![]() The answer is that Hollywood and modern science have biased us to think differently about this small group of animals in keeping with their respective agendas.įirst, you likely believe the few animals commonly called "dinosaurs" were important because scientists maintain they lived millions of years ago, before mankind existed, and therefore they are mysterious and important to our past. ![]() So, why do people give so much attention and interest to just one group of extinct animals, the so-called dinosaurs? Stop for a moment and consider why you believe dinosaurs are so important scientifically or so incompatible to humans. Finding the remains of an extinct, fossilized animal poses no threat to the Biblical record. We understand that species routinely die out, including the many animals that went extinct immediatley after the flood of Noah. Many animals have become extinct over the course of the earth’s history, and the overwhelming majority haven't received special attention nor is their existence considered a threat to our confidence in the Bible. Scientifically and biblically speaking, a dinosaur is no more significant than any other fossilized remains of dead, extinct animals. In reality the title of dinosaur is granted somewhat arbitrarily (and rather sensationally) to describe only certain extinct animals found in the fossil record. Why? What’s so special about a dinosaur fossil? Nor is the word used to describe more recently extinct animals like the dodo bird or carrier pigeon. For example, we generally don't use that term to describe the fossilized remains of extinct monkeys or insects, etc. The term dinosaur was a title coined by scientists to describe fossilized remains of certain prehistoric, extinct animals. Your belief that death could not exist prior to sin entering the world is absolutely true and critically important to understanding Genesis and the rest of the Bible, but your assumptions regarding dinosaurs have probably been influenced more by the opinions of modern science and Hollywood directors rather than the Bible.įirst, consider what we mean by the term "dinosaur.” The word itself means terrible lizard, as most people know, but that doesn't get to the real issue.
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