidence disproved the story of Adam and Eve. As usual they are misguided. What the DNA chain proved was that the one man we all descended from was from the time of the Great Flood. Since all of the surviving men were sons of Noah, the DNA evidence ends and correctly proves that we all descended from Noah. Thus, we are also all descendants of Adam. Interestingly, this means the flood is responsible for killing off all remaining humans that were on the earth that had no soul/spirit.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No need. The SEQUENCE of events, from the creation to energy to light cooling per nuclear theory to matter to the formation of the stars, sun, planted and moons, continents and seas, continental drift and the clearing of the atmosphere, life from the dead to plants to land creatures, to birds first (dinosaurs ) and then mammals and domesticated animals is accurately written in genesis. Times are a bit off. But, then again, they had no zero, no powers of ten yet.

[the_daug]

Behemoth and leviathan in the book of Job
Behemoth can stretch its tail like a cedar.5 This tree is known for its size and its hard wood, which is very well suited for building. The tail thus should be strong and long. The tail of the hippopotamus has no resemblance to a mighty cedar or cedar branch at all. The short and thick tail is only 35 to 50 cm long; it is broad at its base and has a pointed end. Furthermore, the hippopotamus does not stretch its tail, but lets it hang down and wiggles it. For this reason, the translation ‘to slacken’ has been proposed, but this does not fit with the comparison of the tail to a cedar. The cedar has very long branches of some 10 to 20 m, so restricting the comparison to a cedar branch does not provide a solution.

[humblegunner]

Furthermore, the hippopotamus does not stretch its tail, but lets it hang down and wiggles it.

So do Jussie Smollett and now he in trouble.

[knarf]

Yutyrannus

Maybe THAT'S where Vinny got his "yutes" .... ?!

[Getready]

If you believe birds are dinosaurs...then dinosaurs are indeed in the Bible. The term “dinosaur” is a term coined by Sir Richard Owen in the 1800’s...so the large “dinosaurs” or even smaller ones could be considered a beast. So if dinosaurs are “beasts”...then, they are in the Bible.....what selection factors caused a dinosaur to become a bird? Could a large reptile such as an alligator evolve to become a “dinosaur”? What would be the selection pressure?
Can anyone trace the epigenetic-dna-rna-protein-cytologic-organ-organism-environment path for the evolution of a living “creaure”?

[Getready]

Creature...that is.

[Migraine]

Love that movie; saw it again just the other night. Both Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei were world-class funny in that one!

[Fungi]

Genesis 5:4.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Given the fact, the word and definition of dinosaur didn’t come about until rather recent, no, there is not dinosaurs in the Bible.

Nor are there panda bears, honey badgers, hornets, squids or other sorts of animals.

Kind of, not detailed b/c it was just part of creation.

[knarf]

I was surfing funny clips on youtube last night and that was one of ‘em