How do dinosaurs fit into the Creaton story?
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I do not suppose that there are any atheistic evolutionists here, so its not so relevant 
As Christians, we can of course see God´s plan and provision in anything in history, let it be evolution, let it be anything else.
As Christians, we can of course see God´s plan and provision in anything in history, let it be evolution, let it be anything else.
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According to my Word Thesaurus lexicon = dictionary = concordance. You tell other Bible scholars that you don't consider Strong's valid. I can hear them laughing. Strong's take all our Bible back to the original Hebrew (or NT Greek) word for word. This is done without anyone's definition input to cloud understanding. It doesn't get anymore pure than that. Lexicons and dictionaries can put someone's opinion into the reference.
If you want an example of how that doesn't work, do a search for the word "run" in a thesaurus. Do you really think a stream sprints?
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The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Before those days from 1-7,.Earth existed in a form different than we know now and a different atmosphere. He doesn't say it was non existent because it scripture says "his spirit was hovering over the waters
" .So during those times I am assuming dinosaurs existed for a while and god caused the Mass extinction of it because he was unhappy with all the darkness in the so called Earth. Now dinosaurs are not in the scriptures but I am assuming from the timeline and explanations of science.
After those days of darkness he began the process of reforming the Earth as we now know which is explained in days 1-7.[/QUOTE]
So your proof is the beginning wasn't the beginning?
Yeah. Not working for me or anyone.
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Before those days from 1-7,.Earth existed in a form different than we know now and a different atmosphere. He doesn't say it was non existent because it scripture says "his spirit was hovering over the waters
" .So during those times I am assuming dinosaurs existed for a while and god caused the Mass extinction of it because he was unhappy with all the darkness in the so called Earth. Now dinosaurs are not in the scriptures but I am assuming from the timeline and explanations of science.
After those days of darkness he began the process of reforming the Earth as we now know which is explained in days 1-7.[/QUOTE]
So your proof is the beginning wasn't the beginning?
Yeah. Not working for me or anyone.
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Entirely possible. Before God started the process of creation as stated in the book of Genesis it states that the earth was formless and empty. What it does not state is that it was always formless and empty. Very interesting perception on your part worthy of consideration.[/QUOTE]
Still not working for me. The beginning was the beginning, otherwise it wouldn't be called "the beginning."
Still not working for me. The beginning was the beginning, otherwise it wouldn't be called "the beginning."
The story of the dinosaurs is one of old world and then new world
much like Old testament followed by New Testament.
When God decides out with the old then it's over and it is replaced
by a new order
We see the same in the replacement of the OT and the Levitical
priesthood with the NT and a new and living way of worship in the
Holy Spirit.
The story of the dinosaurs is that God abolishes what is no longer
appropriate or suitable to his plan and purpose and brings in new creation.
This world we know shall also go the way of the dinosaurs; it will be
done away with and a new creation shall replace it.
much like Old testament followed by New Testament.
When God decides out with the old then it's over and it is replaced
by a new order
We see the same in the replacement of the OT and the Levitical
priesthood with the NT and a new and living way of worship in the
Holy Spirit.
The story of the dinosaurs is that God abolishes what is no longer
appropriate or suitable to his plan and purpose and brings in new creation.
This world we know shall also go the way of the dinosaurs; it will be
done away with and a new creation shall replace it.
I have had thoughts about dinosaurs and how they looked, and if they were real. I can't say now, but they are interesting none-the-less. How cool would it be to see one of those long neck dinosaurs, and no real like capital city around and it would just be all open for us in a world to freely explorer never having to worry about jobs, just nomadic movement, and staying alive, and we didn't get eaten by the nice dinosaurs. Lol
I find them just as interesting as the planets in space, and the stars in the Galaxy.
I find them just as interesting as the planets in space, and the stars in the Galaxy.
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These are fakes.
Not every painting or writing is a historical proof.
Is a hollywood movie about harry potter a proof for some civilization in 10 000 AD who will discover some DVD from our times that it was real?
People created many fantasies all the times, even ancient people were writing and painting fantasies Remember Greek legends of various kinds?
Not every painting or writing is a historical proof.
Is a hollywood movie about harry potter a proof for some civilization in 10 000 AD who will discover some DVD from our times that it was real?
People created many fantasies all the times, even ancient people were writing and painting fantasies
Remember Greek legends of various kinds?
No communications going on here. Moving on.
Iggyville.
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I don't know if I "trust" all the speculation of "millions" or "billions" of years because well for one I know that it's said that "Amber" can preserve "bones/fossils" but isn't it a bit "strange" that the "bones/fossils" "without amber" somehow are preserved yet after millions of years even bones "corrode and erode" to "dust",just my perspective...
The Flood destroying all dinosaurs and all creatures the fossil record suggests existed before them ((and after them for some cases)) isn't the 'only' explanation.
If one allows that a 'yom' in the creation narrative could reference an epoch of time rather than a period of 1440 minutes then it is possible their existence was part of the method of His creating what creatures live today. One would have to accept that natural death and life cycles of creatures pre-existed the fall of man. Alternatively, one could assume that Adam walked with God in the garden fir a very, very long time ((by modern human reckoning of what 'a long time' means)). With this view one would have to assume that when the years of his life are recorded in scripture, they begin with the fall, not with his own creation.
If we presume that dinosaurs, and along with them every single type of creature that has ever existed, existed in Noah's day, we have to address why they were not all taken on the ark. Both clean and unclean animals were there - so I'd it is a matter of ceremonial cleanness, they are not excluded, unless Noah was given further instructions not recorded for us.
If one allows that a 'yom' in the creation narrative could reference an epoch of time rather than a period of 1440 minutes then it is possible their existence was part of the method of His creating what creatures live today. One would have to accept that natural death and life cycles of creatures pre-existed the fall of man. Alternatively, one could assume that Adam walked with God in the garden fir a very, very long time ((by modern human reckoning of what 'a long time' means)). With this view one would have to assume that when the years of his life are recorded in scripture, they begin with the fall, not with his own creation.
If we presume that dinosaurs, and along with them every single type of creature that has ever existed, existed in Noah's day, we have to address why they were not all taken on the ark. Both clean and unclean animals were there - so I'd it is a matter of ceremonial cleanness, they are not excluded, unless Noah was given further instructions not recorded for us.
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Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.[Genesis 1:29-31]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.[John 1:1-3]
Seeing that I am a YEC, I think this also includes the dinosaur. If dinosaurs existed, and I think too much evidence proves they did, then God made them. So, I think dinosaurs were part of God's creation. Nothing that has existed was not made by Him.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.[John 1:1-3]
Seeing that I am a YEC, I think this also includes the dinosaur. If dinosaurs existed, and I think too much evidence proves they did, then God made them. So, I think dinosaurs were part of God's creation. Nothing that has existed was not made by Him.
