POTD :first:Turbo said:paleo21, I can relate to your questions. I used to be an agnostic evolutionist who thought that Creationists were silly and ignored scientific fact.paleo21 said:
But...I had never actually heard the case against Evolution and in favor of Biblical (Young-Earth) Creationism. And when I finally did, I found that not only did the evidence better support the Biblical account, but naturalistic Evolution was unworkable.
The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him. Proverbs 18:17
I encourage you to examine the material at AnswersInGenesis to educate yourself on the case against Evolution and for Creation. I particularly enjoy Jonathan Sarfati's writings. You may be particularly interested in articles there about radiometric dating.
God created them on the sixth day.
As has already been pointed out, dinosaurs are mentioned and described in the Bible. But they aren't called dinosaurs, they are called dragons and other names. Why? Because the word "dinosaur" didn't exist until the mid-1800s, but the Bible was written thousands of years earlier and had been translated into English hundreds of years earlier.
Here is a passage from Job 40:15 “Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you;Can you think of an animal that this might describing that is not a dinosaur?
He eats grass like an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20 Surely the mountains yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
23 Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24 Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
Some have suggested that behemoth is a hippopotamus or an elephant, but neither of them haves tails that could not be compared to a cedar. Others suppose that behemoth is an alligator or a crocodile, but they do not "eat grass like an ox."
Any other ideas?
Do you agree that there were dinosaurs that fit God's description of behemoth in Job 40?
No one is disputing these creatures' existence, only whether they are indeed "prehistoric."
Do you think organic material can remain unfossilized for 60 million years? If "fresh" dinosaur remains were discovered, would that cause you to re-evaluate the idea that all dinosaurs have been dead for millions of years?
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