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Do christians believe in dinosaurs?
They say the earth is only 6000 years old. But we know from fossil evidence that dinosaurs lived here millions of years ago.
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
Of course we do - the Bible mentions them.
The fossil evidence does not tell us that they lived millions of years ago. Some people choose to interpret the evidence around us as evidence for great age, but this is not the only way to interpret it.
Dinosaurs were created on day 6 along with all the other land animals, including Adam and Eve.
Those that think the dinosaurs died out millions of years ago are perhaps unaware of the large amount of evidence indicating that they lived recently alongside man.
There are many written accounts and depictions of dinosaurs.
http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/ancient/ancient...
Remember that the word dinosaur was invented in 1841. Before that people used names like dragon.
People from all over the world have accounts of dinosaurs: the Chinese who have incorporated it into their lunar calendar, The Welsh who have the dragon in their flag; The account of the Saxon Beowolf; The native american thunderbird; and other stories from many other nations. The Romans even made mosaics of them. The temple of Angkor in Cambodia has a carving that is clearly a Stegosaur – presumably 800 years ago it was a familiar animal to them. http://creation.com/angkor-saw-a-stegosaur
The Bible (the book of Job) has graphic descriptions of two creatures (Leviathan and Behemoth) which do not exists today and are almost certainly what we would now call dinosaurs. The Behemoth had a tail like a cedar tree.
In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word תנין , tanniyn, appears some 15 times—some
modern English translations translate it as ‘monster’, ‘serpent’ or ‘jackal’, while in
the King James Bible the word ‘dragon’ is used. Tanniyn could refer, at least in some
contexts, to large reptiles/dinosaurs.
Furthermore, dinosaur fossils have even been found containing blood cells - hardly 65 million years old.
http://creation.com/sensational-dinosaur-blood-rep...
But check the evidence for yourself - don't by brainwashed by dogmatic evolutionists who don't want us to think for ourselves :)
http://creation.com/dinosaur-questions-and-answers
Most evidence suggests that the earth is young.
It is important to note that all methods of estimating the age of the earth/universe involve unprovable assumptions about the past.
The only way we can know is by reading the account given to us by the only eye-witness - the Creator - in Genesis.
But we can use the scientific method, using observations that we all share in the present.
Evidence for youth includes
The saltiness of the sea (would be saltier if old)
The decay of earth's magnetic field
The recess
ion of the moon
The existence of short lived comets (Oort cloud has been invented to try and explain them)
Too much helium in rocks (should have escaped by now)
The fact that 'old' continents have not eroded away already.
- Rockit BugLv 610 years ago
Most Christians do believe in Dinosaurs. Not all of them believe that the Earth is only 6,000 years old. Those who believe in a Young Earth say that Dinosaurs were created with the other animals, but either went extinct or became very rare after the Flood. Others accept the scientific findings about the Dinosaurs and the age of the Earth.
- ?Lv 410 years ago
Some probably do, I'm a christian and i believe in dinosaurs, the word dinosaur wasn't created until 1842 and the bible was made long before that, plus the bible talks of dragons, behemoths and leviathans ( coincidence much?) not to mention their are dinosaur sightings in places like Africa no lie, ever heard of mokele mbeme or the kongomato, plus you can't tell how old something is unless you were actually there when it is made weather you use a machine or not, but to answer your question some Christians probably do believe in dinosaurs some probably don't, I'm a christian and a creationist and i believe in the dinosaurs
- Monica VLv 610 years ago
Do atheists believe in dinosaurs?
They say the earth is billions of years old and that each geologic layer represents millions of years, but we know from observable science that animals would never fossilize under those conditions - they would rot. They have to be buried rapidly before decomposition in order to fossilize.
That would require some type of global catastrophe, such as maybe, oh, let me think, like a flood or something.
The bible talks about dinosaurs in Job 40-41 and in several other places.
Back in 2006, scientists found T Rex that still had soft tissue and blood vessels in it from the original animal. (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinos... if you're still drinking the kool aid and still think that this is millions of years old, you are not a rational or educated human being.
What you THINK you "know" about dinosaursis nothing more than indoctrination that you readily accept, having heard it all your life from the high church of evolution.
It's evident that you are both ignorant of the facts, and completely unable to think critically. If you've ever sat in a class room, you should sue your instructor for failing you in this area.
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- 10 years ago
The fossils' age is calculated by the age of the rock surrounding it, not the actual dinosaur. Scientists find the age of the rock, and assume that that's the age of the fossil. But actually, God created the world already with age. He didn't create Adam as a baby, he created him as a grown man. And he didn't make rock's as young rocks, he made them automatically mature, just like Adam. So it makes sense that the rock would appear millions of years old. But there is no way to tell the age of the actual fossil.
- GerriLv 510 years ago
No Christians do not say the "earth" is 6000 years old. No one knows exactly how old is the earth or universe. Genesis 1:1 states "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The Bible does identify when "the beginning" occurred. Genesis 1:3-31 does not discus the original creation of matter or of the heavenly bodies but describe the preparation of the already existing earth for human habitation.
Source(s): Bible www.watchtower.org - Anonymous10 years ago
Some do, it's the young earth creationists who think they died off 6000 years ago or so.
The dinosaurs have really died off 65 million some odd years ago.
Source(s): Science - Anonymous10 years ago
Dinosaurs are just animals that had leaved on earth many year ago, due to some biological terms they are no longer in existence. I believed the have existed before.
- uniontera6Lv 610 years ago
In my opinion, Noah's ark was dinosaur.
Ark of Noah is a medium through which data of the gene is transferred.
Genesis 6:19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
Evolution of species doesn't have a linear time till mankind open eyes.
Genesis 9:13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
Where could we find pitch, today?
Genesis 6:14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Today's annual rhythms begins "From Genesis 9:13". (This is my assumption.)
Today's light speed begins from Genesis 9:13, too. (I mean, distance.) <-- Mr. Travis, look at here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq98MskQ6rc
So, they have breathed CO2 like trees. - "reason of extinction" - Today's record of CO2 is 0.3%.
"Can you see why some dinosaur need a wing?"
"Can you see the meaning of featherd bird?" - Genesis 8:12
"Can you see why bats live in cave?" - Genesis 8:7
Anyway...
People can make an answer but there is no a reason. (This is your so-called free will.)
God can make a reason but there is no an answer. (This is your so-called destiny & chance.)
Sometimes I say, Newton's apple is more clever than Newton.
Hope it helps.
Source(s): uniontera poem _ type B - ?Lv 610 years ago
Not believing in millions of years is not the same as not believing dinosaurs ever existed. Some Christians believe in theistic evolution/ID*, others believe man and dinos co-existed and were even alluded to in the bible.
Intelligent Design is NOT the same as Creationism