If Creationism is true, how do you explain dinosaurs?

PJ Morris on December 14, 2012 at 3:10 am

“dinosaurs aren’t mentioned in the bible, hence, they never existed – duh.”

…or something like that.

SkepDoc 2.0 on December 14, 2012 at 3:27 am

They don’t very well, though the attempts are hilarious.

somethingtrinity on December 14, 2012 at 3:54 am

the book of Job talks about dinosaurs. God mad dinosaurs.

pumpkin kitty! on December 14, 2012 at 4:40 am

i was once a dinosaur.
i eated everyone.
then man became extinct for a while.

now i’m only a cat.
what kind of deal is that?

John S on December 14, 2012 at 4:46 am

Look up comedian Bill Hicks’ routine on this very subject! It’s awesome!

The Tater on December 14, 2012 at 4:49 am

because creationism is bullshit

Sirius on December 14, 2012 at 4:59 am

Creationism is a misinterpretation of a original Hebrew genesis.

eric k on December 14, 2012 at 5:47 am

Well, one of God’s days doesn’t necessarily equate to a human’s day,
and so when he created all the animal first, there could have been lot’s
of time between them and…

Nah, it’s just not true.

elfkin the destroyer on December 14, 2012 at 5:57 am

how else do you think adam and eve got to church on sunday mornings? they rode the dinosaurs. duh!

TEH TYME KITTEH =^..^= on December 14, 2012 at 6:53 am

The world is not 6000 years old. More like 6 Billion

The Carmelite on December 14, 2012 at 7:30 am

Creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive. God did create the world but not in 6 24-hour days. Each “act” of creation came into being in its own time — but not without God.

Lil on December 14, 2012 at 8:06 am

I think it’s funny how some fundamentalist christians try to say that satan put dinosaur bones on the earth to try to lead us astray. Who would take the time to do that?

thomasdfb3 on December 14, 2012 at 8:55 am

Creationism isn’t true. Done. And even if evolution isn’t true it wouldn’t mean creationism is. I’d vote for aliens seeding Earth at that point.

c_jerez on December 14, 2012 at 9:46 am

Just because the Bible never made mention of dinosaurs dosent mean they never existed. It would be like mentioning every common animal we have on the planet today in everything written document

The GMC on December 14, 2012 at 9:52 am

I give serious answers to serious questions. I have a feeling that you would rather pick the best bash as best answer than hear an actual response.

Even Haazer on December 14, 2012 at 10:03 am

If Evolution is true, humankind will someday vanish in a supernova or something like that, we will all be forgotten and will forget everything, when existence will turn into nonexistence.
If Creationism is true, humankind may have a hope for the future.

WealthManagement81 on December 14, 2012 at 11:00 am

What do you mean explain them? They could have came about like the rest of the animals and died out in a global flood. But just so you know, it’s quite possible God used evolution to create his creation. I don’t think you have to dismiss God or that he created things just because you believe in evolution.

Creationism just means that God created everything in 6 literal days…which means man and dinosaur would have lived at the same time. But, like many animals such as the dodo bird, some animals were not meant to last long. The Bible does talk about an animal so large, it’s belly hung to the ground and it’s tail was like the trunk of a cedar tree.

I think both creationists and evolutionists have good points and have made reasonable assumtptions based upon scientific fact. Whether or not God created things in 6 days or 6 million years, shouldn’t get in the way of whether or not God exists. Does the “How” really matter?

Crazy Pirate on December 14, 2012 at 11:39 am

dino bones were planted by god to test people’s faith…

novangelis on December 14, 2012 at 11:52 am

It’s a big problem. Even if you twist passages from Job to not mean elephant, you have to explain why dinosaurs settled into one layer under an iridium-rich (very dense element) layer, above which the next layers have no big animals for several layers.

The easy way around this is ignore the facts and cash in since dinosaurs are popular.

Bible Student on December 14, 2012 at 12:26 pm

The Bible does not say that this planet is 6000 to 7000 years old.
The time scales contained with in this Bible only indicate that life as we know it was created 6000 to 7000 years ago.

It is a calculation based on the Bible records and the history of the Middle Eastern countries.

The Biblical genealogies provide us with time periods for the families, generation to generation.
The historical events recorded in the Bible can be tied to known events identifiable by written history and archeology.

Please note 6000 to 7000 years is not the age of the earth, it is just the period of time life on this planet as we know it has existed.

They dig up bones from an earlier period regularly. This does not prove the Bible wrong.

pHatLip on December 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm

The use of the word dinosaur did not exist until the 1800’s, so you should not expect to find it in the Holy Bible. However, there are many other names throughout scripture, such as behemoth and leviathan, that reference these long since extinct creatures. Open your heart and mind to the possibility that men and dinosaurs lived upon the earth at the same time, and don’t try to limit the God of all eternity to man made time tables. See for yourself what is written concerning the Lord our God in 2 Peter 3:8, “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” Seek out the Truth, and may God Bless You!

Matthew on December 14, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Adam, the very first man, and dinosaurs, were created by God on the 6th day of creation week, 6,000 years ago. Genesis 1:24-31

cheesesamiches1987 on December 14, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Many animals are extinct because of harsh climate and over hunting, why only bring up the dinosaurs?

BTW, you will not find the word “dinosaur” mentioned the bible, because the word dinosaur or ‘Dinosauria’ wasn’t invented until 1842–It was coined by Dr Richard Owen. If you want to read about dinosaurs then read the book of Job.

Quote you, “evolution is not true”

Christians do not believe in vertical evolution meaning, an animal producing something other than its own kind.

Variations do happen, but they have limits. The bible says every living thing will produce after its [kind] not species “kind”.

. . the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind. . .” v. 12. “. . the living creature after his kind. . . v. 24. (Genesis 1).

Everything always produces after its own kind of animal or plant, etc. There’s no new information created, it’s always a scrambling of pre-existing information, that’s all we observe. See AnswersInGenesis to check out Life: Designed by God to Adapt.http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v3/n1/life-designed-to-adapt

ADDED…Oh, and now that we’re on subject of dinosaurs, I think you’ll find this new discovery interesting.

“FINDING MORE DINOSAUR SOFT SPOTS”
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/24/288786.aspx

Here’s an excerpt: “A couple of years ago, paleontologists were stunned to find that the soft tissue of a 70 MILLION-YEAR-OLD DINOSAUR was preserved within a fossil from a Tyrannosaurus rex. Such a thing had never been seen before. The discovery opened the door to all sorts of speculation about reconstructing dinosaur DNA, just as it was in the fictional “Jurassic Park” tales.” -“… Seventy million years ago, a killing drought was followed by torrential rains, which sent waves of mud and wet sand to cover up dead and dying dinosaurs. “You can imagine it’s like a milkshake rolling down the mountain,” Kristi Rogers told me.”–(Capitalized to emphasize the ridiculousness)

Doesn’t this sound similar to the Biblical account of the Great Flood?

ADDED: Here’s another news article where they found dinosaur bones, petrified trees and even freshwater clams together in southeastern Utah: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=5182147

RickK on December 14, 2012 at 2:42 pm

“Creationists” don’t agree on much of anything other than “God did it”. Some believe the Earth is 4 billion years old, some think it is ~10,000 years old. Some believe God uses evolution to make the species, some believe God created every species that will ever live and that there will be no more. Some believe dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and were killed by the asteroid, some believe they lived alongside men and all died in Noah’s Flood. Some recognize the Bible as historical fiction, some see it as a cosmology textbook.

It’s very hard to agree on something that has no facts.

So if you’re asking for Creationists for an explanation of anything outside the Bible, don’t expect a consistent answer.